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 |  | 올린이:  | Kim Jinsuk (jskim@bioinfo.kordic.re.kr) 
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Posted 촬영일: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 11:54:37 +0900 |   
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 Coelacanth (pronounced as "see-la-kanth")
 Latimeria chalumnae
 
 
 [Description From Encarta]
 
 Coelacanth, lobe-finned fish that first appeared during the Devonian
 period, about 350 million years ago. They are represented today by only
 one species (Latimeria chalumnae). Lobe-finned fishes are so named because
 they have a fleshy, scale-covered lobe at the base of several fins.
 
 The coelacanth's body varies from bright blue to brownish in color and
 produces large amounts of oil and slime. Fossils found in many parts of
 the world indicate that during their long history, various types of
 coelacanths inhabited lakes, swamps, inland seas, and oceans. Before
 1938 paleontologists thought that the coelacanth had become extinct
 about 70 million years ago. In December of that year a fishing trawler
 off the eastern coast of South Africa captured a living coelacanth.
 
 Scientific classification: Coelacanths belong to the family Latimeriidae
 in the class Osteichthyes, subclass Crossopterygii.
 
 
 
 
 Comments
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 From: "Marius" 
 Subject: Re: Coelacanth_J01-Closeup.jpg [1/1]
 Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:58:04 +0200
 
 Kim
 
 for interest, most people here probably know it, but they are referred to by
 the nickname "Old Fourlegs", because of the four fins.
 
 I can't remember exactly that the first one was actually still alive when
 caught.  I've got it in the back of my mind that it was actually already
 dead in the nets - but I've been wrong before.  But they are still found off
 the Comores nowadays, although scarce and, unfortunately, still being
 caught.
 
 Marius
 
 Kim Jinsuk wrote in message <357B526D.11810A82@bioinfo.kordic.re.kr>...
 >Coelacanth (pronounced as "see-la-kanth")
 >Latimeria chalumnae
 >
 >coelacanths
 >inhabited lakes, swamps, inland seas, and oceans. Before 1938
 >paleontologists thought that the coelacanth had become extinct about 70
 >million years ago. In December of that year a fishing trawler off the
 >eastern
 >coast of South Africa captured a living coelacanth.
 >   |   
^o^
 
동물그림창고 똑똑전화 누리집
^o^
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