| West Indian Ocean Coelacanth | |
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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Conservation Status | |
 Critically Endangered | |
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), sometimes known as gombessa, African coelacanth, or simply coelacanth, is one of two extant species of coelacanth, a rare order of vertebrates more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to the common ray-finned fishes. Latimeria chalumnae is a crossopterygian.