VIDEO: The World's Oldest Living Aquarium Fish Lives In San Francisco
By Rebekah Gonzalez
January 11, 2022
The oldest living aquarium fish in the world calls San Francisco home, according to KGO.
The lungfish's name is Methuselah, a biblical name, and is currently at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
According to KGO, Methuselah is believed to be at least 90 years old. In an attempt to figure out her exact age, the Academy will soon be sending a tiny sample of her fin to researchers in Australia.
"She's really, basically just a big puppy dog," Charles Delbeek, the Aquarium curator, told KGO. "She's very gentle, very slow moving, but when they want to move fast they can. They can jump out of that tank and that's why we have a guard around it."
According to the Australian Museum, lungfish typically live at least 20 to 25 years.
Methuselah, who has well exceeded her species' life expectancy, weighs around 24 pounds and enjoys eating figs but only when they're fresh, not frozen and thawed.