Talk:Rougheye rockfish
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Rougheye rockfish maximum age
[edit]According to http://www.agelessanimals.org/ the Rougheye rockfish can reach 205 years "In a very intriguing analysis, the project's Fish Ecologist, Gregor M. Cailliet, determined that rockfish have both short-lived and long-lived members in the same genus (Cailliet 2001). He found that maximum rockfish longevity ranges in age from 12 years for the calico rockfish to 205 years for the rougheye rockfish." This research group is currently studying the reasons for the longevity and has so far examined telomerase and protein turnover. Star A Star (talk) 06:56, 27 November 2011 (UTC)