Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Coelacanthi
- Order
- Coelacanthiformes
- Family
- Latimeriidae
- Genus
- Latimeria
Where to Find
Found in 6 diving areas across 4 countries and 1 regions.
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 24 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 15 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 15 records