UC Berkeley Researchers Announce Discovery of Sulawesi Coelacanths!

This resource discusses the discovery of a coelacanth in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although the original discovery of a live coelacanth was off the coast of South Africa in 1938, a subsequent fourteen-year search for a second specimen of this extraordinary fish resulted in the discovery of the true home of the living coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, in the Comoran archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. At this website one can learn details of these discoveries and why they are important. Information is also available about the distribution and conservation of this important living fossil. Educational levels: High school, Intermediate elementary, Middle school