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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Wide-Bay District, Queensland, Australia. |
| Synonym(s) | Ceratodus forsteri, Ceratodus miolepis, Neoceratodus blanchardi |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1700mm or 66.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| General Remarks | A specimen (named Methuselah) is the longest kept fish in public aquarium history having been kept for 80 years in 2019. It was brought to the aquarium as an adult and so may be 90 years older or more. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Oceania: southern Queensland, Australia in Burnett and Mary River systems. Introduced successfully in southeastern Queensland. International trade restricted (CITES II, since 1.7.1975). |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Sydney Morning Herald [newspaper] 18 Jan. 1870, pp 5. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up N. forsteri on Fishbase |
 | Look up N. forsteri on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up N. forsteri on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:32.188.635.7476 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2019 Jun 17 13:58) |