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Second Group of Living Fossils Reported

Two coelacanths caught in Indonesia indicate that island reefs there host the second known population of these fish.

 

References:

Erdmann, M.V., R.L. Caldwell, and M.K. Moosa. 1998. Indonesian ‘king of sea’ discovered. Nature 395(Sept. 24):335.

 

Further Readings:

Additional information about coelacanths can be found at http://www.dinofish.com.

 

Sources:

Roy L. Caldwell
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
Berkeley, CA 94720

Mark V. Erdmann
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
Berkeley, CA 94720

Hans Fricke
Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology
82319 Seewiesen (Post Starnberg)
Germany

David L.G. Noakes
University of Guelph
Department of Zoology
276 Axelrod Building
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 13, September 26, 1998, p. 196.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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