Biogeography of the Indonesian coelacanths.

Fricke, H., Hissmann, Karen, Schauer, Jürgen, Erdmann, M., Moosa, M. K. and Plante, R. (2000) Biogeography of the Indonesian coelacanths. Nature, 403 (6765). p. 38. DOI 10.1038/47400.

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Abstract

Living coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) are normally found only in the western Indian Ocean, where they inhabit submarine caves in the Comores Islands1. Two specimens have since been caught off the island of Manado Tua, north Sulawesi, Indonesia, some 10,000 kilometres away2. We sought to determine the ecological and geographic distribution of Indonesian coelacanth populations with a view to drawing up conservation measures for this extremely rare fish2,3. During our explorations, we discovered two living Indonesian coelacanths 360 km southwest of Manado Tua.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: Brief communications
Keywords: Indonesia, Manada Tua Island, coelacanths
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2019 11:25
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2019 11:25
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48181

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