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Coelacanthini
Description | The coelacanths ( (listen) SEE-lə-kanth) constitute a now-rare order of fish that includes two extant species in the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) primarily found near the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). They follow the oldest-known living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish and tetrapods), which means they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ray-finned fish. They are found along the coastlines of the Indian Ocean and Indonesia. The West Indian Ocean coelacanth is a critically endangered species. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanthini, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthini | |||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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Scientific Name | Coelacanthini | |||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanthini |
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