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Latimeria

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prop. n.1.The type genus of the Latimeridae, including the coelacanth.
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Noun1.Latimeria - type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
genus Latimeria
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Latimeridae, Latimeridae - extinct except for the coelacanth
coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae - fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa


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Their formal description of the new species and its name, Latimeria menadoensis, appear in the April COMPTES RENDUS DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES.
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