420-million-year-old fish with four legs that predates dinosaurs found alive in Africa
Share They continued: 'The discovery of a substantial population of coelacanths through handline fishing on the steep volcanic slopes of Comoros archipelago initially provided an important source of museum specimens and was the main focus of coelacanth research for almost 40 years.' As such, the experts note their findings emphasize 'the importance of the Onilahy marine canyon in southwest Madagascar as an especially important habitat and provides the basis for the development of a national program of research and conservation.' However, Tony Ribbink, former head of the African Coelaca...
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