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Coelacanths are nocturnal piscivores that feed mainly on benthic smaller fish and various cephalopods. They are "passive drift feeders", slowly drifting along currents with only minimal self-propulsion, eating whatever prey they encounter.
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.
An ancient fish once believed to be extinct, the coelacanth is a bottom-feeding creature that lives in the deep sea off the east coast of Africa. Its rediscovery was deemed "the most important event in the study of natural history in the 20th century."
Coelacanths live in temperate waters in the "twilight zone," generally between 500-800 feet (152-243 m), off steep rocky slopes of volcanic islands. In the daytime, the Comoran specimens are known to cluster together in "caves" in submarine lava deposits, from which they venture at night to feed.
Fish. Diet: Carnivore. Group Name: School. Average Life Span In The Wild: Up to 60 years. Size: 6.5 feet. Weight: 198 pounds. Size relative to a 6-ft man: The primitive-looking coelacanth...
The prehistoric fish known as Coelacanths first appeared in the world's oceans during the late Devonian period (about 360 million years ago) and persisted all the way to the end of the Cretaceous when they went extinct along with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles.
The coelacanth is a large fish that was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago. These fish are largely considered living fossils, and were around during the Late Cretaceous period while dinosaurs still roamed the earth.
The Coelacanth is a rare, deep-sea fish with limb-like lobed fins and a prehistoric lineage dating back over 360 million years. The coelacanth first evolved almost 400 million years ago. The coelacanth is one of the best-known examples of a “living fossil”: the living remnant of an ancient lineage of fish dating back nearly 400 million years.
The coelacanth, found in the deep waters off southeastern Africa, is a nocturnal predator and considered critically endangered. Learn more and how to protect coelacanths.
The African coelacanth was believed to have gone extinct over 65 million years ago but was rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938. Learn about the status and management of this ancient fish.