First capture of a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (Pisces: Latimeriidae), off Kenya

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 345-347

  De Vos, Luc ^a   Oyugi, Dalmas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COELACANTHIDAE; LATIMERIA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036629835     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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