5 Freshwater Fish With The Longest Lifespans

What freshwater fish has the longest lifespan? In this video i will be trying to answer that question and more. In the animal kingdom there are many creatures that are famous for living for an extremely long time such as the elephant and the giant tortoise but there are some fish that are also famous for living for a very long time.

Attributions:

Bigmouth buffalo images:
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
NYS DEC
Alus164
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
LouisianaLefty
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Koi images:
John Lodder
Lauren Finkel
KoiQuestion

Lake Sturgeon Images:
NYS DEC
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Fishes of Georgia Photo Gallery
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
User:Cacophony
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Lake Sturgeon Footage:
Stephen Snyder

Australian lungfish images:
Josh More
opacity
David Ellis
Kenneth Lu
muzina_shanghai
Vassil
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Australian lungfish footage:
푸른상어
Pierre Kerner

Alligator gar images:
David Foster
James St. John
Joachim S. Müller
Duane Raver, USFWS

Triassic image:
the paleobear

Jonathan the tortoise:
Luke McKernan

Cretaceous image:
the paleobear

Smallmouth buffalo:
NYS DEC

Black buffalo:
Fishes of Georgia Photo Gallery

Longnose sucker:
NYS DEC

Devonian Image:
James St. John

Lungfish burrow image:
James St. John

South american lungfish:
Brian Gratwicke

Mount Ontake:
peaceful-jp-scenery

I have edited and adapted some of these clips.

The first old fish that i will be going through is the lake sturgeon. The lake sturgeon is the only sturgeon species that is endemic to the great lakes basin. The lake sturgeon is a prehistoric fish but is also a fish that has a very long lifespan.

Our second old fish is the alligator gar. The alligator gar is the largest gar species and is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. It's no surprise that this giant fish can live for a very long time.

Our third fish with a very long lifespan is the bigmouth buffalo. The bigmouth buffalo looks very much like a carp but is actually a member of the sucker family. As it can be quite hard to tell the age of a fish most of the ages in this video are estimates but the bigmouth buffalo is the oldest age validated fish.

Our next old fish is the Australian lungfish. The Australian lungfish is another prehistoric fish and is one of the most primitive species alive on this planet today. One Australian lungfish called Grandad was the oldest living fish in captivity.

For our final fish with a very long lifespan we will be heading into garden ponds worldwide as we have the koi. The koi carp is a colourful variant of the amur carp and is one of the most popular pond fish in the world. Koi come in many different shapes and colours and some fetch a eye watering price. One Japanese koi carp was thought to be the oldest living fish in the world.

If you know any more fish that live for a very long time then let me know in the comments below?
Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

[artiefufkin]

Great stuff! Now do the Saltwater version of this video. Greenland Shark gonna kill that shiiit!!!

[gaminggranny]

Round Goby: *invades great lakes*
Lake Sturgeon: *readies suck mouth with malicious intent*

[AT_aquarist]

Its nice knowing my gar can be as old as my grandpa

[shaycottrell]

I always thought bigmouth Buffalo didn’t live long at all, but I guess not.

[Iconstasis]

Theres always that one jerk who dislikes the video before even watching it because he thinks its funny or something

[puddlespuddles]

NGL that lungfish nommin at 5:24 looks so goddamn happy and adorable. Living its best life. You go lungfish.

[Luke]

One of the main reasons I dislike bowfishing is due to the thoughtless shooting of native fish such as the Buffalo's. Bowfishermen in the US rarely eat their kills and opt to throw them away or use them as fertilizer. I don't mind if they're killing non native species such as carp but the needless killing of native fish has always irked me.

[theprok_watches]

4:14 as an American who loves fishing, I am very surprised that I never heard of this fish before, well you learn something new everyday.

[c.dundee]

For the next video I would suggest the European Eel. It's livespan is thought to be over 80 years but how long exactly is hard to pinpoint, as we dont know what happens to them after they reproduce and if they die after.

[gianisboubouridis]

I love playing this videos while I repair my fishing equipment the videos are great every time

[ok-uzvs]

My oscar today is dead hes a big boy he lived in a 185 gallon tank i own him for almost 3.5year his size is 18.4cm
May he rest in peace

[munhinchow]

Hey tsuki, you’re posting good content!!

[julienhau]

I really like your editing, very clean

[uvuvwe]

okay, i just found another channel i can binge watch.

[gautamdikshit]

You never fail to amaze me. Awesome topic.

[kaanyfarty]

“Rock sturgeons outlasted the dinosaurs”

Crocodiles and birds:AM I A JOKE TO YOU

[doggo]

I loved this topic, I will definetely check out the saltwater fish video when you make it ;)

[cadentaylor]

Can you do one with the fish with the shortest lifespan

[kincaidberg]

Wels catfish have a decent lifespan around 60 years in captivity (80yo the oldest)

[mat]

Top notch video!! I never thought I’d find geriatric fish so interesting! Keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻