Latimeria menadoensis — Overview

Sulawesi Coelacanth learn more about names for this taxon

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Presumably on rocky slopes in deep water of 150-200 m. Fricke et al. (Ref. 33470) observed two specimens of 120 and 140 cm length in a deep carbonate cave at a depth of 155 m (water temp. 17.8-20.1°C).

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