Latimeria - Wikipedia
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 (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis).
West Indian Ocean coelacanth - Wikipedia
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth[6] (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa, [2][7] African coelacanth, [8] or simply coelacanth[9]) is a crossopterygian, [10] one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to the common ray-finned fishes.
Coelacanth | Description, Habitat, Discovery, & Facts | Britannica
5 天之前 · coelacanth, (genus Latimeria), any of the two living lobe-finned bony fishes of the genus Latimeria. Traditionally, however, coelacanth was the name applied generally to any member of the order Coelacanthiformes, subclass Crossopterygii.
Coelacanth - Wikipedia
Well-represented in both freshwater and marine fossils since the Devonian, they are now represented by only two extant marine species in the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), primarily found near the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa, and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). [4]
Latimeria: History, Structure and Importance | Bony Fish
Latimeria is a peculiar bony fish belonging to the subclass Crossopterygii. It is the sole surviving representative of the coelacanths. The discovery of this ‘living fossil’ created a sensational history in the science of fishes. The first living specimen was caught at a depth of about 80 m near the eastern coast of South Africa in the year 1938.
Coelacanth | Smithsonian Ocean
The first living coelacanth was discovered in 1938 and bears the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae. The species was described by Professor J.L.B. Smith in 1939 and was named after its discoverer, Miss Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.
A thirteen-million-year divergence between two lineages of
2020年1月13日 · Coelacanth fishes of the genus Latimeria are the only surviving representatives of a basal lineage of vertebrates that originated more than 400 million years ago. Yet, much remains to be unveiled...
ADW: Latimeria chalumnae: INFORMATION
The largest known population of coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) lives along the coasts of the Comoros Islands. Small breeding groups have also been found along the African coast from Kenya to South Africa.
Coelacanths ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
The living coelacanths (“see-la-kanths”), Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis are possibly the sole remaining representatives of a once widespread family of Sarcopterygian (fleshy or lobed-finned) coelacanth fishes (more than 120 species are known from the fossil record).
The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod …
2013年4月17日 · Latimeria is the only living member of an ancient group of lobe-finned fishes that was known previously only from fossils and believed to have been extinct since the Late Cretaceous period,...