Coelacanth @ natural history museum

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ID
158880
Title
Coelacanth @ natural history museum
credit
Holly Hayes
edited by
5
Location
p
Resolution
1280 x 853 px (1 MP)
Camera
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
focal length
18mm
Date Taken
November 20, 2007
Date Added
August 10, 2023
Last Updated
February 20, 2026

Image: Coelacanth @ natural history museum

A very ugly but important fish called a coelacanth. It was known from fossils but thought to be extinct until a live one was caught in 1938. Note its weird fins - it is believed to be an evolutionary link between fish and four-limbed land animals.

by Holly Hayes
on November 20, 2007