May 20, 2021 05:55 PM EDT
The coelacanth species dates back 420 million years and was believed to have gone defunct along with dinosaurs. An infrequent fish species thought to have gone extinct together with dinosaurs millions of years ago has recently been discovered alive again in the Indian Ocean.
(Photo : Hung Tran)
The Four-Legged Fossil Fish
According to a report from a US-based non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform, Mongabay, recently a group of South African shark hunters discovered the uncommon coelacanth species (
Latimeria chalumnae) in the West Indian Ocean - off the coast of Madagascar. The coelacanth species is also referred to as the four-legged fossil fish and dates back to 420 million years ago.
साइंस न्यूज़ न्यूज़: Coelacanth Fossil: अफ्रीकी देश मेडागास्कर के तट पर शार्क का शिकार करने वाले शिकारियों ने 42 करोड़ साल पुरानी मछली को पकड़ा है। यह मछली coelacanth प्रजाति की है और डायनासोर के समय में पाई जाती थी।