Japanese researchers from the Fukushima Aquarium have said they found, observed and filmed a juvenile (31.5cm) Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) in Indonesia at a depth of 161 meters via a remote operated vehicle. The 20 minute clip has net yet been shown to the public, but is said to offer a glimpse at the swimming patterns [...]
Japanese researchers from the Fukushima Aquarium have said they found, observed and filmed a juvenile (31.5cm) Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) in Indonesia at a depth of 161 meters via a remote operated vehicle. The 20 minute clip has net yet been shown to the public, but is said to offer a glimpse at the swimming patterns of this “living fossil” as it cruises over the rocky substrate of Manado Bay in North Sulawesi, Indonesia . The Guardian has received and released a brief clip via YouTube below.
This rare glimpse is believe to be the first video of a juvenile Coelacanth, a fish considered to be a “Lazarus”–as it disappeared from record and was believe to be extinct, until being found alive in 1938 off the east coast of South Africa. Just prior to this juvenile sighting and subsequent filming, a 141 cm adult was capture just months prior 90 km from location that the clip above was filmed.
