The only obvious difference between it and the Coelacanth from the Comoros Islands was the colour. In 1998 a Coelacanth was caught in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Coelacanth was eventually named (scientific name: Latimeria chalumnae) in honour of Miss Courtney-Latimer. She alerted the prominent south African ichthyologist Dr J.L.B. The Director of the East London Museum at the time was Miss Marjorie Courtney-Latimer. They thought the fish was bizarre enough to alert the local museum in the small South African town of East London. The fish was caught in a shark gill net by Captain Goosen and his crew, who had no idea of the significance of their find. A few days before Christmas in 1938, a Coelacanth was caught at the mouth of the Chalumna River on the east coast of South Africa.
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