A second living-fossil
species?
The Indonesian coelacanths reported
in 1998 may be a new fish species, different from the only other population
known of these living fossils.
References:
Erdmann, M.V., R.L. Caldwell, and M.K. Moosa. 1998. Indonesian 'King
of the sea' discovered. Nature 395(Sept. 24):335.
Milius, S. 1998. Second group
of living fossils reported. Science News 154(Sept. 26):196.
Pouyard, L. 1999. A new species of coelacanth discovered in Indonesia.
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 322(April)339.
Further Readings:
Pictures and a history of coelacanths can be found at http://www.dinofish.com.
Sources:
Mark V. Erdmann
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
Berkeley, CA 94720
David Hillis
University of Texas
Department of Zoology
Campus Mail Code C0900
Austin, TX 78712
Laurent Pouyard
IRD-Indonesia
Catfish Asia Project
Instalasi Penelitian Perikanan Air Tawar
Jalan Ragunan - Pasar Minggu
P.O. Box 7220 / jkspm
Jakarta 12540
Indonesia
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 17, April 24,
1999, p. 267. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
