Latimeriidae

plural noun

Lat·​i·​me·​ri·​idae

: a family of living deep-sea coelacanth fishes currently known only from the southern African genus Latimeria and the Malagasy genus Malania and having their nearest relatives among fishes that became extinct in the Mesozoic

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latimeria, type genus + -idae

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