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Are there any live coelacanths in captivity?
Scientists and curators have been trying for years to capture a live coelacanth and keep it alive in captivity, but it has not been done. There are 125 Coelacanth species in the fossil record, but there is only one living (Bartlett, 1997).
Where can I see a coelacanth live?
Coelacanths are known primarily from the Comoros Islands, which are situated in the Western Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, but also live elsewhere along the east African coast and in Indonesian waters.
Are there any coelacanths alive today?
Population. There are only two known species of coelacanths: one that lives near the Comoros Islands off the east coast of Africa, and one found in the waters off Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Can you own a coelacanth?
No. It would be virtually impossible to capture, transport, care for, and keep a coelacanth alive as a pet.
Are coelacanths in aquariums?
The possibility of keeping a coelacanth in an aquarium tank is nearly as intriguing to some naturalists as the dream of caging a live dinosaur. Coelacanths are abundant in the fossil record, but even since 1938, only a few dozen have been caught, all by commercial fishermen.
Do aquariums have coelacanths?
Housed on the second floor of the aquarium is the Coelacanth Museum, where you will find five coelacanth; two frozen and three stuffed specimens. The coelacanth was originally thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago and is considered a living fossil.
What animals do coelacanth eat?
The coelacanth is a slow drift-hunter and eats a variety of benthic and epi-benthic prey, such as cephalopods, eels, cuttlefish, and deepwater fish.
Are coelacanths extinct?
Not extinct
Coelacanth/Extinction status
What does coelacanth spell?
Definition of coelacanth : any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobe-finned fishes known chiefly from Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossils.