Latitude and longitude of West Indian Ocean coelacanth
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Satellite map of West Indian Ocean coelacanth
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), sometimes known as the African coelacanth is one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish, reptiles and mammals than to the common ray-finned fishes. It has a vivid blue pigment, and is the better known of the two extant species.
Latitude: -11° 48' 24.41" S
Longitude: 43° 16' 1.98" E