The new work adds to the legacy of Dave Johnson, a long-time museum curator famed for his detail-oriented research on fishes ...

Previously known only from fossils of primitive fishes, this joint allows the coelacanth to open its mouth especially wide in order to swallow fish and other prey. A pair of powerful muscles—the ...

Yes, there was not a shadow of a doubt, scale by scale, bone by bone, fin by fin, it was a true Coelacanth.' Smith named the fish Latimeria chalumnae after Courtenay-Latimer and its place of capture, ...

The fish's jaw and neck are hinged so its mouth can open mouth wide and impale prey on needle ... that could be made by prey such as shrimps or small squid and fishes. A coelacanth specimen.

Coelacanths are difficult to classify ... When a fish opens its mouth, the flap closes, drawing water into the mouth. As the fish closes its mouth, the flap opens. Oxygen is extracted from ...

Though she didn't know it straightaway, Courtenay-Latimer had rediscovered the coelacanth, which was assumed to have died out at the end of the Cretaceous period but somehow outlasted many of its ...

What makes the coelacanth unique is not only its age but ... The fish also has a hinged skull, allowing it to open its mouth unusually wide when feeding. Its rostral organ—located in the snout ...

Overview: Coelacanth Energy Inc. is an oil and natural gas company focused on acquiring, developing, exploring, and producing oil and natural gas reserves in northeastern British Columbia ...