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Coelacanth vs Sarcopterygian - What's the difference?

coelacanth | sarcopterygian |

As nouns the difference between coelacanth and sarcopterygian

is that coelacanth is either of two species of deep-water fish, of indonesia while sarcopterygian is (biology) any lobe-finned fish, of the class sarcopterygii , including the lungfish and coelacanths.

coelacanth

English

(wikipedia coelacanth) (Latimeria)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of two species of deep-water fish, of Indonesia.
  • Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.

    • External links

    * (Latimeria chalumnae) * (Latimeria chalumnae)

    sarcopterygian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any lobe-finned fish, of the class Sarcopterygii , including the lungfish and coelacanths

    • Synonyms

    *lobefin