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A Japanese fish named Hanako is thought to be the longest-serving Koi fish in history, having made it to the glorious old age of 226 before she died in 1977. The scarlet-colored fish was born in 1751, Japan, in the heart of the Tokugawa era.
While the typical lifespan of a scarlet koi carp is about 40 years, Hanako endured to live competently into the 1970s and was 226 years old when she died. Her remarkable story was initially communicated when her last owner Dr. Komei Koshihara made a national report on Nippon Hoso Kyokai radio station in 1966.
(Photo : Engin Akyurt)
Hanako s Age
Koshihara said he realized Hanako s age because he had it analyzed by professor Masayoshi Hiro, who operated at the Animal Science Laboratory at Women s College, Nagoya. Pair of the fish s scales had been pulled and examined for more than two months, enabling Hiro to figure the rings of growth on her scales to assume her age.