EPPO Global Database

Latimeria chalumnae(LATMCH)

Overview
Code created in: 2010-04-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LATMCH
  • Preferred name: Latimeria chalumnae
  • Authority: Smith

Notes

This is the famous \"living fossil\" fish from the Indian Ocean.


Common names
Name Language
West Indian Ocean coelacanth English
Komoren-Quastenflosser German
coelacanthe French
celacanto de Comores Spanish
celacanto Italian
gewone coelacant Dutch
celacanto Portuguese
havstofsstjärt Swedish
tofsstjärtfisk Swedish
ratimeria Japanese
ラティメリア Japanese
латимерия Russian