Dicrossus filamentosus

[anewbie]

True. I know of maybe a handful of cases of south american dwarf cichlids breaking the 5 year mark. Most in capitivity make it between 2 and 4 years. We can only guess for the wild, but I wouldn't expect more than 2 years there.

Interestingly there are plenty of smaller species, like cardinal tetras, that reached higher ages. The record I know of for those is 8 years. Just as much of an exception to the norm as a dwarf cichlid reaching 5+ years.

Well my emerald eye rasbora seem to live forever and when i look them up 8 years seems not impossible. Then we could talk about sterbai living 20 or 30 years and my little female nijjensi lived 5+ years and my ipiranga are older then the d. m. and in very good shape given the picture i posted the other day.

i guess it is all relative as most rams esp domestic rams are lucky to see two years. Still i kind of wish they would live longer ....

 

[MacZ]

Catfish are extremely long lived. And your N. nijsseni is for sure the exception to the rule.