coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae

fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa

• crossopterygian, lobefin, lobe-finned fish — any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

• Latimeria, genus Latimeria — type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth