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2. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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   Coelacanths (/ ˈ s iː l ə k æ n θ / ⓘ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (which includes amphibians , reptiles , birds and mammals ) than to ray-finned fish .

3. Latimeria - Wikipedia

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   Coelacanths live as deep as 700 m (2300 ft) below sea level, but are more commonly found at depths of 90 to 200 m (300 to 660 ft). Living examples of Latimeria chalumnae have a deep blue color which probably camouflages them from prey species; however, the Indonesian species (L. menadoensis) is brown. Coelacanth eyes are very sensitive, and ...

4. Mawsonia (fish) - Wikipedia

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   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 belonging to an individual measuring 5.3 metres (17.4 feet) in length. [2]

5. Weird 'living fossil' fish lives 100 years, pregnant for 5 - AOL

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   The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found. Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s, the study said ...

6. Living fossil - Wikipedia

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   Coelacanths disappeared from the fossil record some 80 million years ago (in the upper Cretaceous period) and, to the extent that they exhibit low rates of morphological evolution, extant species qualify as living fossils. It must be emphasised that this criterion reflects fossil evidence, and is totally independent of whether the taxa had been ...

7. Indonesian coelacanth - Wikipedia

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   The fish is legally protected through the Minister of Forestry Regulation No. 7/1999. [14] However, it continued to be caught by local fishermen; on November 5, 2014, a fisherman found a specimen in his net, the seventh Indonesian coelacanth found in Indonesian waters since 1998. [15] Eight have been caught as of 2018. [16]

8. West Indian Ocean coelacanth - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Evolution of fish - Wikipedia

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   The lobe-finned fish apparently followed two different lines of development and are accordingly separated into two subclasses, the Rhipidistia (including the lungfish, and the Tetrapodomorpha, which include the Tetrapoda) and the Actinistia (coelacanths). The first lobe-finned fish, found in the uppermost Silurian (c. 418 Mya), closely ...