Later, experiments conducted from a submersible confirmed that coelacanths can detect and respond to electrical fields in the water, strongly implicating the rostral organ for this role.

Coelacanths have a bony skull which has an intracranial joint, a hinge that allows the fish to open its mouth especially wide. This feature isn't seen in any other living vertebrate. Finding a living ...

Professor John Long explains new paper providing insights into the biology of the unique skull and brain of coelacanth. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Coelacanths are large fish that evolved 410 ... the bones of the jaw and skull have continued to evolve. In fact, study co-author Richard Cloutier, an evolutionary biologist at the University ...

Coelacanths are difficult to classify. They have many characteristics in common with sharks, and yet in certain characteristics they more closely resemble other types of fish. In this activity ...