Marine biology: Ageing a ‘living fossil’

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. A novel approach to determine...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Current biology 2021-08, Vol.31 (16), p.R998-R1000
Main Author:	Choat, J. Howard
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Aging Animals Fishes Fossils Marine Biology Phylogeny
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	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. 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.
ISSN:	0960-9822 1879-0445