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Definition of Coelacanths

Coelacanth
Coelacanth C[oe]l"a*canth (? or ?), a. [Gr. ? hollow + ? spine.] (Zo["o]l.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

Meaning of Coelacanths from wikipedia

- the first specimen. The earliest fossils of coelacanths were discovered in the 19th century. Coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods...
- juvenile coelacanths from the Devonian of South Africa shed light on the order of character acquisition in actinistians: Fossil Coelacanths from the South...
- (otoliths), scientists infer that individual coelacanths may live as long as 80 to 100 years. Coelacanths live as deep as 700 m (2300 ft) below sea level...
- These coelacanths live in deep waters of around 150 metres or more, at a temperature between 14 and 18 degrees Celsius. West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria...
- lobe-finned fishes, split into two main lineages: the coelacanths and the rhipidistians. Coelacanths never left the oceans and their heyday was the late...
- the main island of the Comoros. The park is made up a seascape home to coelacanths and a coral reef which attracts whales and dolphins. Its creation was...
- spine") is a genus of extinct coelacanths that first appeared during the Permian period. It was the first genus of coelacanths described, about a century...
- during the early Devonian. Locomotion of the coelacanths is unique to their kind. To move around, coelacanths most commonly take advantage of up or downwellings...
- Tanzania (GoT) in recognition of the value of the Coelacanths and for their protection (see Map 1). Coelacanths have been spotted on Tanga Island, Mwambani...
- Latimeriidae is the only extant family of coelacanths, an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish. It contains two extant species in the genus Latimeria,...