Latimeria chalumnae Latimeria chalumnae /ləˈtɪmɛriə kəˈlʌmniː/

noun

1. Fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa  ( coelacanth , Latimeria chalumnae )
   fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa