Coelacanth

Undina gulo Egerton; Lias. Family Coelacanthidae.

Learn more about Latimeria chalumnaeX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.

photo published in Rarest of the Rare

Macropoma lewesiensis an extinct coelacanth fish . Restoration of Macropoma lewesiensis one of the last coelacanth fishes. It lived in the clear water chalk seas of sourthern England 85 mya, and grew to about 60 cm in length.