print email comment close Ancient Creature of the Deep URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/ Description: This is a companion site for a PBS NOVA program about the discovery of the coelacanth, a fish thought to be extinct, by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and J.L.B. Smith in 1938 in East London, South Africa. Includes information about coelacanth anatomy, other living "fossil fish" (bichir, bowfin, gar, hagfish, lamprey, lungfish, paddlefish, and sturgeon), program transcript, images, teacher’s guide, and related links. Author: Aguirre, Lauren, editor Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation Extra Keywords Public Broadcasting Service, Latimeria chalumnae, living fossil Library of Congress Subject Headings: Coelacanth Fishes Fishes -- Evolution LII Database Information: Record 10850 created by Jeanne Fondrie on 06/26/2003 Last modification on 07/17/2003 Published: 06/26/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10850