Life span of fish??

[canyon_rayne]

Does anyone know what the lifespan is for various fish??

Guarmies??
Platties??
Plecos??
Bettas??
Tiger Barbs??
Mollies??

 

[guppygirly]

I found this on about.com:

Expected Lifespans of Popular Aquarium Fish

Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra - 5 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boesman Rainbow - 5 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years
Emperor Tetra - 6 years
Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish - 8 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years
Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years
Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years
Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years
Livingstoni - 10+ years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years
Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years
Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Redtail Shark - 8 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra - 5 years
Severum - 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tigerfish - 5 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years
Upside Down Catfish - 5 years
Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio - 5 years

 

[guppygirly]

And this one had the gouramis listed as well..

Cyprinidae (small)
Cherry Barb, Rosy Barb, Tiger Barb, Giant Danio, Leopard Danio, Pearl Danio, Zebra Danio, White Cloud Mountain Minnow: 5-7 years

Catfish (small)
Banjo, Bumble Bee, Cory, Glass: 5-8 years

Callichthyidae (large Catfish)
Armored Catfish, Pleco, Banjo Cat, Rafael Catfish: 7-15 years

Anabantoids (Gouramis)
Blue, Chocolate, Dwarf, Honey, Kissing and Pearl Gourami: 4 years

Poecilidae (Livebearers)
Guppy, Platy, Mollie and Swordtail: 3-5 years

Cyprinodontide
Killifish: 1-2 years

Characoids ( Tetras small)
Neon, Cardinal, Glowline, Silvertip, Bloodcave, Bloodfin and Rummy Nose Tetras, Glassfish, Hatchet Fish, Rasboras: 5-10years

Characoids (Tetras Large)
Black, Bleeding Heart, Silver Dollar, Pacu and Leporinus: 8-12 years

Cyprinidae (sharks)
Bala, Black, Redtail and Rainbow: 4-10 years

Cichlids (South America Large)
Convict, Discus, Firemouth, Jack Dempsey, Oscar, Severum and Angelfish: 10-18 years

Cichlids (South America small)
Rams, Apistogramma and Checkerboard: 3-5 years

Cichlids ( African)
Kenyii, Ps. Zebra and Frontosa: 8-15 years

Cyprinidae ( Goldfish)
Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Comet, Fantails, Koi and Oranda: 10-90 years

 

[Dubby]

That very comprehensive guppygirly We should get this pinned !!!

 

[ryan]

Good find Guppy Girl

 

[akhtar]

i agree, this should be pinned
cool info
it helped me too 8)

 

[Colisa lalia]

Sorry but there is no way a dwarf or honey gourami is going to have an average lifespan of 4 years. They live for 1 year max in the wild, and in the aquarium I have never been able to keep them past 2 years. After about a year they get weak unbreedable, and eventually succumb to a disease. Oh well other than that I really like the list.

 

[Jaded_Pulse]

Cyprinidae ( Goldfish)
Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Comet, Fantails, Koi and Oranda: 10-90 years

upto 90 years for a goldfish?! now that's what i call a lifelong pet!!

anyone know about kribs?

 

[guppygirly]

I read that kribs have an aproximate lifespan of 5 yrs. I just get this stuff on the internet, but I do try to verify it at more than one source.