World’s oldest aquarium fish ‘Methuselah’ could be decades older than we originally thought, DNA clock reveals

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The Australian lungfish “Methuselah” swims in her tank at Steinhart Aquarium in California. She was believed to be 84 years outdated however a brand new research suggests she may very well be over 100. (Picture credit score: Steinhart Aquarium)

The world’s oldest aquarium fish, a lungfish named Methuselah, may very well be a long time older than researchers initially thought and should even be over 100 years outdated, a brand new research finds.

Methuselah is a feminine Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) that resides at Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California. She first arrived on the aquarium in 1938 after being despatched to the U.S. together with greater than 200 different fish from Fiji and Australia.