With the aid of the intracranial joint and other cranial muscles, the coelacanth usually swallows its prey whole. Its teeth are designed not so much to grab or slice fish but to prevent them...

Coelacanths (/ ˈ s iː l ə k æ n θ / ⓘ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. [2] [3] As sarcopterygians, they are …

2015年4月1日 · The extant coelacanth Latimeria is a sarcopterygian predatory fish with caniniform teeth on its upper and lower jaws. The teeth are constituted of a cone of dentine with an apical …

Coelacanths might best be described as occupying a side branch in the basal portion of the vertebrate lineage, closely related to but distinct from the ancestor of tetrapods (four-legged …

It allows the coelacanth to open its mouth especially wide in order to swallow fish and other prey. A pair of powerful muscles — the largest muscles in the head — cross the intracranial joint …

Coelacanths are well-known sarcopterygian (lobe-finned) fishes, which together with lungfishes are the closest extant relatives of land vertebrates (tetrapods).

Coelacanths prey on fish, and their dentition consists of numerous small, conical teeth on the upper and lower jaws, among which are a few much larger, fang-like teeth (Fig. 4.124). All …

The coelacanth has a hollow, fluid-filled backbone, calcifiecd scales, true enamel teeth, and a hinged skull allowing for wide opening of the mouth. The color is a deep metallic blue …

2015年4月1日 · The extant coelacanth Latimeria is a sarcopterygian predatory fish with caniniform teeth on its upper and lower jaws. The teeth are constituted of a cone of dentine with an apical …

The West Indian Ocean coelacanth[6] (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa, [2][7] African coelacanth, [8] or simply coelacanth[9]) is a crossopterygian, [10] one of two …