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You selected Latimeria (Polish). This is a common name for:

Accepted scientific name:
Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939
Synonyms:
Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939
Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Seelakant Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Latimérie podivná Czech Czech Republic Click here to show the literature reference
Afrikansk blå fisk Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Coelacanth English South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Coelacanth English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Coelacanth English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Gombessa English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Latimeria English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Old four legs English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Latimeria Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature reference
Coelacanthe French France Click here to show the literature reference
矛尾魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
矛尾鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Gombessa Other Comoros Click here to show the literature reference
Mamme Other Comoros Click here to show the literature reference
Latimeria Polish Poland Click here to show the literature reference
латимерия Russian Russia Click here to show the literature reference
Celecanto Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Tofsstjärtfisk Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Sarcopterygii
Order Coelacanthiformes
Family Latimeriidae
Genus Latimeria
Distribution: Indian Ocean: well known population off the islands of Grand Comoro and Anjouan in the Comoros. Other populations in South Africa (Ref. 11228, 38218), Madagascar (Ref. 26162), and Mozambique (Ref. 27415). Likely to occur as strays at islands like Astove and Cosmoledo (Ref. 1623). International trade banned (CITES I, since 18.1.1990).
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2063
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:215e7ef4-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201

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