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coelacanth

coelacanth

See also: cœlacanth

English

Latimeria chalumnae

Alternative forms

cœlacanth

Noun

coelacanth ‎(plural coelacanths)

Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.

Translations

either of two species of deep-water fish

Chinese:
Mandarin: 矛尾魚 (zh), 矛尾鱼 (zh) ‎(máowěiyú)
Finnish: latimeria
French: cœlacanthe (fr) m
German: Quastenflosser (de) m
Greek: κοιλάκανθος m ‎(koilákanthos)

Italian: celacanto m
Japanese: シーラカンス (ja) ‎(shīrakansu)
Portuguese: celacanto m
Russian: целака́нт (ru) m ‎(celakánt), латиме́рия (ru) f ‎(latimérija)
Spanish: celacanto m
Swedish: kvastfening c, havstofsstjärt c, tofsstjärtfisk c, blå kvastfening c

any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 空棘魚, 空棘鱼 ‎(kōngjíyú)
Finnish: varsieväkala
Greek: κοιλάκανθος m ‎(koilákanthos)

Japanese: シーラカンス (ja) ‎(shīrakansu)
Russian: целака́нт (ru) m ‎(celakánt)
Swedish: lobfenig, kvastfening c