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West Indian Ocean coelacanth
The (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa, African coelacanth, or simply coelacanth) a crossopterygian, one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to the common ray-finned fishes.
Indonesian coelacanth
The Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth,Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
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