Species that contain: Latimeria and chalumnae [ 2 ] records

anjouanae, Malania Smith [J. L. B.] 1953:100 [Nature (London) v. 171 (no. 4342); ref. 4088] Comoro Islands, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 600. Specimen parts: USNM 163126 (2 scales). Possibly appeared first in Time Magazine, v. 61 (no. 2) dated 12 Jan. 1953; Nature dated 17 Jan. 1953. •Synonym of Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939. Current status: Synonym of Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939. Latimeriidae. Habitat: marine.

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.