Latimeria chalumnae

Familia: Latimeriidae
Genus: Latimeria
Species: Latimeria chalumnae

• Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939: 455

Holotype: East London Mus. Specimen parts: USNM 112258 (scales).

Type locality: West of East London, Cape Colony, South Africa, depth 40 fathoms.

• Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953

• Smith, J.L.B. 1939: A living fish of Mesozoic type. Nature (London) 143: 455–456.
• Smith, J.L.B. 1953: The second coelacanth. Nature, 171: 99–101. DOI: 10.1038/171099a0
• Fricke H., Hissmann K., Froese R., Schauer J., Plante R., Fricke S. 2011: The population biology of the living coelacanth studied over 21 years. Marine Biology, 158(7), pp. 1511-1522. [1]

• IUCN: Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (Critically Endangered)