Biogeography of the Indonesian coelacanths

H. Fricke (), K. Hissmann, J. Schauer, M. Erdmann, M. K. Moosa and R. Plante
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H. Fricke: Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie
K. Hissmann: Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie
J. Schauer: Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie
M. Erdmann: University of California
M. K. Moosa: Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Ancol Timur
R. Plante: Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille, Station Marine d'Endoume

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6765, 38-38

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2000
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