Artwork of a Coelacanth fish, Latimeria chalumnae Z605/0195

Artwork of a Coelacanth fish, Latimeria chalumnae

Código da imagem : Z605/0195
Dimensões : 4.776 X 3.697 pixels
Orientação : horizontal

Data do upload no fornecedor : 06/09/1993
Tamanho máximo não comprimido : 50,5MB

Pauta:	Artwork of a Coelacanth fish, Latimeria chalumnae
Título:	Artwork of a Coelacanth fish, Latimeria chalumnae
Descrição:	Coelacanth. Illustration of a Coelacanth fish, Latimeria chalumnae. Related to Rhipidistians and lungfish, coelacanths were thought to be extinct until, in 1938, a specimen 1.5 metres long and weighing 52kg was caught off the coast of South Africa. The species had long been known to local fishermen as kombessa. The coelacanth survives as the only known living member of a class of lobe- finned fishes that flourished in the Mesozoic Era, 400-60 million years ago. It was initially thought that their strong fleshy fins were used for swimming and for crawling on land, and that these fish were a step in the evolution of land animals. Coelacanths, however, are unable to walk.
Coleção:	Science Photo Library
Crédito:	SALLY BENSUSEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Fotoarena
Disponibilidade:	imediata
Direito de uso:	Direito controlado
Autorização do(a) modelo:	não
Autorização da propriedade:	não

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