Indonesian coelacanth | |
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A preserved Latimeria menadoensis, Tokyo Sea Life Park, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Latimeriidae |
Genus: | Latimeria |
Species: | L. menadoensis
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Binomial name | |
Latimeria menadoensis | |
L. menadoensis range in violet |
The Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth,[1][3] is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable by its brown color. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN,[1] while the other species, L. chalumnae (West Indian Ocean coelacanth) is listed as critically endangered.[4] Separate populations of the Indonesian coelacanth are found in the waters of north Sulawesi as well as Papua and West Papua.