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2. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Latimeria - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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] It lived in freshwater and brackish environments from the late Jurassic to the mid- Cretaceous (Tithonian to ...

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. Evolution of fish - Wikipedia

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   The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fish lineages belong to the Agnatha, or jawless fish. Early examples include Haikouichthys.

7. Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off California coast - AOL

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   The fish spotted by oceangoers on August 10 was 12 feet long, according to the institution. The fish had already died at the time of the discovery, and was found near the shores of La Jolla Cove.

8. A Surreal Creature With Jumping Genes Has 30x More DNA Than ...

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   An unassuming freshwater fish contains the longest genomic sequence ever discovered, measuring in at 30 times the length of the human DNA chain. Researchers found that the South American lungfish ...

9. West Indian Ocean coelacanth - Wikipedia

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   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 ...