WoRMS taxon details

Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939

To FishBase images (<i>Latimeria chalumnae</i>, Comoros, by SFSA)
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217438  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217438)

accepted
Species
Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939 · unaccepted (misspelling)
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. (2023). FishBase. Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217438 on 2023-06-07
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Living fossil, see family description. [details]
LanguageName 
English coelacanth  [details]