Latimeria chalumnae

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Coelacanthiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Ordo: Coelacanthiformes

Familia: Latimeriidae
Genus: Latimeria
Species: Latimeria chalumnae

Name[edit]

Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939: 455

Holotype: East London Mus. Specimen parts: USNM 112258 (scales).

Type locality: West of East London, Cape Colony, South Africa, depth 40 fathoms.

Synonyms[edit]

Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953

References[edit]

Smith, J.L.B. 1939: A living fish of Mesozoic type. Nature (London) 143: 455–456.
Smith, J.L.B. 1953: The second coelacanth. Nature, 171: 99–101. DOI: 10.1038/171099a0
Fricke H., Hissmann K., Froese R., Schauer J., Plante R., Fricke S. 2011: The population biology of the living coelacanth studied over 21 years. Marine Biology, 158(7), pp. 1511-1522. [1]

Links[edit]

IUCN: Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names[edit]

čeština: Latimérie podivná
Deutsch: Komoren-Quastenflosser
español: Celacanto de las Comores
suomi: Latimeria
magyar: Bojtosúszós maradványhal
українська: Латимерія коморська
中文（简体）: 矛尾鱼