Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
COELACANTH - 3 reference results
coelacanth
coelacanth: see lobefin; fish.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2004.
Licensed from Columbia University Press
coelacanth

Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

Any lobe-finned bony fish of the order Crossopterygii. Members of an extinct suborder are considered to have been the ancestors of land vertebrates. Modern coelacanths (genus Latimeria) are deep-sea fishes with hollow fin spines. They are powerful, heavy-bodied predators, with highly mobile, limblike fins. They average 5 ft (1.5 m) in length and weigh about 100 lbs (45 kg). Coelacanths appeared about 350 million years ago and were thought to have become extinct 80 million years ago until one was caught in 1938 near the southern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. A second species was discovered living near Indonesia in 1998.

Learn more about coelacanth with a free trial on Britannica.com.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Coelacanth discoverer dies in South Africa
Jun 07, 2004; ELLIOTT SYLVESTER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 06-07-2004 Dateline: CAPE TOWN, South Africa Marjorie...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Duke alumnus happens upon coelacanth in different range
Sep 28, 1998; Staff Reports University Wire 09-28-1998 (The Chronicle) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- As a number of major media have recently...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
coelacanth
Jan 01, 2004; coelacanth A bony fish of the genus Latimeria, which was believed to be extinct until 1938, when the first modern specimen of L....
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Lexicon Genetics Closes Merger With Coelacanth Corporation.
Jul 12, 2001; Industrialized Medicinal Chemistry Becomes a Core Competency THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexicon Genetics...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
LET US CONSIDER NOW THE COELACANTH
Oct 19, 1987; "Consider now the Coelacanth, Our only living fossil, Persistent as the amaranth, And status quo apostle." OMISSION: The Sci-Tech...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.

Search another word or see COELACANTH on Dictionary | Thesaurus