Coelacanths (/ˈsiːləkænθ/ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. As...

The West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa, African coelacanth, or simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one...

Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable...

species of coelacanth. It includes two extant species: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria...

only known extant non-tetrapod sarcopterygians are the two species of coelacanths and six species of lungfishes. Early lobe-finned fishes are bony fish...

who in 1938, brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for 65 million years. Courtenay-Latimer...

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...

kilometres separate Ulenge Island Marine Reserve from Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park, where coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) are found and frequently caught in...

Actinistia (coelacanths) Rhipidistia...

Coelacanth National Park (French: Parc National Coelacanth) is a national park off the main island of the Comoros. The park is made up a seascape home...

Retro Game Challenge is a Nintendo DS game developed by indieszero and published by Namco Bandai Games and Xseed Games in North America. It is based on...

stretch of scaleless skin; in lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) such as coelacanths and lungfish, fins are short rays based around a muscular central bud...

as a Lazarus taxon has been denied by some authors in recent years. Coelacanths disappeared from the fossil record some 80 million years ago (in the...

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...

spine") is a genus of extinct coelacanths that first appeared during the Permian period. It was the first genus of coelacanths described, about a century...

Rieppelia is an extinct genus of latimeriid coelacanth fish from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland, in what is now Monte San Giorgio. It contains a single...

of 172 countries. In December 1952 a specimen of the West Indian Ocean coelacanth fish was re-discovered off the Comoros coast. The 66 million-year-old...

Latimeriidae is the only extant family of coelacanths, an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish. It contains two extant species in the genus Latimeria,...

fish possess teeth covered with true enamel. Lobe-finned fish, such as coelacanths and lungfish, were the most diverse group of bony fish in the Devonian...

Mawsoniidae is an extinct family of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Triassic to Cretaceous periods. Members of the family are distinguished...

berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertintro.html Berkeley University A fossil coelacanth jaw found in a stratum datable 410 mya that was collected near Buchan...

onychodontiforms are generally regarded as early-diverging members of the coelacanth lineage. The following cladogram is adapted from Mondéjar-Fernández (2020)...

species) Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fish, which include: Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnomorpha (lungfish) Tetrapoda or limbed vertebrates Amphibians (lissamphibians...

Axelrodichthys is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth from the Cretaceous of Africa, North and South America, and Europe. Several species are known...

African Party and National Party merge to form the United Party. The Coelacanth is discovered by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer living off the coast of South...

the coelacanths. Recent molecular genetic analyses strongly support a sister relationship of lungfishes and tetrapods (Rhipidistia), with coelacanths branching...

Eastern Cape, South Africa, notable for holding the type specimen of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be long extinct. It was the workplace of...

endangered. Included are species such as Atlantic cod, Devil's Hole pupfish, coelacanths, and great white sharks. Because fish live underwater they are more difficult...

larva will be basically similar to the adult animal, as in lampreys, coelacanth and the salamanders. Eggs with a large yolk are called macrolecithal....

made by Dox Productions 24 June The Fish That Time Forgot, about the coelacanth; Margery Courtney Latimer in 1938 of the Natural History Museum, London...