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Latimeria chalumnae  Smith, 1939
Taxonomic Serial No.: 649768

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953
 
  Common Name(s): West Indian Ocean coelacanth [English]
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassSarcopterygii   
                      ClassCoelacanthi   
                         OrderCoelacanthiformes   
                            FamilyLatimeriidae  – coelacanths  
                               GenusLatimeria Smith, 1939  
                                  SpeciesLatimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 – West Indian Ocean coelacanth  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 02-Mar-2017, website (version 02-Mar-17)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 02-Mar-2017   
  Reference for: Latimeria chalumnae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Van der Laan, Richard, William N. Eschmeyer, and Ronald Fricke  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names of Recent fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, Monograph 3882   
  Page(s): 1-230   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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