Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — Old Age of Fish. [ARTICLE]

Old Age of Fish.

Fros. Snelso says that the age of fish is almost unlimited. As to the length of the life of flsli it is said that the ordinary carp, if not interfered with, would live about 500 years. He says that there are now living in the Royal Aquarium in Russia several carp that are known to be over GOO years old and that he has ascertained, in a number of cases, that whales live to be over 200 years-old. The ordinary goldfish has also been known to live over 100 years.