Family

Salmonidae

36 species in 10 genera. Maximum lifespan ranges from 3 years (Pink salmon) to 50 years (Lake whitefish).

Species

with a complete mtDNA

Lifespan range

3–50 yr

Median GC

45.8%

Range 44.3–47.6%

Genera

Largest: Coregonus (9)

The Salmonidae tree

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Outer ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale

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10 genera, by species count

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.

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Top 5 and the shortest-lived

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20 species

Species in Salmonidae

Coregonus clupeaformis	Lake whitefish	50 yr	16,744 bp	47.59%
Salvelinus namaycush	Lake trout	50 yr	16,653 bp	45.97%
Salvelinus alpinus	Arctic char	40 yr	16,659 bp	45.47%
Salmo trutta	Brown trout	38 yr	16,677 bp	45.92%
Salvelinus fontinalis	Brook trout, or Bunnylake brook trout	24 yr	16,624 bp	45.21%
Coregonus muksun	Muksun	23 yr	16,736 bp	47.51%
Stenodus leucichthys	Inconnu	22 yr	16,864 bp	47.20%
Coregonus autumnalis	Arctic cisco	20 yr	16,736 bp	47.58%
Salvelinus malma	Dolly varden	20 yr	16,653 bp	45.61%
Thymallus arcticus	Arctic grayling	18 yr	16,661 bp	44.30%
Prosopium williamsoni	Mountain whitefish	17 yr	16,754 bp	46.97%
Thymallus nigrescens	Kosogol grayling	17 yr	16,661 bp	44.56%
Hucho taimen	Taimen	16 yr	16,833 bp	45.38%
Parahucho perryi	Japanese huchen	16 yr	16,651 bp	45.30%
Prosopium cylindraceum	Round whitefish	16 yr	16,526 bp	46.44%
Coregonus lavaretus	European whitefish	15 yr	16,737 bp	47.57%
Coregonus nasus	Broad whitefish	15 yr	16,739 bp	47.51%
Hucho hucho	Danube salmon	15 yr	16,751 bp	45.50%
Thymallus thymallus	Grayling	14 yr	16,657 bp	44.85%
Coregonus peled	Peled	13 yr	16,736 bp	47.55%