Coelacanthiformes
English: Coelacanths.
Genera: 1, Latimeria; 2 s
Clades: Actinistia.pecies.
Region: West Indian Ocean, Indonesia, east coast of Africa
Zoology
Fish; lobed-finned; they were thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago, but were rediscovered in 1938.
Taxonomy
Coelacanths are rare, living fossils, the oldest-known living lineage of Sarcopterygii. They are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ray-finned fish.