Image: A Coelacanth caught at Zanzibar
Description
A 1.34 m long (27 kg) Coelacanth caught at a depth of about 100 m by fishermen off Nungwi, Northern Zanzibar, 14th July 2007.
- Photographer:
- Narriman Jiddawi
- Rights:
- © Narriman Jiddawi
- Common name:
- Coelacanth
- Scientific name:
- Latimeria chalumnae
- Family:
- Latimeriidae
- Order:
- Coelacanthiformes
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