Links
DINOFISH.com
www.dinofish.com
This irreverent and informative site, maintained by coelacanth
enthusiast Jerome Hamlin, offers an extensive range of information
for amateur coelacanthophiles on the fish's anatomy and behavior.
DINOFISH.com also features streaming video of coelacanths with
scuba divers, an entertaining virtual coelacanth Web cam, and a
"Coelashop," where you can purchase a range of "coelagear."
The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
www.saiab.ru.ac.za
Formerly known as the J.L.B. Smith Institute (named for the
scientist who first identified a living coelacanth in 1938), the
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity is a research
center devoted to the study of fish. Its Web site is the Internet
hub for information about African fishes (particularly the
coelacanth), aquatic biodiversity, and fish conservation. You'll
find dozens of seminal articles on the coelacanth, an exhaustive
list of related links, and historical information on the discovery
of the fish.
DigiMorph Coelacanth
www.digimorph.org/specimens/Latimeria_chalumnae/head
The National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative
offers a Web site where you can view 3D imagery of the internal
and external structure of dozens of animals. See the coelacanth or
browse a list of other popular visualizations, including ones of
bats, alligators, and mice.
Books
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth
by
Samantha Weinberg. New York: Harper Perennial, 2001.
If nothing else, the case of the coelacanth makes a great
detective story, one whose ending still eludes scientists as they
learn more about this mysterious fish. Weinberg's engaging book
details the whole story of the coelacanth, from its identity as an
extinct fish, to the discovery of the first living coelacanth, to
recent discoveries of coelacanths in waters far away from their
known habitat.
The History of the Coelacanth Fishes
by Peter Forey.
New York: Chapman and Hall, 1998.
Forey, a coelacanth expert at London's Natural History Museum,
presents an exhaustive history of the coelacanth, detailing the
fish's family history and offering up-to-date accounts of the
structure of fossil coelacanths in comparison with their living
relations. The book includes an introduction on the concept of
living fossils.
Living Fossils: Animals That Have Withstood the Test of Time
by James Martin. New York: Crown, 1997
The coelacanth, the Komodo dragon, the cockroach—learn more
about nature's survivors, which have survived the test of time
practically unchanged. This kid-friendly book features beautiful
photographs and uncomplicated prose.
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Island of the Sharks
Visit Costa Rica's Cocos Island, which boasts more
sharks per cubic yard of water than perhaps any other
place on the planet.
Kingdom of the Seahorse
The world's leading sea horse biologist journeys to
Australia and the Philippines to explore the secret
lives of these extraordinary fish.
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