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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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Önskad temperatur (Ref.
123201): 14.9 - 19.4, mean 17.4 °C (based on 5 cells).
Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00472 - 0.02924), b=3.04 (2.83 - 3.25), 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 (84 of 100).
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