WoRMS taxon details
Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939
217438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217438)
accepted
Species
Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456. [details]
Description Living fossil, see family description.
Description Living fossil, see family description. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217438 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456. [details]
original description (of Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953) Smith, J. L. B. (1953). The second coelacanth. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 171 (no.) 4342): 99-101. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953) Smith, J. L. B. (1953). The second coelacanth. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 171 (no.) 4342): 99-101. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Living fossil, see family description. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | coelacanth | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Latimeria chalumnae)
To FishBase (from synonym Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (1099937 nucleotides; 34246 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Latimeria chalumnae)
To FishBase (from synonym Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (1099937 nucleotides; 34246 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
