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West Indian Ocean coelacanth

Animal
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth is a crossopterygian, one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to the common ray-finned fishes. The other extant species is the... Wikipedia
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Mass: 120 lbs (Adult)
Scientific name: Latimeria chalumnae
Class: Actinistia
Genus: Latimeria
Family: Latimeriidae
Kingdom: Animalia