False
The Australian lungfish, very similar to lungfish found in the
fossil record of 200 million years ago and thought to be
extinct, was found alive and well in the 1830s living in
Queensland, Australia. While just as interesting to
scientists, it failed to generate the same excitement as the
coelacanth, which was discovered in a more media-friendly era.
(To learn about similarly slighted fish, see
Other Fish in the Sea.