Marine biology: Ageing a 'living fossil'

Curr Biol. 2021 Aug 23;31(16):R998-R1000. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.092.

Abstract

A novel approach to determine the lifespan of an iconic fish, the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, reveals that they can live up to a hundred years. This re-focuses attention on the need to measure life-history traits that determine the demographics of fish populations.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aging
  • Animals
  • Fishes
  • Fossils*
  • Marine Biology*
  • Phylogeny