African coelacanth

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Illustration of an African coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), a rare deep-sea fish with a thick, blue-scaled body, lobed fins, and a distinctive rounded tail.

Illustration comparing two crossopterygian fishes: the long, slender, brown-and-green Devonian rhipidistian Eusthenopteron foordi above, and the robust, blue African coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae below.

African coelacanth: Media

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Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

Peter Green—Ardea Photographics

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Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae).

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Illustration of an African coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), a rare deep-sea fish with a thick, blue-scaled body, lobed fins, and a distinctive rounded tail.

African coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

African coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae).

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Illustration comparing two crossopterygian fishes: the long, slender, brown-and-green Devonian rhipidistian Eusthenopteron foordi above, and the robust, blue African coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae below.

crossopterygians

Types of crossopterygians.

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