West Indian Ocean coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Latimeria chalumnae
- Class
- Coelacanthi
- Order
- Coelacanth
- Family
- Latimeriidae
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Critically endangered
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Scientists thought coelacanths died out with the dinosaurs until one was caught off South Africa in 1938.
- It bears live young rather than laying eggs.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q668921 · All animals · All entries