The fishes only live in western South Africa waters and eastern Indonesian waters, called Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
In Romer Hall at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a preserved specimen of one of two living coelacanth species (genus Latimeria). From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hughes Wanders Out Among the Artifacts] Reference
And the specimens that survive today, Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis, are of an entirely different genus than the ones that went extinct long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
The nervous systems of Latimeria and Neoceratodus are very similar to each other, as are the nervous systems of lepidosirenid lungfishes, caecilians, and salamanders. From Wordnik.com. [Panderichthys rhombolepis - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The hypothesis that Latimeria is the sister group of amphibians is the least corroborated, as only a single possible synapomorphy, presence of cervical and lumbar enlargements of the spinal cord, supports this hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [Panderichthys rhombolepis - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
If you want firm proof, there are significant differences in skeletal structure between the most closely-related ancient and modern species of coelacanth (Macropoma and Latimeria). From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
Upon his return, Prof. Smith immediately recognized the fish as one thought to have gone extinct and only found in fossils, the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, a species of coelacanth (family Latimeriidae). From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Image: Latimeria chalumnae. jpg | Coelacanth ( '' Latimeria chalumnae '') Order. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Latimeria menadoensis) and the Comorese coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(1999) Adaptive evolution of color vision of the Comoran coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
~Latimeria. From Wordnik.com. [Smashing Magazine] Reference
Important specimens include Legendrelepis parenti of the agnatha fish group and unique to the Escuminac Formation; Diplocanthus horridus of the acanthodian fish group, and the first jawed fish to evolve; Cheirolepis canadensis of the group actinopterygians, from which 90% of all fish today have derived; Scaumenacia curta, a fossil fish with both lungs and gills, and constituting an important climatic indicator; Miguashaia bureaui, morphologically identical to Latimeria chalumnae, the soul coelacanthi of today; Eusthenopteron foordi of the crossopterygian group, exhibiting several features comparable to the first tetrapods; Petaloscorpio bureaui, a rare aquatic vertebrate of the Escuminac Formation, constituting an important indicator of the paleoenvironment; and Archaeopteris halliana, a plant species and precursor to modern-day gymnosperms. From Wordnik.com. [Miguasha Provincial Park, Canada] Reference
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