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Fish species thought to be extinct along with dinosaurs found alive

A rare fish that was thought to have died out along with the dinosaurs millions of years ago, was recently discovered alive in the Indian Ocean. Writes about it People.

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A group of South African shark hunters have discovered a rare species of coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar, according to a report by Mongabay, a US-based nonprofit news platform for nature conservation and environmental science.

The coelacanth is known as the "four-legged fossil fish" and dates back to 420 million years ago. The report says that this species swims in underwater canyons at depths of 100 to 500 meters and weighs up to 90 kilograms.

In recent history, the first rediscovery of coelacanth was made back in 1938 by a group of marine fishermen who set up gillnets off the southwest coast of Madagascar.

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At the time, scientists were shocked by the discovery of this species. Since then, there have been more reports of coelacanth being caught by fishermen off the coasts of South Africa, Tanzania and the Comoros, while another species of coelacanth emerged in waters off Indonesia. This species is currently listed as endangered.

As of May 2020, there were at least 334 reports of coelacanth captures, according to a new study published in the SA Journal of Science.

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“When we looked into this issue in more detail, we were amazed at the number of fish caught, even though Madagascar had no proactive processes to monitor or conserve coelacanths,” said study lead author Andrew Cook.

The study also confirmed that the coelacanth species is now endangered due to increased shark hunting.

“Gill nets for catching sharks are a relatively new and deadlier innovation because they are large and can be deployed at great depths,” the researchers said. — There is no doubt that large mesh gillnets currently pose the greatest threat to the survival of the coelacanth in Madagascar. "

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