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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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Do coelacanths have gills slits or flaps?
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Tell what you know about Coelacanths?
The coelacanths are a primitive form of fish related to lungfishes and tetrapods They have been present in the Earth's oceans since the end of the Cretaceous period. They are presently found in the Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. With this distribution the number of individual fish is probably in the hthousands.
Where would coelacanths be located on a branching tree?
A coelacanth is not part of a branching tree but a crossopterygian fish. As one time, it was thought the species was extinct until they found it off the coast of Africa in 1938.
What are some adaptations of the coelacanth?
The eyes of the coelacanth are extremely sensitive to light and contain a special adaptation known as a tapetum, which is also found in cats, dogs, and dolphins. Their highly specialized eye enables the coelacanth to see as much as possible in the lightless deep sea. Other adaptations are that they hunt at night because of their slow speed and they sleep in caves to keep their body temperature more constant.71
What are posing threats to a coelacanths future survival?
Habitat destruction, overfishing. Interestingly, museums of natural history and aquariums are one of the threats to the coelocanth. Many such museums are looking for specimens of this fish for their collections, causing local fishermen in Madagascar and elsewhere in the fish's range to hunt them in greater numbers.
Where is the coelacanths habitat?
Coelacanths have been found off the coast of southern Africa near Madagascar.
Do coelacanths have gills slits or flaps?
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What do coelanths eat?
Coelacanths are opportunistic feeders, hunting cuttlefish, squid, snipe eels and small sharks, and other fish found in their deep reef and volcanic slope habitats
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.
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.
Lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animals?
coelacanths
Are lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animals?
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Are lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animals.?
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What are lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animals?
Coelacanths
Are lobe finned fish with paddle like fins similar to limbs in land animals?
Coelacanths
Are lobe-finned fish with paddle-like fins similar to limbs in land animal?
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