Coelacanth

Learn more about Latimeria chalumnaeX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.

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Description: English: Model of the coelacanth in a museum in Brno. Date: 22 May 2009. Source: Self-photographed. Author: HTO. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : This work is based on a work in the public domain. It has been digitally enhanced and/or modified. This derivative work has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, HYanWong. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: HYanWong grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. العربيَّة ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ sicilianu ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ українська ∙ ಕನ್ನಡ ∙ മലയാളം ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（中国大陆）‎ ∙ 中文（简体）‎ ∙ +/−. Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

Description: English: Latimeria chalumnae, taxidermy, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria, July 2011. Date: 18 July 2011, 15:45:21. Source: Own work. Author: MichalPL.

Description: English: West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) at the Natural History Museum in London, England. Magyar: Bojtosúszós maradványhal (Latimeria chalumnae) a londoni Természettudományi Múzeumban. Date: 18 July 2011. Source: kindly granted by the author. Author: Emőke Dénes. Permission(Reusing this file): This file was created by Emőke Dénes and uploaded by DenesFeri. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2017083110036563. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2017083110036563..

Description: 日本語: シーラカンス目のラティメリア（Latimeria chalumnae）のレプリカ。鉄製。国立科学博物館の展示。 English: Replica of Latimeria chalumnae. Iron. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. Date: 14 January 2013. Source: Own work. Author: Momotarou2012.

Description: English: Model of the coelacanth in a museum in Brno. Date: 22 May 2009. Source: Self-photographed. Author: HTO.

Description: Polski: Latimeria chalumnae, Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Wiedniu English: Latimeria chalumnae specimen in the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Date: 30 July 2021, 12:54:34. Source: Own work. Author: Jakub Hałun.

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Description: English: A preserved coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and its pup at the Sant Hall of Oceans at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., USA. Considered a "living fossil" because it is an ancient class of lobe-limbed fish that went extinct more than 70 million years ago, the first living coelacanth was caught off the east coast of South Africa near the Chalumna River in 1938. Today, at least two major populations of coelacanths are know: One off east Africa, and another near Indonesia. Coelacanths cannot be eaten; their flesh contains oil that is highly distasteful to human beings. This specimen weighs 160 pounds (72.6 kg) and measures 5.5 feet (1.67 m) in length. Date: 7 January 2012. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/6670823349/. Author: Tim Evanson.

Description: English: A preserved Latimeria chalumnae at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. It was caught in 1965 around the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar. Date: 26 August 2010. Source: Own work. Author: David Starner. Camera location 42° 22′ 43.7″ N, 71° 06′ 05″ W : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 42.378806; -71.101389.

Camera location49° 11′ 31.42″ N, 16° 34′ 01.45″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 49.192061; 16.567069. Description: English: Model of the coelacanth in a museum in Brno. Date: 22 May 2009. Source: Self-photographed. Author: HTO.

Description: Latimeria chalumnae (model) - coelacanth (Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) The coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939) is one of the famous marine fish on Earth. Coelacanths are classic examples of “living fossils” - organisms known initially as fossils, then afterward discovered still living today. The first living coelacanth was caught in 1938 offshore from southeastern Africa. Two modern species have been described. Coelacanths were once hypothesized to be the fish group transitional to the first tetrapods, but this is now known not to be the case. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Sarcopterygii, Coelacanthiformes, Coelacanthidae Natural distribution: Indian Ocean, from South Africa to Indonesia. Date: 21 March 2007, 14:01. Source: Latimeria chalumnae (model) (coelacanth) 1. Author: James St. John.

Camera location49° 11′ 31.42″ N, 16° 34′ 01.45″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 49.192061; 16.567069. Description: English: Model of the coelacanth in a museum in Brno. Date: 22 May 2009. Source: Self-photographed. Author: HTO.

Description: Nederlands: Coelancant. Date: June 2008. Source: Musée de la Pêche, Concarneau, Bretagne "eigen werk" (Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons.). Author: Renegade at Dutch Wikipedia. Permission(Reusing this file): Renegade.