What are the shortest-lived vertebrates?

Tiny gobies from the genera Eviota and Trimma have been frequently counted as some of the shortest recorded vertebrate lifespans of only a few months. This is the most famous paper on them, the 59 day lifespan of E. sigillata, from 2005: [PDF] from researchgate.netresearchgate.net [PDF] (the actual size is an inch or less). read more

A tiny coral reef-dwelling fish called the pygmy goby has taken the record as the shortest-lived vertebrate. The pygmy goby lives an average of 59 days, pipping the previous record holder, an African fish which lives for just over two-and-a-half months. read more

Researchers have looked for anti-aging secrets in every short-lived organism from worms to yeast, according to ISRAEL21c, but the killifish is a vertebrate, making it a much better analog to humans. Harel told Newsweek that it's the shortest-lived vertebrate that can still be grown in a lab. read more