| | The South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The scientific discovery of Latimeria chalumnae in 1938 caused a sensation in the scientific world because it is the only living member of a very old group of fishes, the actinistians (Coelacanthimorpha). |
 | | The Coelacanthimorpha and lungfishes are separate side-branches of the primitive fish group that gave rise to the amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. |
 | | Although Latimeria is not a 'missing link' in the story of evolution, it is the sole survivor of a line of development that otherwise became extinct. |
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