coelacanth

English

Wikipedia

Latimeria chalumnae

Alternative forms

• cœlacanth

Etymology

Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koilos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (akantha, “spine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/, SAMPA: /"si:.l@.k{nT/

Noun

coelacanth (plural coelacanths)

1. Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and L. menadoensis of Indonesia.
2. Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.

Translations

either of two species of deep-water fish

French: cœlacanthe (fr) m. German: Quastenflosser (de) m. Greek: κοιλάκανθος (el) (kilákanthos) m.

Italian: celacanto (it) m. Russian: целакант (ru) (tselakánt) m., латимерия (ru) (latimérija) f. Spanish: celacanto (es) m.

Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes

Greek: κοιλάκανθος (el) (kilákanthos) m.

Russian: целакант (ru) (tselakánt) m.

External links

• Latimeria chalumnae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Latimeria chalumnae
• Latimeria chalumnae on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Latimeria chalumnae