Image: Latimeria Chalumnae - Coelacanth - NHMW

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Description: Preserved specimen of chalumnae (Also known as Coelacanth [1]) in the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Believed to have been extinct for 70 million years, this specimen was caught the 18 October of 1974, next to Salimani/Selimani (Grande Comore, Comoros Islands) 11°48′40.7″S 43°16′3.3″E / 11.811306°S 43.267583°E / -11.811306; 43.267583 Length: 170 cm - Weight: 60 kg Obtained by stiching 3 HiRes images and removing the background with image post-processing.
Title: Latimeria Chalumnae - Coelacanth - NHMW
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Author: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez
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