Latimeria chalumnae, coelacanth
Specimen of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae). Coelacanths were thought to have died out 85 million years ago but have since been found off the south-eastern coast of Africa and in Sulawesi in 1998
Picture No
10710753
Media ID
47581181
Size
3028px x 1266px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Actinopterygii Bony Chalumnae Coelacanth Coelacanthiform Coelacanthiformes Finned Gombessa Latimeria Latimeriidae Mottled Osteichthyes Ray Finned Ray-finned Rediscovered
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