coelacanth

• Poisson marin rare et ancien, considéré comme éteint depuis le Crétacé jusqu'à la découverte d'un spécimen vivant au large des côtes africaines en 1938. Il appartient à un groupe de poissons à nageoires charnues, souvent qualifié de fossile vivant.

A rare marine fish that was believed to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period until a living specimen was discovered off the coast of Africa in 1938.

1. Rare prehistoric fishC2formalscientific

   A large, slow-moving fish with lobed fins, once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs but rediscovered in 1938 off the coast of South Africa.

   Cœlacanthe

   • The coelacanth is often called a living fossil because it has remained unchanged for millions of years.
   • Marine biologists were astonished when a living coelacanth was caught in 1938.
   • Coelacanths live in deep underwater caves and can grow up to two meters long.