Weird 'living fossil' fish lives 100 years, pregnant for 5 - AOL

Jun 19, 2021

Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s, the study said, while male coelacanths are sexually mature at 40 to 69 years.

But by applying a standard technique for dating commercial fish, French scientists calculated they actually live close to a century, according to a study in Thursday’s Current Biology.

But the French scientists found they were missing smaller lines that could only be seen using polarized light — the technique used to figure out the age of commercial fish.

So, Ernande said, they figured pregnancy lasts at least five years in coelacanths, which have live births. .