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At depth in the Indian ocean
Coelacanths have been caught or seen all along the East African coast from South Africa to Kenya, the islands of the Comoros and Madagascar and in Indonesia around the island of Sulawesi. They have been caught from as shallow as 15 metres to a depth of 600 metres and a tagged specimen swam deeper than this. Being a totally oil-filled fish lacking any air sinuses or air-filled swim bladder the fish is physiologically able to live happily from the surface down to great depths. The reported preferential depth of around 200 metres simply reflects the depths at which the majority of fishermen fish!
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No. You are not even close. They live around the Comoros Islands & in Indonesia
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Coelacanths have been found off the coast of southern Africa near Madagascar.
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Coelacanths eat whatever they find as they drift in the current. Because they can lift the upper jaw as well as move the lower jaw, coelacanths can open their mouths quite far to suck prey from crevices
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Are the coelacanths okay?
Not really. In 1995, results from a dive counted about 40 coelacanths. The number has changed since then, but coelacanths are still nowhere near abundant. South African fisherman who fish for oilfish sometimes catch a coelacanth by accident. Without the strength to swim hundreds of meters back to their habitat, they usually die. Some of them get sold to scientists. As far as we know, coelacanths are very rare. Prior to around 1940, we thought they were extinct. They are still in danger.
Where can Coelacanths live?
Coelacanth is the common name for an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish + tetrapods) known to date. Until its recent discovery it was believed that the Coelecanth became extinct 65 million years ago. There are only two known species of coelacanths: one that lives near the Comoros Islands off the east coast of Africa, and one found in the waters off Sulawesi, Indonesia. Coelacanths are elusive, deep-sea creatures, living in depths up to 2,300 feet (700 meters) below the surface.
What type of fish is a coelacanths?
The bony fish. They are also known as lobe-finned fishes.
Why has it been difficult to find coelacanths?
it has been difficult to find Coelacanths because it lives depth range of 600- 1,000 feet under water and cause its in the Indian Ocean near Southern Africa.It was also called the missing link.
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The largest known carnivorous animal to live on land was Spinosaurus, a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Africa. Its diet was mostly composed of fish including sharks and giant coelacanths.
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the coelacanths
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the coelacanths
Lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animals?
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