Latimeria menadoensis, Sulawesi coelacanth

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Latimeria menadoensis Pouyaud, Wirjoatmodjo, Rachmatika, Tjakrawidjaja, Hadiaty & Hadie, 1999

Sulawesi coelacanth
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Coelacanthi (lobe-finned fishes) > Coelacanthiformes (Coelacanths) > 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).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory, usually 150 - ? m (Ref. 33470). Deep-water; 17°C - 20°C (Ref. 33470)

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Western Central Pacific: Celebes Sea, north of Sulawesi. Also Ref. 33470.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 140 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33470)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (C2a(ii); D2); Date assessed: 01 January 2008

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CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.9 - 19.4, mean 17.4 °C (based on 5 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.2539   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00474 - 0.02910), b=3.04 (2.83 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).