Latimeria Smith, 1939

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Coelacanthi

order

Coelacanthiformes

family

Latimeriidae

genus

Latimeria

Name

Synonyms

Latemaria

Malania Smith, 1953

Homonyms

Latimeria Smith, 1939

Bibliographic References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. FishBase
4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
5. Nature, 143, 455
6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
8. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
9. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
10. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
11. Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456.
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)