Noun
fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Source: WordNetThis leads scientists to believe that the endemic range of Latimeria chalumnae coelacanths stretches along the eastern coast of Africa from the Comoros Islands, past the western coast of Madagascar to the South African coastline. Source: Internet
Latimeria chalumnae and L. menadoensis are the only two known living coelacanth species. Source: Internet
The African coelacanth genome was sequenced and assembled using DNA from a Comoros Islands Latimeria chalumnae specimen. Source: Internet