chalumnae, Latimeria Smith [J. L. B.] 1939:455 [Nature (London) v. 143 (no. 3620); ref. 4068] Southwest of East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ELM 47. Holotype parts: BMNH 1939.7.4.1-3 (scales), SAIAB 234126 (tissue), USNM 112258 (scales). •Valid as Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939 -- (Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:151 [ref. 21953], Bruton 1995:104 [ref. 22132], Heemstra et al. 1996:150 [ref. 25940], Springer 1999:453 [ref. 24816], Holder et al. 1999:12616 [ref. 25259], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:93 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:391 [ref. 35805], Heemstra 2022:487 [ref. 40308]). Current status: Valid as Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939. Latimeriidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania) east to Comoros and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.