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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Depth (m):

300 -

Place:

Anjouan, Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

12 Mar 1955

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032701

USNM Number:

376115

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

29 Feb 2012

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290922

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Comoros, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032701

USNM Number:

376116

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

29 Feb 2012

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290923

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Depth (m):

160 -

Place:

Anjouan, Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

5 Sep 1954

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032701

USNM Number:

376113

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

29 Feb 2012

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290920

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Comoros, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032701

USNM Number:

376117

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

29 Feb 2012

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290924

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Comoros, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032701

USNM Number:

376114

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

29 Feb 2012

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290921

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Collector:

Commercial Fisherman

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Indian Ocean: Comoro Islands: near SW coast of Grande Comore Island, Comoros, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2033260

USNM Number:

376602

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

31 Mar 2009

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5291264

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Collector:

Commercial Fisherman

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Indian Ocean: Comoro Islands: near SW coast of Grande Comore Island, Comoros, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2033260

USNM Number:

376603

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

31 Mar 2009

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5291265

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Preparation:

Scanning Electron Microphotograph

Unknown

Histological Slide

Prep Count:

000

Remarks:

brain sections

Place:

Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Madagascar, Indian

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

281257

USNM Number:

205871

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

19 Feb 2010

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5065437

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Collector:

Capt. Goosen

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Type Status:

Type

Place:

So. Africa: Near Mouth of Chalumna R., S.W. of East London, South Africa, Indian

Collection Date:

22 Dec 1938

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

186831

USNM Number:

112258

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

7 Sep 2006

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5036720

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Collector:

Commercial Fisherman

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Indian Ocean: Comoro Islands: Anjoyan: Western Indian Ocean. 0.5 mi from shore off town of Mutsamudu, on island of Anjoyan., Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

12 Nov 1964

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2033260

USNM Number:

376605

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

31 Mar 2009

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5291267

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Collector:

Commercial Fisherman

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Indian Ocean: Comoro Islands: Anjoyan: Western Indian Ocean. 0.5 mi from shore off town of Mutsamudu, on island of Anjoyan., Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

12 Nov 1964

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2033260

USNM Number:

376604

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

31 Mar 2009

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5291266

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

USNM-Paleo label indicates that this specimen was taken from "near Comoro Islands", Africa, Indian

Collection Date:

1938

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

2032371

USNM Number:

375991

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

31 Mar 2009

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5290486

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Place:

Taken Off Preserved Specimen. Caught Off Grand Comoro Is., Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

1964

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

258054

USNM Number:

199416

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

18 Apr 2003

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_5059047

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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian Ocean

Type Status:

holotype

Type Citation:

Smith. 1939 --/--. Cape Naturalist. 1: 187-194.

Place:

Indian Ocean

Collection Date:

1938

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Crossopterygii Latimeriidae

Published Name:

Latimeria chalumnae Smith

USNM Number:

PAL409598

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

7 May 2013

Skeletal Morphology:

scale(s)

Geological Age:

Cenozoic - Recent

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Types: Fishes

Fish Primary Type

Paleobiology

Data Source:

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Record ID:

nmnhpaleobiology_3393030

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Collector:

Native

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Indian

Type Status:

Type

Place:

Indian Ocean: Comoros Archipelago, Domoni, Anjouan Island, Comoros, Indian

Collection Date:

20 Dec 1952

Taxonomy:

Animalia Animalia Chordata Chordata Sarcopterygii Sarcopterygii Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthidae Coelacanthidae

Published Name:

Malania anjouanae Smith

Latimeria chalumnae

Accession Number:

198041

USNM Number:

163126

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

6 Nov 2007

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_5049384

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Author:

Greenwood, Peter Humphry

British Museum (Natural History)

Physical description:

16 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1988

Topic:

Coelacanth

Notes:

"This booklet was produced in conjunction with a special temporary exhibition in the British Museum (Natural History) to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Latimeria Chalumnae."

Cover title

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Record ID:

siris_sil_477708

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Author:

Northcutt, R. Glenn

Bemis, William E

Physical description:

x, 76 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1993

Topic:

Nerves, Cranial

Notes:

"Reprint of Brain, behavior and evolution, vol. 42, suppl. 1, 1993"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Record ID:

siris_sil_606864

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Author:

Millot, Jacques 1897-

Anthony, Jean

Robineau, Daniel

Physical description:

3 v. in 4 illus. (part col.) plates. 28 x 36 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1958

1978

[1958]-1978

Topic:

Coelacanth--Anatomy

Fishes--Anatomy

Notes:

Vol. 3 by J. Millot, J. Anthony and D. Robineau

Contents:

t. 1. Squelette, muscles et formations de soutien. [ptie. 1] Texte. [ptie. 2] Planches.--t. 2. Système nerveux et organes des sens.--t. 3. Appareil digestif, Appareil respiratoire, Appareil urogénital, Glandes endocrines, Appareil circulatoire, Téguments, Écailles, Conclusions générales

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Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Record ID:

siris_sil_348097

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Author:

Unknown

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Exhibit

Place:

Madagascar

Date:

1957

Topic:

Exhibitions

Coelacanth

Fishes

Fossils

United States National Museum

Living fossils

Standard number:

SIA2009-2196 and 44746

Restrictions:

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Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

A a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smitha, or living fossil fish on display in the Untied States National Museum. The fish is situated on supports and explanatory text can be seen behind the specimen

On August 20, 1957, a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smitha, living fossil fish, is put on exhibit in the foyer of United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. This male fish was caught off the Comoro Islands, near the Island of Madagascar. It was believed that the coelacanth was extinct until 1938 when the first live one was caught off South Africa. Before that time the fish was only known from ancient fossil remains

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Record ID:

siris_sic_7497

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Update Date:

2011-03-28T13:00:28Z

Topic:

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Synopsis:

On August 20, 1957, a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smitha, living fossil fish, is put on exhibit in the foyer of United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1957, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 6, Negative Number: SIA2009-2196. [...]

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