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Latimeria is a rare
genus of fish
which contains the two only
living species of coelacanth. It
includes two
extant species: the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth...
- by only two
extant marine species in the
genus Latimeria: the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae),
primarily found near the
Comoro Islands...
- The West
Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes
known as gombessa,
African coelacanth, or
simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one...
- The
Indonesian coelacanth (
Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also
called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two
living species of coelacanth...
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lineage of lobe-finned fish. It
contains two
extant species in the
genus Latimeria,
found in deep
waters off the
coasts of
southern Africa and east-central...
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genitive case. For example, the name of the coelacanth,
Latimeria chalumnae which means "
Latimeria of Chalumna", is a
reference to the area near the mouth...
- Hodgson.
Rather than a person, the noun may be
related to a place, as with
Latimeria chalumnae,
meaning "of the
Chalumna River".
Another use of
genitive nouns...
- described,
about a
century before the
discovery of the
extant coelacanth Latimeria. The
order Coelacanthiformes is
named after it. The only
definitive species...
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Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae) and the
Indonesian coelacanth (
Latimeria menadoensis), are
found in the
genus Latimeria.
Coelacanths are thought...
- T6149A15362335.en.
Retrieved 11
November 2021. Musick, J.A. (2000). "
Latimeria chalumnae". IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11375A3274618...
