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Coelacanths (/ˈsiːləkænθ/ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an
ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the
class Actinistia. As...
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Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also
called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two
living species of
coelacanth, identifiable...
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Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes
known as gombessa,
African coelacanth, or
simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one...
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species of
coelacanth. It
includes two
extant species: the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the
Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria...
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groups of
living species, the
coelacanths and the lungfishes, the
largest species is the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth,
reaching 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length...
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university professor. He was the
first to
identify a
taxidermied fish as a
coelacanth, at the time
thought to be long extinct. Born in Graaff-Reinet, 26 September...
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South African museum official, who in 1938,
brought the
existence of the
coelacanth, a fish
thought to have been
extinct for 65
million years, to the attention...
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Axelrodichthys is an
extinct genus of
mawsoniid coelacanth from the
Cretaceous of Africa,
North and
South America, and Europe.
Several species are known...
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stretch of
scaleless skin; in lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) such as
coelacanths and lungfish, fins are
short rays
based around a
muscular central bud...
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Mawsonia is an
extinct genus of
prehistoric coelacanth fish. It is
amongst the
largest of all
coelacanths, with one
quadrate specimen (DGM 1.048-P) possibly...
