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Latimeriidae (Gombessa)
Etymology: Latimeria: Taken from Miss Courtenay Latimer worker in the East London Musuem; she contributed to the update of the fish (Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae) (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Miss Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907–2004) was the first Curator of the Museum at East London, South Africa, which was based on the Latimer family collection and holds the only remaining Dodo egg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina bottenlevande; ej vandrande, usually 150 - ? m (Ref. 33470). Deep-water; 17°C - 20°C (Ref. 33470)
Western Central Pacific: Celebes Sea, north of Sulawesi. Also Ref. 33470.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 140 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 33470)
Presumably on rocky slopes in deep water of 150-200 m. Fricke et al. (Ref. 33470) observed two specimens of 120 and 140 cm length in a deep carbonate cave at a depth of 155 m (water temp. 17.8-20.1°C).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Pouyaud, L., S. Wirjoatmodjo, I. Rachmatika, A. Tjakrawidjaja, R. Hadiaty and W. Hadie, 1999. Une nouvelle espèce de coelacanthe: preuves génétiques et morphologiques: A new species of coelacanth. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie 322(4):261-267. (Ref. 30889)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Sårbar (VU) (C2a(ii); D2); Date assessed: 01 January 2008
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Harmless
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01148 (0.00461 - 0.02857), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
4.5 ±0.62 se; based on food items. |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (83 of 100). 🛈 |