Latimeria

[skrilla]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/see-it-420-million-year-old-fish-species-rediscovered-in-indian-ocean



A humongous "fossil fish" with origins that can be traced back 420 million years has resurfaced in the West Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar.

The 6.5-feet, up to 198-pound coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) was believed to have gone extinct at least a century ago. However, a recent study published in the SA Journal of Science revealed that as of May 2020 as many as 334 coelacanth captures had been documented.

The coelacanth species, also known as the "four-legged fish" for its vigorous fins, roams in deep undersea canyons between 350 and 1,600 feet below the surface.

According to the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, the fish were first rediscovered in 1938 using gill-nets.

The species was named for its discoverer, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, and reportedly described by Rhodes University's Professor J.L.B. Smith in 1939.

[Latimeria]

My Holy Grail on Rod and Reel.....

[jrodda]

My Holy Grail on Rod and Reel.....

At the rate he's going,  Ben will have gotten one by 2023.

[BenCantrell]

They're not *that* deep...

[Latimeria]

Great new science on a more accurate way to age fish.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(21)00752-1?fbclid=IwAR0r1bQuNIvUNULyOPHts4DbPmnOi_RLQcHXI6mVzj68Ib_8Y1_lgyO-byE

[sasquatch]

When my uncle worked for Alaska fish and game he was working on aging salmon by scales. It was more art than science. With the expected accuracy.

We passed the time while my grandmother was in the hospital looking at scale pictures and comparing our answers. Sometimes they matched.