Crossopterygii (Latimeria chalumnar)

In 1938, South African fisherman captain Hendrick Goshou caught a strange fish that had never been seen before.

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This fish is like a fossilized fish (Crossopterygii), 1.5m long; weighs 58kg, round body, sucking tail splits out small leaves. The entire caudal fin forms three very strange contours, so called the tail fin fish.

Previously it was thought that this fish had become extinct 60 million years ago, so the more valuable tail fish was valuable. James, a Rhodes University fish expert, studied the finfish, immediately posted a statement: Who gave him another clam-tailed fish, which would be worth £ 100. Unfortunately, he had to wait 14 years later, until 1952 there was a second tailed finfish.

The tail fin is strong, thick meat, square jaw, teeth, we have round, firm scales like armor, there are 8 fins. Pectoral fins and 2 pairs of lower edge fins are highly developed and can move in many positions, sometimes with the movements of 4-legged terrestrial animals. The behavior of this species of tailed fish is very strange, enough to be the evidence for the reasoning of the four legs of the animal evolved from fish fins.

Tailed tail fish live in 200-400m deep seawater. When it came out of that dark place, that low temperature, it would live without it for long. Under the depth of 200m, the ankle no longer works - It eats baby fish by relying on another sensory system.

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