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Coelacanth. Coelacanths (/ ˈsiːləkænθ / ⓘ 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.
Latimeria. Latimeria is a rare genus of fish which contains the only living species of coelacanth. It includes two extant species: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). They follow the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish and tetrapods), which ...
West Indian Ocean coelacanth. 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 ...
Coelacanths, which have been around for 400 million years, were thought extinct until they were found alive in 1938 off South Africa. Weird 'living fossil' fish lives 100 years, pregnant for 5 ...
Dunkleosteus. Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire ("jointed-neck") fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open waters, and one of the first apex predators of any ecosystem. [1]
In 2011, a commercial fisherman accidentally caught the largest alligator gar on record in Mississippi’s Lake Chotard. The gar was 8.5 feet long, weighed 327 pounds and was believed to be 94 ...
August 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM. Angler catches prehistoric-looking fish, breaks second state record. A man in Fort Wayne, Indiana, caught a large spotted gar to smash a state fishing record while on ...
Living fossil. The coelacanths were thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago, until a living specimen belonging to the order was discovered in 1938. A living fossil is an extant taxon that phenotypically resembles related species known only from the fossil record. To be considered a living fossil, the fossil species must be old ...