Class
Actinopterygii
Ray-finned fishes
895 species in 62 orders. Maximum lifespan ranges from 1.9 months (Divine dwarfgoby) to 205 years (Rougheye rockfish).
Species
895
with a complete mtDNA
Median GC
45.5%
Range 36.8–51.4%
Orders
62
Largest: Perciformes (220)
Overview
The Ray-finned fishes tree
Select a clade to look insideOuter ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale
Each ring is one rank. Scroll or use + and − to zoom, drag to move; select a group to zoom into it, a species to open it.
Orders of Ray-finned fishes
62 orders, by species count- Perciformes53 families220
- Cypriniformes12 families136
- Clupeiformes4 families42
- Unknown order13 families41
- Salmoniformes1 family36
- Pleuronectiformes6 families35
- Siluriformes11 families25
- Centrarchiformes7 families24
- Scombriformes7 families24
- Carangiformes2 families22
- Spariformes4 families22
- Acipenseriformes2 families21
- Gadiformes5 families20
- Cyprinodontiformes7 families17
- Gobiiformes3 families16
- Lutjaniformes2 families16
- Anguilliformes4 families14
- Osmeriformes5 families14
- Syngnathiformes3 families14
- Labriformes1 family10
- Tetraodontiformes5 families9
- Acanthuriformes1 family7
- Mugiliformes1 family7
- Atheriniformes2 families6
- Characiformes6 families6
- Gasterosteiformes3 families6
- Beloniformes4 families5
- Cichliformes1 family5
- Esociformes2 families5
- Istiophoriformes2 families5
- Aulopiformes1 family4
- Myctophiformes1 family4
- Osteoglossiformes3 families4
- Scorpaeniformes4 families4
- Zeiformes2 families4
- Acropomatiformes2 families3
- Percopsiformes2 families3
- Uranoscopiformes1 family3
- Beryciformes1 family2
- Chaetodontiformes1 family2
- Elopiformes1 family2
- Ephippiformes1 family2
- Galaxiiformes1 family2
- Holocentriformes1 family2
- Kurtiformes1 family2
- Lepisosteiformes1 family2
- Lophiiformes1 family2
- Polypteriformes1 family2
- Priacanthiformes1 family2
- Semionotiformes1 family2
- Albuliformes1 family1
- Amiiformes1 family1
- Anabantiformes1 family1
- Argentiniformes1 family1
- Caproiformes1 family1
- Gerreiformes1 family1
- Gonorynchiformes1 family1
- Gymnotiformes1 family1
- Lampriformes1 family1
- Lobotiformes1 family1
- Notacanthiformes1 family1
- Synbranchiformes1 family1
Where Ray-finned fishes sit among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.
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- Ray-finned fishes (895)
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Longest-lived
Top 5 and the shortest-livedWhat tracks lifespan in Ray-finned fishes
Top 10 of 1,402 mtDNA features by |ρ| · 769 with q < 0.05| Feature | n | r | ρ | q | PIC r | Partial r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phe (F) frequency in ND4 (% of sense codons)Amino acid | 827 | −0.33 | −0.33 | 7.9×10⁻²⁰ (significant) | −0.06 | −0.42 |
| A(H) at fourfold-degenerate sites of ND5 (heavy strand, %) | 819 | −0.35 | −0.32 | 4.3×10⁻²² (significant) | −0.12 | −0.18 |
| U at fourfold-degenerate sites of ND5 (gene sense, %) | 827 | −0.33 | −0.31 | 3.4×10⁻²⁰ (significant) | −0.11 | −0.17 |
| ACU codon frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of codons)Codon | 827 | −0.32 | −0.31 | 1.0×10⁻¹⁸ (significant) | −0.14 | −0.26 |
| CUA codon frequency in ND2 (% of codons)Codon | 827 | +0.31 | +0.31 | 3.3×10⁻¹⁷ (significant) | +0.25 | +0.11 |
| CGA codon frequency in COX3 (% of codons)Codon | 827 | +0.31 | +0.30 | 1.1×10⁻¹⁷ (significant) | +0.05 | +0.23 |
| ACU codon frequency in ND5 (% of codons)Codon | 827 | −0.27 | −0.29 | 2.3×10⁻¹³ (significant) | −0.24 | −0.23 |
| A(H) at fourfold-degenerate sites of ATP6 (heavy strand, %) | 819 | −0.31 | −0.29 | 1.1×10⁻¹⁷ (significant) | −0.05 | −0.13 |
| Length of ND5 (bp)Length | 827 | +0.07 | +0.28 | 0.086 | +0.02 | −0.01 |
| Met (M) frequency in ATP6 (% of sense codons)Amino acid | 827 | −0.25 | −0.28 | 1.8×10⁻¹¹ (significant) | −0.05 | −0.07 |
Lifespan is log10-transformed. r is the Pearson and ρ the Spearman rank correlation across species. q corrects the p-value for testing 1,402 features at once (Benjamini–Hochberg); green marks q < 0.05.
PIC r uses phylogenetically independent contrasts, so related species do not count as independent evidence. Partial r holds log10 body mass constant, because big animals live longer. Bold values have p < 0.05. Select a feature to plot it against lifespan.
Species in Ray-finned fishes
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| Sebastes aleutianus | Rougheye rockfish | Perciformes | 205 yr | 16,977 bp | 45.59% |
| Acipenser fulvescens | Lake sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 152 yr | 16,542 bp | 45.82% |
| Huso huso | Beluga sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 118 yr | 16,760 bp | 45.78% |
| Sebastes ruberrimus | Rasphead rockfish | Perciformes | 118 yr | 17,067 bp | 44.86% |
| Sebastes nigrocinctus | Tiger rockfish | Perciformes | 116 yr | 16,922 bp | 45.33% |
| Sebastolobus alascanus | Shortspine thornyhead | Perciformes | 115 yr | 16,495 bp | 46.28% |
| Anoplopoma fimbria | Sablefish | Scorpaeniformes | 114 yr | 16,507 bp | 47.93% |
| Ictiobus cyprinellus | Bigmouth buffalo | Cypriniformes | 112 yr | 16,611 bp | 45.74% |
| Sebastes babcocki | Redbanded rockfish | Perciformes | 106 yr | 17,062 bp | 44.88% |
| Acipenser transmontanus | White sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 104 yr | 16,692 bp | 45.84% |
| Acipenser dabryanus | Yangtze sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 100 yr | 16,438 bp | 46.10% |
| Acipenser sturio | European sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 100 yr | 16,555 bp | 45.46% |
| Scaphirhynchus albus | Pallid sturgeon | Acipenseriformes | 100 yr | 16,494 bp | 46.63% |
| Sebastes alutus | Pacific ocean perch | Perciformes | 100 yr | 17,617 bp | 44.69% |
| Allocyttus niger | Black oreo | Zeiformes | 100 yr | 16,750 bp | 43.58% |
| Neocyttus rhomboidalis | Spiky oreo | Zeiformes | 100 yr | 16,745 bp | 43.77% |
| Sebastes reedi | Yellowmouth rockfish | Perciformes | 99 yr | 17,242 bp | 44.95% |
| Atractosteus spatula | Alligator gar | Semionotiformes | 95 yr | 16,262 bp | 44.30% |
| Sebastes maliger | Quillback rockfish | Perciformes | 90 yr | 16,403 bp | 45.64% |
| Sebastes melanostomus | Blackgill rockfish | Perciformes | 90 yr | 17,346 bp | 45.10% |