Latimeria chalumnae

Latimeria chalumnae, off Pumula, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Latimeriidae
Genus: Latimeria
Species: Latimeria chalumnae

Name

• 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.

Synonymy

• Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953

References

• 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

• IUCN: Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

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

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