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Sulawesi Coelacanth
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species of fish
Species
VulnerableSulawesi Coelacanth
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassCoelacanthi
- OrderCoelacanthiformes
- FamilyLatimeriidae
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- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Latimeria menadoensis
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- Appendix I of CITES
- taxon common name
- Sulawesi coelacanth
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Encyclopedic overview
The Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut, English: king of the sea), also called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable by its brown color. Latimeria menadoensis is a lobe-finned fish belonging to the class Actinistia and order Coelacanthiformes, classified under the family Latimeriidae and genus Latimeria. As a deep-sea predator, this species plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems.
Separate populations of the Indonesian coelacanth are found in the waters of north Sulawesi, Papua, Southwest Papua, and North Maluku, which may be genetically distinct. This species offers insights into the early existence of fish and the first tetrapods.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sulawesi Coelacanth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.