‘Living fossil’ fish may live for up to a century
The coelacanth was thought to live for about 20 years, but a new study suggests it’s nearer 100. …
Dr Kélig Mahé of the North Sea Fisheries Research Unit in Boulogne-sur-mer, France, said the coelacanth appears to have one of, if not the slowest, life histories among marine fish, close to that of deep-sea sharks and roughies (deep-water fish such as the orange roughy).