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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. 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 ...

7. 'Incredibly rare' dead sea serpent surfaces in California ...

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   An "incredibly rare" fish was found at La Jolla Cove recently, making it the 20th time an oarfish has been spotted in California in the last century. 'Incredibly rare' dead sea serpent surfaces in ...

8. River Monsters - Wikipedia

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   5 April 2009. (2009-04-05) –. 28 May 2017. (2017-05-28) River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television series produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of big and dangerous fish.

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

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   According to the paper, the researchers found that the lungfish’s genome was the fastest-growing sequence ever encountered—every 10 million years, its DNA chain grew by about the size of an ...