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Orange Roughy

Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022
Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022

This grumpy-looking fish, an orange roughy, could be more than 100 years old, according to NOAA scientists. The species is slow-growing, slow-moving, and is known to live for more than 200 years. Scientists estimated this one’s age based on its size.