Methuselah arrived in the US in 1938. She’s now the oldest fish in captivity

The lungfish arrived in San Francisco on a steamship along with 230 other fish. Today, she's the only living aquatic animal from that vessel

She's super-gentle, and doesn't get overly excited. She enjoys eating earthworms, fruits and vegetables, and slowly moving around her tank. Her favorite food - at least for what is in season now - is a fig.

If Methuselah sounds like a grand old dame, it's because she is: she is the oldest living fish in captivity, aged somewhere upwards of 92 and potentially as high as 101 years. She arrived on a steamship from Australia along with 230 other fish to the Steinhart aquarium in San Francisco in 1938 as a young, small fish. And Methuselah's story unfolded in a typical way, for a fish in an aquarium: she grew. Humans came to look at her. She peered back through glass at humans.