Coelacanth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coelacanth (pronounced /ˈsiːləkænθ/ , adaptation of Modern Latin Cœlacanthus : cœl-us + acanth-us from Greek κοῖλ-ος [hollow] + ἄκανθ-α [spine]) is the common name for an order of fish that i...
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Unique in the animal kingdom, with a saga steeped in science and popular imagination, the fabulous Coelacanth ("see-la-kanth"), that 400 million year old "living fossil" fish, swims on!
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Learn all you wanted to know about coelacanths with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic. ... The primitive-looking coelacanth (pronounced SEEL-uh-kanth) was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/coelacanth....
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/coelacanth.html
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The Coelacanth may not be extinct, but we thought it would be appropriate to tell its tale on the site. The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinista. The Coelacanth was first discovered in 1938 by Marjorie Courtenay Latimer, the curator of a small museum in the port town of...
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extinctanimal.com/the_coelacanth.htm
extinctanimal.com/the_coelacanth.htm
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In this companion Web site to the NOVA program Ancient Creature of the Deep, examine the anatomy of a coelacanth, take a true-false quiz on the coelacanth, read the letters sent between the woman who discovered the coelacanth and the scientist who named it, and take a look at other fossil fish. ... Anatomy of the Coelacanth;
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Examine the anatomy of the coelacanth, including its armored scales, hinged skull, and limb-like fins. ... In 1836, the eminent naturalist Louis Agassiz first described a fossil fish he called Coelacanthus (Greek for "hollow spine"). Since then, fossils of some 125 species of coelacanth have turned up, dating from about 400...
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/anatomy.html
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UC Berkeley Researchers Announce Discovery of Sulawesi Coelacanths! ... Click on any of the subject titles to the left to learn more about the Sulawesi coelacanth. ... This page was last updated on November 12, 1999...
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanth...
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanths.html
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A few days before Christmas in 1938, a Coelacanth was caught at the mouth of the Chalumna River on the east coast of South Africa. The fish was caught in a shark gill net by Captain Goosen and his crew, who had no idea of the significance of their find.
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www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/coela.htm
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[sḗlə-kănth́]
