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Coelacanth (Lipys superbus)

National Collection of Qatar

Currently not on display
Title:
Coelacanth (Lipys superbus)
Production place:
Bavaria
Date:
145
Dimensions:
2.4 × 99 × 63 cm

Although Coelacanths were thought to be entirely extinct at the time, this curious lobe-finned fish (Crossopterygii) was discovered in 1938 in fishing nets on the coast of South Africa. 

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