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An updated inventory of all known specimens of the coelacanth, Latimeria spp.

Rik Nulens, Lucy Scott and Marc Herbin

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An updated inventory of all known specimens
of the coelacanth, Latimeria spp.

Rik Nulens1, Lucy Scott2 and Marc Herbin3

1 Everstraat 30, 3680 Maaseik, Belgium
2 UNDP GEF ASCLME Project, 18 Somerset Street,

Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
3 UMR 7179 MNHN/CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, CP 55,
Pavilion d’Anatomie Comparee 57, rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France

Received 7 February; accepted 25 May 2011

ABSTRACT

A list is presented of all known specimens of the
coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939 and L.
menadoensis Pauyaud et al. 1999. It is based on a
previous inventory, published by the Coelacanth
Conservation Council (CCC) in Environmental
Biology of Fishes (EBF) 32: 371-390 (1991), extended
with new catches and a new survey of the
literature and extensive correspondence with
museums, aquariums, universities and other
institutional holdings worldwide. There has also
been a complete check and update of the Millot
et al. inventory (1978) housed at the National
Museum for Natural History (MNHN) in Paris.
At least 299 coelacanths are known to have been
caught since the first coelacanth was found off
South Africa in 1938. Subsequent specimens were
caught in the Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique,
Kenya, Indonesia and Tanzania. As of 8 September
2003, the capture list is dominated by coelacanth
captures in Tanzania whereas the number of
catches in the Comoros stabilised or decreased
over the last 10 years. We express our hope that the
implementation of the Tanga Coelacanth Marine
Park, gazetted on 28 August 2009, will play a role
in reducing catches in Tanzania during the years
to come.

RESUME

Voici une liste des specimens de tous les
coelacanthes Latimeria chalumnae (Smith 1939)
et L. menadoensis (Pauyaud et al. 1999) connus.
Elle est basee sur le precedent inventaire publie
par le Conseil de Conservation des Coelacanthes
(CCC) publie dans Environmental Biology of Fishes
(EBF) 32: 371-390 (1991). Cet inventaire a ete
complete en repertoriant les peches recentes, et
les nouvelles etudes de la litterature, mais aussi
a partir d'importants echanges avec musees, les
aquariums, les universites et differentes institutions
interna tionales. A cette occasion, une verification
complete du premier inventaire de Millot et al.
(1978) garde au Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle de Paris (MNHN) a ete realise. Ainsi,
au moins 299 coelacanthes ont ete peches depuis
la decouverte en 1938 du premier coelacanthe en
Afrique du Sud. A partir du 08 septembre 2003,
la liste est dominee par le nombre de captures
de coelacanthes en Tanzanie, alors que le nombre
des peches aux Comores s' est stabilise voir en
diminution au cours de la demiere decennie.

Nous esperons que la mise en place du Tanga
Coelacanth Marine Park, inaugure officiellement le
28 aout 2009, jouera un role important au cours
des annees a venir dans la reduction des peches de
coelacanthes en Tanzanie.

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INTRODUCTION

In 1833, the Swiss scientist Louis Agassiz began
his work "Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles",
printed in five volumes and five atlases, wherein
he described the fossil coelacanths. Many fossil
coelacanths had been found all over the world on
each continent, except Antarctica, from rock aged
between ca. 400 million and ca. 65 million years
old. As coelacanth fossils were never younger
than ca. 65 million years, it was thought that all
coelacanth species had become extinct at that time,
like the dinosaurs. It was the last of the many great
extinctions our planet has experienced.

One can imagine that it was really a great
surprise when in the March 1939 issue of Nature
J.L.B. Smith announced to the world that a living
coelacanth had been caught on 22 December 1938
near East London, South Africa.

What was happening? On the morning of 22
December 1938, the young curator of the East
London Museum, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer,
received a telephone call from Mr. Jackson, the
manager of Irvin & Johnson in East London, to say
that a trawler - the "Nerine" with Captain Hendrik
Goosen - had brought in a pile of fish for her to
examine. She called her assistant Enoch and went
to the wharf. She looked at the pile of fish - mostly
sharks of which she had already enough in the
museum. While sorting them out, a blue fin stuck
up from beneath the pile. And then, as Marjorie
Courtenay-Latimer afterwards recounted: 'I picked
away the layers of slime to reveal the most beautiful fish l
had ever seen. Itwasfivefoot long, a pale, mauve blue with
faint flecks of whitish spots. It had an iridescent silver-
blue-green sheen all over. It was covered with hard scales
and it had four limb-like fins and a strange little puppy-
dog tail. It was such a beautiful fish but I didn't know
what it was. . .'. The morning following the arrival of
the fish in her museum she wrote a letter to J.L.B.
Smith, enclosing a rough sketch of the fish. On 3
January J.L.B. Smith wrote: '...from your drawing
and description the fish resembles forms which have been
extinct for many a long year, but I am very anxious to see
it before committing myself... Meanwhile guard it very
carefully, and don't risk sending it away. I feel it must
be of great scientific value...' Unfortunately, all the
inner parts were already removed and discarded;
only the skull and the skin was left and mounted
by Mr R. Center. Later, Smith went to East London
and identified the fish as a coelacanth and named
it 'Latimeria chalumnae' in honour of Miss Latimer
who saved the fish for science and the place where
the fish was caught, the Chalumna River. Once
revealed, the story became front-page news all
over the world, and an illustrated monograph on
the first coelacanth appeared in February 1940 in
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.

But J.L.B. Smith wanted another coelacanth
and this time a complete one. In 1947 he made
a descriptive leaflet, showing a picture of the
coelacanth, giving a brief description in English,

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Portuguese and French and offering a reward of
£100. The leaflet was distributed along the entire
coast of East Africa and Madagascar, and all the
islands in those waters.

On 23 December 1952, 14 years after the capture
of the first coelacanth, a second was caught on hook
and line, south of Domoni (Anjouan) in the Comoro
Archipelago. The specimen was saved by Captain
Eric Hunt and later brought to South Africa by a
South African Air Force Dakota airplane. Finally
J.L.B. Smith had his coelacanth and fisherman
Achmed Hussein earned the promised reward
of £100. A third coelacanth was captured on 24
September 1953 in Mutsamudu, Anjouan. Many
catches would follow in subsequent years. So
the Comoros became known as the 'home' of the
coelacanths.

But, as it transpired, the Comoros were not
the only place where coelacanths were living. In
1991 a pregnant female with 26 pups in her belly
was caught in Mozambique. This was followed by
catches in Madagascar (1995) and Indonesia (1998)
- of a different species and about 10 000 kilometres
further east. But that was not yet the end. In 2001
a coelacanth was netted in Kenya and in 2003 the
first coelacanth was found in Tanzania.

During the past seventy years, many scientists
from all over the world have carried out excellent
scientific research work on the coelacanth, and
when one looks at the coelacanth bibliography, one
can conclude that this is one of the best described
species in the animal world. In spite of this,
many questions are yet to be answered about this
enigmatic fish. Many expeditions in search for the
coelacanths and their habitat have been organized
with varying success. A German team from the
Max-Planck Institute started in 1987 with their
submersible Geo and was able to locate and film
coelacanths in their natural habitat in the Comoros.
Other expeditions followed with Geo and the newer
submersible Jago. South African Trimix divers
discovered a viable population in South African
waters off Sodwana Bay in 2000, later confirmed by
the German team from Max Planck who deployed
the Jago to study the Sodwana Bay population, and
later also conducted surveys around Tanzania and
Indonesia.

A Japanese/ Indonesian team from Fukushima
Aquarium in cooperation with the Sam Ratulangi
University and LIPI organized several successful
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) expeditions in
Indonesia and located coelacanths in Manado and
Talise, both Sulawesi Island, and recently in Biak,
Papua Indonesia, 1 800 kilometres east of Manado.
One can conclude that coelacanth populations
might also live elsewhere in the great Indian Ocean,
waiting to be discovered...

The first catalogue of coelacanth catch records
was published by J. Millot, J. Anthony and D.
Robineau in 1972. It provided information on the
time, date, place, depth and distance from shore

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of capture, bait used, fisherman's name, and the
weight, length and sex of the fish, and location of 68
specimens caught between 1938 and October 1971.
Millot et al. also initiated a numbering system for
coelacanth specimens and listed specimens Cl to
C66 (an additional two specimens were numbered
C14bis and C32bis).

J. McCosker and M. Lagios published their
findings on coelacanth research in 1979 in the
Occasional Papers of the California Academy of
Sciences, good for an additional 19 specimens
caught from 1972 to 1977, and for one specimen
seen in the Maloudja Hotel, but for which no data
were available, thus extending his list to specimen
number C88. Suzuki and Tanauma (1984) and
Suzuki et al. (1985), on the basis of interviews
with Comoran fishermen, listed an additional 22
specimens caught between about 1959 and 1977.
They also provided details of three coelacanth
specimens obtained by the Japanese expeditions to
the Comoros in 1981 and 1983. Some other partial
lists were produced in literature between 1978
and 1991. The most recent review and history of
the list of coelacanth specimens known to science
was published by M. Bruton and S. Coutouvidis
in 1991, documenting all specimens caught to that
date.

Further additions to the EBF publication
of captured coelacanths were listed in the
EBF Coelacanth Conservation Council (CCC)
Newsletters 3, 4, 5 and 6. Capture data from the

coelacanths in Tanzania were recorded and kept
up to date by the Tanzanian institutions to whom
we are grateful for sharing this information with
us.

This publication intends to provide a
comprehensive update of existing catch records,
including information previously published, to
provide a catalogue of coelacanth catch records
and a bibliography of publications documented
to date. Visits have been conducted to collections
across Europe to document specimens in storage,
and original correspondence (for example all the
available telegrams and notes from J. Millot, J.
Anthony and D. Robineau) have been reviewed
in order to eliminate the typing errors in previous
publications, and to extend the list with important
information recorded in those notes and telegrams.
The numbering system, introduced by the founders
of the Coelacanth Conservation Council in 1987,
has been continued. Most of the museums and
institutions are using these CCC numbers for their
own institutional inventories, and other databases
(e.g. Fishbase) also use the CCC identifiers. The
numerical sequence of coelacanths in the database
is no longer in a chronological order of catches as
it was in the beginning because news of coelacanth
catches reaches us months after the event,
occasionally from old reports rediscovered while
searching the internet, literature and newspapers.

Table 1. Number of captures of Table 2. Number of holdings of coelacanth specimens, Latimeria

coelacanths, Latimeria chalumnae chalumnae per country; N = 299, excluding juveniles,

per country; N = 299.

Country

No. of
captures

Comoros

215

Indonesia

5

Kenya

1

Mozambique

1

South Africa

1

Madagascar

13

Tanzania

63

Total

299

Country

Holdings

Country

Holdings

Algeria

1

Morocco

1

Australia

1

Mozambique

1

Austria

6

Peoples Republic of China

8

Belgium

6

Russia

2

Canada

4

South Africa

7

Comoros

31

South Korea

1

Denmark

1

Sweden

1

France

45

Switzerland

2

Germany

5

Tanzania

37

Indonesia

4

The Netherlands

1

Iraq

1

UK

5

Italy

6

USA

28

Japan

18

Venezuela

1

Kenya

1

Zimbabwe

1

Kuwait

1

Unknown locations or lost

62

Madagascar

10

Total

299

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COELACANTH CATCH SUMMARIES

Captures 1 938 - 1 974

Year

Captures 1975 -2010

1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009

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Captures 1975 -2010 (without Tanzania)

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Length Males

(Data from 57 specimen)

Length Females

(Data from 77 specimen)

Total length (cm)

Total length (cm)

Figs. 6-7. Length statistics for male and female coelacanths caught in the Comoros and Tanzania.

Weight Males

(Data from 51 specimen)

Weight (kg)

Weight Females

(Data from 69 specimen)

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Weight (kg)

Figs. 8-9. Weight statistics for male and female coelacanths caught in the Comoros and Tanzania.

Depth of captures for the Comoro specimen

(Data from 136 specimen on a total of 21 5)

Depth (m)

Fig. 10. Depth of capture of the Comoro coelacanth specimens; N = 136.

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Fig. 11. Distribution of coelacanth catches in the Western Indian Ocean.

Fig. 12. Distribution of coelacanth catches in Tanzania.

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Fig. 13. Distribution of coelacanth catches in the Comoros.

STRUCTURE OF THE INVENTORY

Information in the inventory is presented in the
same structure as published in Environmental
Biology of Fishes, Vol. 32, and as such, is listed under
the following headings:

Number. The newly assigned Coelacanth
Conservation Council/ Conseil pour la
Conservation du Coelacanthe (CCC) number
replaces the number given to specimens by previous
authors, such as Millot et al. (1972), McCosker
(1979) and Suzuki et al. (1985). The former Millot,
McCosker and Suzuki inventory numbers are
given under the heading 'First literature reference'.
Coelacanth embryos, removed from pregnant
females, have been listed as decimal numbers of
the CCC number of the parent fish.

(1) Date of capture: The day, month and year of
capture are given, if known. In some cases the
only information available on the capture date is
an estimate by a fisherman of how many years
previously a specimen had been caught (e.g. see
list in Suzuki et al. 1985), which is likely to result
in some inaccuracies. The time of capture is also
given for specimens where this information was
available. In the inventory, a 24-hour clock notation

is used. So for example a capture mentioned at
04:00 h. means 04:00 a.m. and a capture at 23:30 h.
means 11:30 p.m. For midnight either 00:00 h. or
24:00 h. was used.

(2) Site of capture. The fishing village at which the
coelacanth was landed is given, or the island off
which the fish was caught. As the same place name
often occurs on more than one island, the village
name and its island are given when known. In
some cases it is only known that the specimen was
caught in the Comoros or in Madagascar, Tanzania.
Some place names are spelt in different ways by
different authors.

(3) Name of fisherman. The name(s) of the
fisherman/ fishermen who caught the coelacanth
as well as his/ their age/ are given, if available.

(4) Distance from shore at capture. The distance
from the nearest shore of the point at which
the coelacanth was caught, as estimated by the
fisherman.

(5) Depth of capture. The depth of water at the point
at which the coelacanth was caught, as estimated
by the fisherman.

(6) Bait used. The species of fish or squid used as
bait.

(7) Weight. The weight of the fish in kilograms as
given in the first literature reference or in personal
correspondence. Some of the weight estimates are
likely to be inaccurate.

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(8) Length. The total length in centimetres from the
anteriormost point of the head to the posteriormost
point of the caudal fin, measured in a straight line.
These measurements were made on fresh or frozen
as well as formalin-preserved specimens, and are
therefore likely to be of variable accuracy.

(9) The sex of the specimens could only be
determined by dissection as coelacanths are not
obviously sexually dimorphic.

(10) Condition on capture. Whether or not the
specimen was alive when landed, and how long it
stayed alive.

(11) Method of preservation. The original and
current methods of preservation of the specimen at
its final destination (as of January 2010).

(12) Condition. The condition of the specimen after
capture (good or poor), and for example the state
of the eyes and fins etc. Information on subsequent
dissections is also included.

(13) First literature reference. The first reference
to the specimen in an authoritative list in the
literature or in personal communications or
unpublished reports. Any previous list number
assigned to the specimen is also given. Information
about a specimen does not always derive from the
original reference but from a variety of sources.
Also literature where the specific coelacanth was
subject is taken into account.

(14) Current holding. Previous and current location
of the specimen in a museum, aquarium, university
or private collection.

(15) Additional comments. Any additional
comments of significance about the specimen.
For some coelacanths a "descriptive name" is
given. The Tanzanian and Indonesian coelacanths
in particular, have such names, used in national
catalogues.

THE INVENTORY

List of all known specimens of the coelacanth,
Latimeria chalumnae and L. menadoensis. For
explanation of parenthetical numbers, see
"Structure of the inventory".

CCC 1: (1) 22 December 1938. (2) Off the Chalumnae
mouth south-west of East London, South Africa.
(3) Hendrik Goosen. (4) 3.5-10km. (5) 72-100m.
(7) 57.6kg, Bruton (1993b). (8) 140cm. (10) Alive
for 3 hours. (11) Skinned and dry mounted. (12)
Near complete, excluding soft anatomy: left side
of head dissected, fixed in formalin. (13) Smith
(1939a), Smith (1939b), Smith (1939c), Smith (1940),
Millot et al. (1972) no. Cl, Bruton (1993b). (14) East
London Museum, East London, South Africa.
(15) Coelacanth is on display in the museum.
Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town has
a beautiful, now iconic, cast of the first living
coelacanth discovered. One scale in Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, Ill. USA.

CCC 2: (1) 20 December 1952, 24:00h. (2) South
of Domoni (Anjouan). (3) Achmed Hussein. (4)
800m. (5) 160m. (7) 37.5kg (?). (8) 135cm. (9) Male.

(10) Alive when brought to the surface, killed to
bring onto boat. (11) Formalin, later 70% propanol.

(12) Complete, except for 1st dorsal fin. Cut along
dorsal surface. (13) Smith (1953), Millot et al. (1972)
no. C2, Uyeno & Tsutsumi (1991), Bruton (1993a).
(14) SAIAB, Grahamstown, South Africa. (15)
On public display. SAIAB Inventory Number as
SAIAB 600. Two scales of this specimen are lodged
in the Department of Palaeontology in the Natural
History Museum, London (UK), (BMNH P34360,
P34361).

CCC 3: (1) 24 September 1953, 23:00h. (2) North
of Mutsamudu. (3) Houmadi Hassani. (4) 800m.
(5) 200m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus).
(7) 39.5kg. (8) 129cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin. (12)
Largely dissected. Left side of the eviscerated
specimen and many anatomical pieces are stored.

(13) Millot (1954), Millot & Carasso (1955), Millot
et al. (1972) no. C3, Bruton (1993b). (14) Museum
National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (MNHN,
Paris), France. (15) Dr B.R. Stuckenberg, Director
of the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg has
supplied an early photograph of this specimen.
According to Dr Stuckenberg, the aeroplane in
which the specimen was transported from Grand
Comoro to Madagascar crashed on landing, but the
specimen reached the Scientific Research Institute
in Antananarivo (formerly Tananarive) safely. The
photograph was taken shortly after its arrival in
Antananarivo in 1953.

CCC 4: (1) 29 January 1954, 01:00h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Issiamou Abdallah & Madi M'ze. (4)
600m (Millot et al. 1972). 400m (Official report of
the capture written by Mr Menache/Savignac).

(5) 390m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus).
(7) 19.5kg, (8) 109cm. (9) Very young Female.

(11) Formalin, transferred in alcohol on August
06 1989. (12) Good, put in formalin at 08:00h,
largely dissected. Some scales are stored (13)
Millot (1954), Millot et al. (1972) no. C4. (14) Scales
of this specimen are stored in MNHN, Paris. (15)
Originally on display at the Biological Institute of
the University of Antananarivo.

CCC 5: (1) 29 January 1954, 24:00h. (2) Mandzissani,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ahmada Mroimana. (4) 280m.

(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus. (7) 34kg. (8)
127cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin, then 70% alcohol.

(12) Good condition, subsequently dissected; the
head was separated from the body and sagitally
cut, viscera and lung were stored separately in
formalin. Many anatomical pieces are stored. (13)
Millot (1954), Millot et al. (1972) no. C5. (14) Many
samples are stored in formalin in the MNHN, Paris.

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CCC 6: (1) 1 February 1954. [11 February 1954
(Millot et al. 1972)]. (2) Itsandra, Grand Comoro.

(3) Amadi Ahamada Mbadjoumbe & Ali Flamadi
Mgomri. (4) 2000m. (5) 377m [150m (Millot et al.
1972)]. (7) 33kg. (8) 126cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin.

(12) Good condition, largely dissected. Many
anatomical pieces are stored. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C6. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) The small
coelacanth moldings distributed by the MNHN,
Paris during the second half of the 20th century,
were done from this specimen.

CCC 7: (1) 5 September 1954, 24:00h. (2) Ouani,
Anjouan. (3) Ahmed Abderemane & Abdou Oili.

(4) 700m. (5) 160m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys
prometheus). (7) 30kg. (8) 120cm (Millot). (9)
Male. (11) Formalin. (12) Good condition, largely
dissected, frozen. The skeleton has been prepared
and viscera stored in alcohol. Many anatomical
pieces stored in formalin, alcohol or bouin solution.

(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C7. (14) MNHN, Paris.
(15) The skeleton was mounted and set in resin
and is on display in Galerie d' Anatomie Comparee
(MNHN, Paris).

CCC 8: (1) 12 November 1954, 20:00h. (Millot)
[24:00 h. (EBF)]. (2) Opposite Mutsamudu jetty
on Anjouan. (3) Zema ben Said Mohamed &
Madi Bacari. (4) 1000m. (5) 255m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 41kg. (8) 142cm.
(9) Immature female. (10) Towed back to jetty,
remained alive for 24 hours. (11) Formalin. (12)
Good, immediately dissected. The eviscerated
specimen is stored. (13) Anon. (1955), Millot (1955),
Millot et al. (1972), no. C8. (14) MNHN, Paris.
(15) The first live coelacanth to be observed by
scientists. One scale was sent to the Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago Ill. USA. Millot (1955)
wrote that the coelacanth was captured at 20:00h.
on 12 November 1954 and was kept in a small
sunken boat off the end of the jetty from about
23:30h. until approximately 15:30h. the next day.
For many years, this eviscerated specimen was
displayed in an aquarium in the dissection room
of the laboratoire d' Anatomie Comparee (MNHN,
Paris). In March 1970 the viscera were found dried
and were destroyed (Notes D. Robineau).

CCC 9: (1) 1954. (3) Sule Sankashi. (8) 100cm. (13)
Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 18. (14) No locality. (15) Sule
Sankashi, aged 90 years.

CCC 10: (1) 12 March 1955, 20:00h. (2) Anjouan,
Chiconi River (SW Mutsamudu). (3) Abdallah
Houmadi Allaoui, Aboudou Houmadi Allaoui,
Abdallah Houmadi. (4) 1500m. (5) 300m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 78,5kg. (8) 166cm. (9)
Female. (11) Formalin. (12) Good, largely dissected,
first maturing female discovered. Many eggs are
stored in alcohol, or Muller or Helly solution. The
dissected specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al. no.

C9, Dugan. (1955), Anthony & Millot (1972), Bruton
(1999). (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Maturing female
with eggs; 197 eggs in three distinct size groups
(58, 65 and 74 respectively). This information was
recorded in the official records kept by Andre Lehr,
Senior Administrative Officer at Anjouan island in
the Comoros in the 1950s and made available to
Robin Stobbs by Quintin Keynes, who personally
collected the data in 1955. Eric Hunt, who brought
the second (1952) coelacanth to J.L.B Smith's
attention, also recorded these details on the eggs
dissected from specimen CCC no. 10. Information
provided by Robin Stobbs (1999). The samples
were taken by Garrouste (eggs, spleen, and Ever),
Millot (ovary, oviduct, and kidney). In December
1987 the viscera were found dry and destroyed.
The large coelacanth moldings distributed by the
MNHN, Paris during the second half of the 20th
century, were made from this specimen.

CCC 11: (1) 18 March 1955, 02:00h. (2) M'Bambani,
Grando Comoro. (3) Mohamed Ibouri &
Aboudou Tabibou. (4) 500m. (5) 250m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 26kg. (8) 131cm. (9)
Female. (11) Formalin. (12) Partly dissected (brain
and eyes). The dissected specimen is stored. (13)
Millot etal. (1972) no. CIO. (14) MNHN, Paris.

CCC 12: (1) 15 April 1955, 04:00h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro (between Moroni and Iconi). (3) Soule
M'Sankassi and Mada Ali. (4) 600m. (5) 300m. (6)
Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 22,5kg. (8)
122cm. (9) Male. (10) Very bad state, later well
preserved. (11) Formalin. (12) Dissected (head,
brain, and stomach). The right side of the dissected
specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. Cll.

(14) MNHN, Paris.

CCC 13: (1) 03/04 May 1956, 22-24:00h. (2)
Itsoundzou, Grand Comoro. (3) Moindjie
Mhoumadi & Mlamali Hila. (4) 300m. (5) 200m. (6)
Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 70kg (official
report) [60kg (Millot et al. 1972)]. (8) 170cm (official
report) [154cm (Millot et al. 1972)]. (9) Female. (11)
Formalin. (12) Fairly good condition, subsequently
dissected. The dissected specimen is stored. (13)
Millot et al. (1972) no. C12. (14) MNHN, Paris
(Cited to be in Natural History Museum in London
by Bruton and Coutouvidis).

CCC 14: (1) 9 June 1956 04:00h. (2) Dzahadjou,
Hambou, Grand Comoro. (3) Abdallah Mchangama.
(4) 200m. (5) 145m. (6) Roudi (Promethichthys
prometheus). (7) 39kg. (8) 134cm. (9) Male. (12) Good
(Put in formalin at 10:00h.). (13) Millot et al. (1972)
could be the no. C13, but information from different
specimen became mixed. CCC no. 14 (Bruton and
Coutouvidis, 1991). (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) This
specimen, noted in December 1974 by Debuissy,
does not appear clearly in the publication of Millot
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MNHN, Paris (official report). The C13 referenced
in Millot et al. (1972).

CCC 14bis: (1) 27 July 1956, 01:00h. (2) Vanamboini,
Grande Comore. (3) Tabibou Mchinda & Alimadi
Bourahimou. (4) 150m. (Official telegram) (5)
200m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7)
30kg. (8) 125cm. (9) Female. (12) Good, formalin.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) could be the no. C13. (14)
Natural History Museum in London. (15) The
specimen is in the public gallery of the British
Natural History Museum (donated to the British
Museum by J. Millot and J. Anthony of the MNHN,
Paris). This specimen, does not appear clearly in
the publication of Millot et al. (1972), and is the
genuine specimen C14 of the MNHN, Paris (official
telegram and report).

CCC 15: (1) 27 December 1957, 01:00h. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ahamada Msakari & Ibrahima
Ali Aziri. (4) 400m [200m (Millot et al. 1972)].
(5) 400m [200m (Millot et al. 1972]]. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 25kg. (8) 110cm.
(9) Female. (11) Formalin. (12) The whole incised
specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no.
C14. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) This specimen is the
genuine specimen C15 of the MNHN, Paris (official
telegram and report) which correspond to the no.
C14 of the inventory of Millot et al. (1972).

CCC 16: (1) February 1958, 01:00h. (2) Bangoi-
Kouni, Grand Comoro. (9) Female. (13) Millot et
al. (1972) no. C14 bis. (14) Air Comores. Actually
we have no further trace of this specimen. (15)
Specimen bought by M. Le Bret, director of Air
Comores (Note of D. Robineau).

CCC 17: (1) 3 September 1958, 21:00h. (2) Salimani,
Grand Comoro. (3) Bedja Mbachezi & Ibouroi Ali.
(4) 3000m. (5) 350m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys
prometl'ieus). (7) 37kg [35kg (Millot et al. 1972)]. (8)
135cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin. (12) Partly dissected
by G.M. Hughes. The dissected specimen is stored.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C15. (14) MNHN, Paris.
(15) Arrived in Paris on 9 May 1960. This specimen
is the genuine specimen Cl 6 of the MNHN, Paris
(official telegram and report) which correspond
with no. C15 of the inventory of Millot et al. (1972).

CCC 18: (1) 19 November 1958. (2) Iconi, Grande
Comore (between M'bachile and Moindzaza).
(3) M'bae M'vouna. (4) 300m. (5) 30m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 36kg. (8) 145cm
[135cm (Millot et al. 1972)]. (9) Female (immature?).
(13) Millot et al. no. C16. (14) Not found in October
1970, should be in the Faculte des Sciences de
Tananarive. (15) This specimen is the genuine
specimen Cl 6 bis of the MNHN, Paris (official
telegram and report) which correspond to the no.
C16 of the inventory of Millot et al. (1972).

CCC 19: (1) 30 October 1959. (2) M'Bambani
(M/Bamani). , Grande Comore. (3) Ali M'Boreha
& Soule Msa. (4) 400m. (5) 180m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 35kg. (8) 140cm.
[132cm (Millot et al. 1972)]. (9) Male. (11) Formalin.
(12) Dissected. Many anatomical pieces are stored
in alcohol or formalin solution. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C17. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Arrived in
Paris on 9 May 1960.

CCC 20: (1) 1 January 1960, 21:00h. (2) Itsandra,
Mdjini, Grande Comore. (3) Mohamed Soilihi
Mohamed & Mramboini Karosi. (4) 3000m. (5)
611m [600m (Millot)]. (6) Roudi (Promethichthys
prometheus). (7) 95kg. (8) 180cm. (9) Female. (10)
Alive for short period after landing. (11) Formalin.
(12) The eviscerated specimen is stored. The viscera
are stored apart. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C18.
Anthony & Millot. (1972). (14) MNHN, Paris. (15)
Arrived in Paris on 9 May 1960.

CCC 21: (1) 21 February 1960. 01:00h. (2) Itsandra,
Mdjini, Grande Comore. (3) M'Bae Ali &
Matchere Hamadi. (4) 2000m. (5) 600m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 40kg. (8) 145cm. (9)
Female. (10) Alive for short period after capture.
(11) Formalin. (12) Good but poorly fixed. The
whole incised specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C19. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Arrived in
Paris on 9 May 1960.

CCC 22: (1) 19 June 1960. 22:00h. (2) Itsoundzu
(Canton de Badjini), Grande Comore. (3) Youssoufa
Mlatamou & Ibouroi Issilahi. (4) 1000m. (5) 300m.
(6) Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 31kg. (8)
130cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin. (12) Good. This
intact specimen is conserved. (13) Millot et al. (1972)
no. C20. (14) MNHN, Paris.

CCC 23: (1) 23 June 1960. l:00h. (2) Between Iconi
and Moroni, Grande Comore. (3) Mitrandeni
M'Koudou & Adame Issilamou. (4) 700m. (5) 250m.
(6) Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 33kg
[35kg (Millot)]. (8) 130cm [125cm (Millot)]. (9) Male.
(11) 70% EtOH. (12) Partly dissected. (13) Millot et
al. (1972). no. C21. (14) Natural History Museum
of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. (15)
Coelacanth is on display in the museum. Arrived
in the Museum on 16 June 1962, a gift from the
MNHN, Paris.

CCC 24: (1) 10 July 1960, 19:00h [11 July 1960
(Millot et al. 1972)]. (2) Between Iconi and Moroni,
Grande Comore. (3) Mathero Ali & Nahouza Msa.
(4) 1000m. (5) 250m. (6) Roudi (Promethichthys

prometheus). (7) 64kg. (8) 145cm. (9) Female (11)
Formalin. (12) Partly dissected. The eviscerated
specimen is conserved. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no.
C22. (14) MNHN, Paris.

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CCC 25: (1) 1960. (2) Mizinjaju at Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Bakkari Issa. (4) 100m. (5) 210m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 150cm. (10)
Dead on landing. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 13.
(14) No localisation of this specimen. (15) The
fisherman Bakkari Issa was 65 years old.

CCC 26: (1) 8 April 1961, 01:00h. (2) Mindral or
Badjini West, Grand Comoro. (3) Kari Ibouroi &
Assoumani Mloa. (4) 400m. (5) 250m. (6) M'Bandzi
(flying fish). (7) 33kg. (8) 135cm. (9) Male. (12) The
eviscerated specimen is conserved. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C23. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) This
specimen was not exchanged with the American
Museum of Natural History of New York during
1977, as mentioned in Bruton and Coutouvidis
(1991).

CCC 27: (1) 4 August 1961. (2) Grand Comoro.

(7) 38kg (measured March 1971). (8) 132cm. (9)
Male. (11) Formalin. (12) Good. The eviscerated
specimen is stored. 13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C24.
(14) MNHN, Paris.

CCC 28: (1) 10 October 1961 . (2) Anjouan. (7) 34.5kg.

(8) 130cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin. (12) Dissected
specimen. The viscera and the heart are stored in
formalin or in alcohol in the MNHN, Paris (13)
Millot et al. (1972) no. C25, Dingerkus et al. (1978).
(14) American Museum of Natural History, New
York, USA. (15) Obtained from the MNHN, Paris,
in exchange for the embryo CCC 29.5 (2 February
1977).

CCC 29: (1) 8 January 1962. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (7) 65kg. (8) 160cm. (9) Female. (12)
Dissected. Contained 5 embryos about 30-32cm TL
with yolksacs 8 x 13cm max. in diameter. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C26, Lagios. (1979), Dingerkus.
(1979), Smith et al. (1975), Wourms et al. (1991),
Balon. (1991). (14) American Museum of Natural
History, New York, USA. (15) Museum collection
number AMNH 32949; 19.4.1965: OR AMNH
19506 (may be the juvenile CCC 029.02). Originally
offered to J.L.B Smith by J.W. Garrouste. X-rays of
each embryo are on file at the American Museum
of Natural History; information on each embryo is
listed below in caudal-rostral order.

CCC 29.1: (8) 30,3cm on removal. (10) Most caudad
in oviduct, dissected. (12) Histological samples
taken. (13) Miller (1979), Smith et al. (1975), Bemis
& Northcutt. (1991), Northcutt & Bemis (1993),
Wourms et al. (1991). (14) American Museum of
Natural History, New York. (15) Museum collection
number AMNH 32949; 19.4.1965: OR AMNH 19506
(may be juvenile CCC 029.02). Histological lantern
slides prepared by M.D. Lagios, between 1976
and 1988 (Bemis & Northcutt 1991). Available for
study at the American Museum of Natural History.
Yolksac ca 8 x 13cm max. in diameter.

CCC 29.2: (8) 32,2cm on removal. (10) Half
absorbed yolksac. (11) In alcohol (12) Preserved
whole. (13) Smith et al. (1975), Bemis & Northcutt.
(1991) Northcutt & Bemis. (1993), Romberg (2002),
Wourms et al. (1991). (14) American Museum
of Natural History, New York. (15) Museum
Inventory Number AMNH 32949 (together with
samples CCC 29.1). This embryo measured 30,8cm
on 21-2-1980. Picture in Northcutt & Bemis 1993.
Yolksac ca 8 x 13cm max. in diameter.

CCC 29.3: (8) 32,1cm on removal. (11) Cleared and
stained with Alizarin Red in 1976, counterstained
in 1980. In glycerine. (13) Smith et al. (1975),
Wourms et al. (1991). (15) Yolksac ca 8 x 13cm
in max diameter. TL measured in glycerine on
February 21, 1989 was 34,1cm.

CCC 29.4: (8) 32,7cm on removal. (12) Dissected
on one side. (13) Smith et al. (1975). (14) Natural
History Museum, London. (15) Yolksac ca 8x13cm
in max. diameter. Sent to British Museum as a gift
on December 3, 1975.

CCC 29.5: (7) 530gr. (8) 32,3cm on removal, 30,5cm.

(11) Formalin. (12) Preserved whole. (13) Smith et
al. (1975), Wourms et al. (1991). (14) MNHN, Paris.
(15) Yolksac ca 8x13cm max. in diameter. Sent from
the American Museum of Natural History to the
MNHN, Paris in exchange for the CCC 28.

CCC 30: (1) 28 February 1962. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (3) Zema Mohamed. (7) 30kg (measured
in March 1971). (8) 124cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin.

(12) Good. The whole specimen is stored. (13)
Millot et al. (1972) no. C27. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15)
Transmitted by Fourmanoir, identified as a male in
December 1973.

CCC 31: (1) 15 March 1962. (2) Between Domoni
and N'Tsaoueni, Grand Comoro. (3) Moindjle
Soilihi. (5) 200m. (7) 45kg. (8) 150cm [142cm (Millot
et al. 1972)]. (9) Female. (11) Formalin. (12) Good.
The whole specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C28. (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Arrived in
Paris in 1968.

CCC 32: (1) 1962. (2) Comoros. (13) Millot et al. no.
C29. (14) American Museum of Natural History,
New York.

CCC 33: (1) September 21, 1963. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (7) 45kg. (8) 135cm. (11) Formalin. (12)
Eviscerated specimen. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no.
C30. (14) Natural History Museum, London. (15)
The specimen is on public display in the museum.

CCC 34: (1) 1963. (2) Mozambique Channel. (8)
114cm. (9) (?)Male. (11) Formalin 10%. (12) Poorly
fixed and smoked. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C31,

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Bruton. (1993a). (14) Museo di Storia Naturale,
Universita di Pavia, Italy. (15) Sent in Sardaigne,
on December 10, 1966, as a gift of the Aga Khan
to the paleontological Institut of Pavia. The
specimen was originally property of Aga Khan
IV (= Prince Karim A1 Husseini); the curator of
paleontological museum reported that it was
originally smoked [sic] and displayed in his yacht.
Since the preparation was poor the specimen was
offered for sale to different institutions (including
the Acquario civico di Milano, director at that
time: Prof. Menico Torchio). Later arrived at the
Paleontological Museum of the University of Pavia.
The Paleontological collections are now included
in the Natural History Museum (Museo di Storia
Naturale) of the University of Pavia. The specimen
is on display.

CCC 35: (1) 1963. (2) Comoros. (7) 11kg [10.20kg],
(8) 108cm. (11) Formalin, dried. (13) Millot et al. no.
C32. (14) Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Besan^on,
France. (15) Coelacanth is on display in the
museum. It was a gift from Senator Jacques Henriet
(1904-1988) to the Museum in 1963. The specimen
is kept dry (looks mummified) after it arrived from
the Comoro Islands.

CCC 36: (1) 1963. (2) Anjouan. (13) Millot etal. (1972)
no. 32bis. (14) Actually no trace of this specimen.
(15) The company SHELL for the Cambridge
Museum. A letter sent on 11 January 1967 from Dr
Besnault to Dr G. Von Wahlert, specified that in
January 1964, 3 coelacanths had been fished in 3
days, and that in 1965, 2 specimens in 2 days (letter
of Debuissy, 9 December 1974). Millot et al. (1972)
states that this specimen is in Cambridge (UK),
however Prof. Jennifer Clack states that there is no
such coelacanth in Cambridge UK.

CCC 37: (1) December 11, 1964. (3) Ahmed Hussein.
(4) 1000m. (5) 150m. (6) Octopus sp. (7) 35,5kg. (8)
137cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin, 70% Ethanol. (12)
Successfully preserved and shipped to Los Angeles.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C33, Fox & Crozier
(1965), Nevenzel et al. (1966), Bruton (1993b). (14)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
Los Angeles, USA. (15) Partially dissected. Cast
made before dissection by UCLA. Casts displayed
in several American museums including Steinhart
Museum in the California Academy of Sciences.
This specimen was initially preserved in formalin
by a medical doctor on Anjouan, Dr P. Liaume, and
then frozen in the freezer of a ship in Mutsamudu.
The specimen was shipped to Mombasa, Kenya,
where it was transported to another vessel and
transported to Los Angeles, frozen for the entire
journey. Dr M.S. Gordon and his associates at the
University of California in Los Angeles received the
specimen in January 1965 (Gordon, 1993). A piece
of the preserved liver was sectioned February 8,
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in jar on shelf (male), with same catalog number,
sections sent to Harry Greer. Also, someone
already has samples from this fish — C. Thacker,
24 July 2002. Apparently used to be at UCLA,
and subsequently came here, which makes sense
because the Museum now has a good portion of
UCLA's fish collection. Specimen on display in the
Megamouth shark tank. Museum Catalog number
LACM 6691-001.

CCC 38: (1) 1965. (2) Off Shezani, near Moroni,
Grand Comoro. (3) Madi Yussuf. (4) 500m. (5) 600m.
(8) 80cm. (10) Dead when landed. (13) Suzuki et al.
(1985) no. 3. (15) Madi Yussuf was aged 73 years .

CCC 39: (1) 1 January 1965. 24:00h. (2) Itsandra,
Grande Comore. (7) 43kg. (8) 147cm. (9) Female.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C34. (14) Musee
Oceanographique de l'Odet, Ergue-Gaberic,
France. (15) Probably a female. Mr. G. Bollore (1925-
2001) has built this (private) museum. Coelacanth
was on display. The Museum is now closed (2009).

CCC 40: (1) Early 1965. (14) Sold to the American
Explorer Society.

CCC 41: (1) 20 January 1965. 23:30h. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (3) Zema Mohamed. (8) 150cm. (13)
Millot et al. (1972) no. C35. (14) Faculte des Sciences,
Antananarivo University, Madagascar.

CCC 42: (1) 21 January 1965. 23:00h [23:30h (Millot
etal. 1972)]. (2) Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (3) Houmadi
Mderemane & Abdallah de M'Djihari. (8) 139cm.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C36. (14) Collection de
Zoologie of the University Pierre et Marie Curie
(Paris VI), Paris, France. (15) The specimen was sent
to Laboratoire d'Anatomie Comparee Faculte des
Sciences de Paris, 9 quai St Bernard (F. Devillers).

CCC 43: (1) 21 March 1965. 02:00h. (2) Bouni, Canton
M'Beni, Grand Comoro. (3) Youssouf Ali. (5) 300m.
(7) 31kg. (8) 131cm. (11) Formalin. (12) Good. (13)
Millot et al. (1972) n° C37. (14) Australian Museum,
Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Sydney, Australia.
(15) The Australian Museum collection contains
one coelacanth specimen (AMS IB. 7555). It was
captured in the Comoros Islands, and purchased
by the Trustees of the Australian Museum in 1965.
The fish was transported to the Western Australian
Museum by the US RV Atlantis, where it starred
briefly in the Perth media. It was then sent by air to
the Australian Museum. Once on display it became
affectionately known as the 'wishing fish'. Visitors
dropped coins through a small crack in the holding
case of the tank and made a wish. Unfortunately
after a time the coins discolored the liquid in the
tank, and the practice was stopped. The Coelacanth
has been on display in several different exhibitions.

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CCC 44: (1) April 1965. (2) West coast Grand
Comoro. (7) 25kg. (8) 123cm. (9) Male. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C38, Lagios. (1979). (14) Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
Angeles, USA. (15) Purchased from P. Bresnault,
Ministere de la Production et des Industries
Agricoles, Moroni, Territoire des Comores.
Removed entire right gonad, put in jar with same
catalog number, sections sent to Harry Greer. Also,
someone already has samples from this fish — C.
Thacker, 24 July 2002. The specimen was removed
from display on 1 May 2009 and put in a large
stainless steel tank in Herpetology, along with
some oarfish. Museum Catalog Number LACM
6824-001.

CCC 45: (1) 12 June 1965. (2) Jimilime, Anjouan.
(3) Omar Dumadi Msa. (5) 280m. (7) 55kg. (8)
152cm. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C39. (14) Swedish
Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
(15) Museum Collection Number: NRM 9602 [PZ-P
9602 / El A, 2000], Coelacanth is on public display.

CCC 46: (1) 1 August 1965. 04:00h. (2) Shindini,
(Pointe Sud), Grand Comoro. (3) Kassim M'Lohae.
(5) 100m. (7) 75kg. (8) 162cm. (11) Alcohol. (13)
Millot et al. (1972) no. C40, Leidsch Dagblad. (1965).

(14) Natural History Museum Naturalis, Leiden,
Netherlands. (15) Not on public display. Arrived in
the museum on November 17, 1965.

CCC 47: (1) 18 August 1965. (2) Djomani, Grand
Comoro. (3) Mhoma Ali. (7) 25kg. (8) 124cm. (9)
Male. (11) Originally in formalin, now in 75%
ethanol. (12) Fair, tail slightly damaged. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C41. (14) Museum of Natural History
Cambridge, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

(15) Coelacanth is on display in the museum since
it was received. Museum inventory number MCZ
61887. Very little information is with the specimen
and when it was placed in a new display tank in
1985, Mr Hartel took the opportunity to measure,
gather whatever information that was available
on it, and catalogued it MCZ 61887. Mrs Dick
processed the transaction but probably did not
actually determine its identification. A scale is
in the Florida Museum of Natural History (UF
114959). It was transferred by MCZ (Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University) to Dr
Walter Courtenay, formerly of Florida Atlantic
University (FAU). When the FLMNH accepted the
FAU collection around the turn of the century, this
scale was among those materials.

CCC 48: (1) 9 February 1966, 23:00h. (2) Hahaya,
Grand Comoro. (3) Hassani M'zima. (5) 300m. (7)
> 60kg ? (8) 160cm. (9) Female (with eggs). (11)
Preserved in alcohol in the collection. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C42. (14) Staatliches Museum
fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. (15) This
specimen is not on display. Museum inventory

number SMNS 26361. Bought from JLB Smith
Institute in Grahamstown (South Africa).

CCC 49: (1) 25 February 1966, 22:00h. (2)
Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (4) Several hundred
meters (Millot et al. 1972). (5) 350m. (6) Roudi
( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 124cm (Geneva)
[116cm (Martin 1970)]. (9) Male. (11) Alcohol. (12)
Good, frozen. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C43. (14)
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Geneve,
Geneva, Switzerland. (15) On 3 January, 1966 there
was a proposal by the Government Ministry to buy
a coelacanth for the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
in Geneva. Official request was posed by Prof. V.
Aellen (11 January) and the confirmation came in
on January 19 from the Comores with the statement
that the second catch of the new fish season would
be reserved. Mr Besnault informed Mr Aellen on 28
February that a coelacanth was caught close to the
coast of Anjouan and in principle reserved for the
Museum. In a letter from 31 March, Mr Besnault
gives some information on the specimen. All
correspondence related with the purchase of this
specimen between Prof. V. Aellen, sub manager
of the Museum in Geneva, and Dr P. Besnault,
veterinary surgeon inspector, chief of "Le Ministere
de la Production et des Industries Agricoles
du Territoire des Comores, Section Elevage" is
stored in the Museum's archive in Geneva. The
specimen was fixed in formalin, then transferred
into a solution of formalin / phenoxetol (~1994).
Now (2009) the specimen is preserved in alcohol
in the wet collection. Museum Collection Number:
MHNG 1080.070.

CCC 50: (1) 14 March 1966. 24:00h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Ali M'voura. (4) Several hundred
metres 'Quelques centaines de metres' (Millot et
al. 1972). (5) 200m [150m~200m (Millot et al. 1972)].
(6) Cheilopogon cyanopterus (margined flying
fish). (7) 15,87kg (when fresh). (8) 107cm. (9) Male.
(11) Stored in a +10% formalin and >70% alcohol
solution. (12) Frozen, then conveyed to Peabody
Museum. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C44, Thomson
(1966a), Thomson (1966b), Pickford & Grant (196 7),
Cole (1968), Thomson (1970). (14) Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New
Haven, USA. (15) Museum Inventory Number YPM
1482. The coelacanth on display in the museum's
Great Hall is a cast based on the specimen in the
division's collection. Blood samples were taken on
30 May 1966 (Pickford & Grant 1967).

CCC 51: (1) 18 September 1966. (2) Djomani, Grand
Comoro. (7) 73,9kg. (8) 165cm. (9) Female. (11)
Formalin. (12) Good. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no.
C45, Lenglet (2007a), Lenglet (2007b). (14) Royal
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. (15)
Museum Collection Number 16452. Coelacanth not
on public display but stored in the wet collection.

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CCC 52: (1) 20-21 December 1966 [20 November
1966 (Millot et al. 1972)]. 24:00h. (2) Mjoumbi,
Anjouan. (3) Nidhoim Cheik Ahmed. (4) 400m. (5)
250m. (7) 65kg. (8) 155cm. (9) (?) Female. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C46. (15) N. Teitler on behalf of T.
Uyeno in lift. 1990 states that this specimen is not
in the Yumiuri-Land Aquarium, Tokyo, Japan as
stated by Millot et al. 1972. Obtained by Matsutaro
Shoriki, editor of Yomiuri Shimbun, Journal of
Tokyo. This specimen is the same as CCC 053,
surely a typing error in the data of the inventory of
Millot et al. (1972).

CCC 53: (1) 20-21 December 1966. 24:00h. (2) Off
north shore of Anjouan. (4) 400m. (5) 250m. (6)
Gempylid. (7) 54kg. (8) 150cm. (9) Female. (11) 6%
Formalin. (12) Dissected by a Japanese research
team. (13) T. Uyeno (in lift. 1990). (14) Kaikyokan
- Aquarium, Shimonoseki Academy of Marine
Science, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi, Japan. (15)
Specimen obtained by Satoru Kamegai, reported to
CCC by T. Uyeno (in lift. 1990). Coelacanth is on
display in the museum. Dissected, body and viscera
separated. Gift to M. Shorikim Ffead of the Yomiuri
Newspaper Co., from the French Government in
recognition of his cultural contributions to France
and Japan (Kamegai 1971). This specimen was
the first coelacanth in Japan (1967) and was a gift
from the French President Charles de Gaulle. First
housed at the Yomiuri-Land Aquarium which is
closed now. From March 2001 it was displayed
at the Sunshine International Aquarium. The
coelacanth is now, from 21 March 2003, housed
at Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum's
"Kaikyokan". This specimen could possibly be the
same as CCC052.

CCC 54: (1) 20 December 1966. 24:00h. (2) Comoros.
(3) Sule Sankashi. (8) 50cm. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985)
no. 19, Bruton (1993a), Bruton (1993b) (15) Sule
Sankashi, aged 90 years. Date and time of capture
corrected in Bruton (1993a, 1993b).

CCC 55: (1) 12 February 1967. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (3) Zema Houmadi. (4) 450m. (5) 300m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys Prometheus). (7) 65kg. (8)
145cm. (9) (?) Female. (11) Formalin. (12) Good,
dissected. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C47. (14)
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Rochelle, La
Rochelle, France. (15) This eviscerated specimen
is stored in formalin. Radiography was done in
-1980.

CCC 56: (1) 17 February 1967. (2) Singani, Grand
Comoro. (3) Assoumane Ali. (7) 45kg. (8) 118cm.
(9) Male. (11) 72% Ethanol - 28% water mixture in
aluminium tank. (12) Good. (13) Millot et al. (1972)
no. C48. (14) Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und
Naturmuseum, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. (15)
This specimen is stored in an aluminium tank in
the wet collection, together with other big fishes

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(Araipaima, sturgeons). A cast of the specimen
is on display in the museum. Collected from "La
Direction de 1' Agriculture, l'Elevage et des Eaux"
in Moroni (Comores) on 15 March 1967. Museum
collection number SMF 9402.

CCC 57: (1) 1 March 1967, 01:00h. (2) Iconi,
Halamani. (3) Said Mehezi. (4) 450m. (5) 300m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys Prometheus). (7) 73kg. (8)
165cm. (9) Female. (11) Stored in formaldehyde
and alcohol since 1968. (12) Good. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) n° C49, McCosker & Lagios (1979), Uyeno &
Tsutsumi (1991). (14) National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
USA. (15) Obtained by Birmingham Medical School,
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. Later sent to the
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. It was
collected in the Comoros Islands in the mid-1960s
and purchased in 1968 by Dr H. N. Schnitzlein,
then of the University of Alabama Medical
Center, for use in his neuroanatomy studies. After
removing the brain, the specimen was donated
by Dr Schnitzlein to the Smithsonian Institution.
Specimen in the Research collection. National
Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian),
Washington Museum Collection Number USNM
205871. A cast of the specimen is on display.

CCC 58: (1) 13 June 1967, 02:00h. (2) Salimani (syn.
Hambou), Grand Comoro. (3) Sohilihi Foumou.
(4) 200m. (5) 150m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys
prometheus). (7) 30.8kg. (8) 130cm [120cm - 130cm
(Millot et al, 1972)]. (9) Female. (11) 4% Formalin.
(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C50. (14) Musee
Zoologique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. (15)
Coelacanth is on display in the museum. Width:
22cm. Height at 1st dorsal fin: 31cm. The specimen
was bought from the "Ministere de la Production
Agricole et des Industries Agricoles du Territoire
des Comores" for 100 000 CFA, probably via the
MNHN, Paris.

CCC 59: (1) 25 August 1967, 01:00h. (2) Iconi at
Chezani, Grand Comoro. (3) Hamidi Oissoule &
Ali M'sa Ali. (4) 300m. (5) 250m [76m (Millot et al.,
1972)]. (6) Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (7)
15.1kg. (8) 107cm. [91.5cm (36in.) (M. A. Rogers)].

(11) Frozen; now stored in alcohol (70% ethanol).

(12) Tissue in poor condition for histological
examination. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C51. (14)
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago,
USA. (15) Museum Inventory Number FMNH
76057. Specimen obtained probably in 1968. This
specimen is not on public display.

CCC 60: (1) 25 August 1967. (2) Comoros. (3) Sule
Sankashi. (8) (?) 150cm. [± 132.5cm M.A. Rogers],
(11) Frozen, now stored in alcohol (70% ethanol).

(13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 20, Bruton (1993a). (14)
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago,
USA. (15) Museum Inventory Number FMNH

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117748. Photograph in Field Museum of Natural
History Report 1967-68, pg 21. This specimen is not
on public display.

CCC 61: (1) 21 January 1968. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (3) Cheikn Ahmed Affondi. (5) 160m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 50kg.
(8) 150cm. [± 122.8cm M. A. Rogers], (9) Female.
(11) Now stored in alcohol (70% ethanol). (12) The
specimen was eviscerated. (13) Millot et al. (1972)
no. C52. (14) The Field Museum of Natural History,
1400 S. Lake Shore D., Chicago, IL 60605-2496,
USA. (15) Karel. F. Liem, University of Illinois
Medical Center Chicago USA. This specimen is
not on public display. Specimen obtained ca 1986.
Museum Inventory Number: FMNH 97106.

CCC 62: (1) 26 September 1968. (2) M'Bambani
(Hambou), Baie de Tsinimoichong, Grand Comoro.
(3) M'Saidie Madi Abdou. (4) 1000m. (5) 150m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 33.8kg.
(8) 132cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin/ alcohol. (12)
Good. Sample of the viscera are stored in MNHN,
Paris. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C53. (14) Museum
d'Histoire Naturelle de Nantes, Nantes, France.
(15) This coelacanth is on public display (formalin/
alcohol). In 1968, Mme Baudouin, obtained this
specimen from the Comorian government.

CCC 63: (1) 31 October 1968. (2) Iconi, Grande
Comore. (3) Ali M'Dahoma. (4) 1000m. (5) 200m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 13kg.

(8) 100cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin/ alcohol. (12)
Good. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C54. (14) Haut
Commisariat in Moroni, Comores.

CCC 64: (1) 16 February 1969. (2) Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (3) Zema Houmadi. (5) 200m. (6) Roudi
( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 42kg. (8) 133cm.

(9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12) Good. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C55. (14) Canadian Museum of
Nature, Natural Heritage Building, 1740 Pink
Road, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. (15) Museum
Collection Number: CMNFI1969-0112.1. A cast
of this specimen is on permanent loan to the
Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Miguasha, Quebec,
Canada. Stored in a 150 gallon stainless steel tank
fixed in 10% formalin and then transferred into 70%
ethanol. Not on public display. No eggs observed.

CCC 65: (1) 13 March 1969. (2) Dzahadjou, Grand
Comoro. (3) Tadjiri Himidi. (4) 1000m. (5) 150m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 31,5kg. (8)
138cm. (9) Male. (11) Formalin. Good. This intact
specimen is stored. (13) Millot et al. (1972). no. C56.
(14) Musee de la Peche, Concarneau, France. (15)
This coelacanth is on public display (formalin/
alcohol). The museum received this coelacanth
from the Comoros in 1970.

CCC 66: (1) 24 March 1969. (2) Vanamboini,
Grand Comoro. (3) Aboudou Hamedi. (4) 1000m.
(5) 200m [60m (Millot et al. 1972)]. (6) Rastrelliger
neglectus (Hanale). (7) 32kg. (8) 132cm. (9) Male.

(11) Frozen and stored in 75% denatured ethanol

(12) . (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C57. (14) Zoological
collections of the "National Museums of Scotland",
Edinburgh, Scotland. (15) Museum Collection
Number: NMS.G.1969.76. The register gives 200m
as depth of capture (instead of 60m in Bruton et al.).
Girth 34cm. The fish was frozen and when thawed
before casting it weighted 80.751bs. G. Swinney
noted, 2007-01-19: The cast, previously exhibited
1975-2005 in "Evolution", is now held in the lower
vertebrate collections. The thawed specimen
was dissected in the RMS and samples of organs
and other soft tissues are registered separately
at NMS.Z. 1978.81. The specimen is figured in:
Andrews, S.M., 1977. The axial skeleton of the
coelacanth, Latimeria, pp 271-288 in Andrews, S.M.,
Miles, R.S., & Walker, A.D. (eds.). "Problems in
vertebrate evolution: essays presented to Professor
T.S. Westoll", Linnean Society Symposium Series
no. 4. Academic Press, London and New York. (A
file of correspondence is in NMS Natural History
Archive).

CCC 67: (1) 1969 (2) Mizinjaju at Iconi, Grande
Comore. (3) Adam Ally. (4) 500m. (5) 260m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (10) Alive when
landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 11. (15) Adam
Ally was aged 76 years.

CCC 68: (1) 15 August 1969, 22:00h. (2) Between
Moroni and Itsandra, Grand Comoro. (3) Nahouza
M'Dahoma. (4) 1000m. (5) 200m. (6) Tylosurus
choram (M'Tsoumboui - Scomberesocidae). (7)
25kg. (8) 124cm. (9) Male. (13) Millot et al. (1972)
no. C58. (14) Musee de la Reunion, Saint Denis,
La Reunion. (15) Dr D. Moreau received the
coelacanth. Nothing left of this coelacanth, only a
cast of coelacanth C9 is on public display.

CCC 69: (1) 1 January 1970, 22:00h. (2) Itsoundzu
(West Coast), Grand Comoro. (3) Oussoufa
M'Latamou. (4) 1000m. (5) 300m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys Prometheus). (7) 26kg. (8) 122cm.
(9) Male. (11) Frozen and stored in formalin. (12)
Good. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C59, Dingerkus et
al. (1978), McCosker (1979), Lagios (1979), Uyeno
& Tsutsumi (1991). (14) California Academy of
Sciences, San Francisco, USA. (15) Specimen was
purchased, arrived frozen at the Academy on 23
June 1970. Now stored in 70-75% ethyl alcohol.
Museum Collection Number: CAS24862.

CCC 70: (1) 23 July 1970, 22:00h. (2) Mindralou near
Dembeni, Grand Comoro. (3) Abdou Moiramboini
& Issa Mkoufound. (4) 500m. (5) 180-200m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 28,5kg.
(8) 120cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen. (12) Dissected.

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(13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C60. (14) Laboratoire
Biologique, Faculte des Sciences, France. Actually
there is no trace of this specimen. (15) Faculte des
Sciences (Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique 96 bl
Raspail), Paris (France) (Pr Acher).

CCC 71: (1) 20 November 1970, 23:00h. (2)
M'Bamani (syn. Hambou), Grand Comoro. (3)
M'Saidie Madi Soilihi. (4) 800m. (5) 70m. (6)
Drondje [Djadge (Millot)]. (7) 73kg. (8) 160cm.
(9) Female. (11) Received frozen, then fixed in
formalin. (12) Dissected. Many anatomical pieces
are stored separately in formalin. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C61, Robineau & Anthony (1973). (14)
MNFIN, Paris, France. (15) The head was separated
from the trunk, and cut in the horizontal plane. The
abdominal cavity has been cut on the left side, and
the tail is stored separately .

CCC 72: (1) 21 November 1970. (2) Maludja,
Grande Comoro. (5) 17m. (8) 121cm. (9) Male.
(11) Frozen. (13) McCosker & Lagios. (1979). (14)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
Los Angeles, USA. (15) John McCosker (1979)
states that this specimen is not included in the list
of Millot et al. The exact location of this specimen
is unknown. It says it was frozen. It is possible this
was used for the mould of the model, because it was
collected near the time the Marine Hall was being
constructed (early- to mid-1970s) but that is just
speculation on my part. . . Personal communication
Mr. R. Feeney (1 May 2009).

CCC 73: (1) 27 February 1971. Night 26-27 February
1971. (2) Hassimpao, Anjouan. (3) Abdou Charif.

(4) 1000m. (5) 300m. (7) 77kg. (8) 160cm. (9) Female.
(11) Transported in formalin and later exhibited
in a tank in propanol. (12) Good. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C62. (14) MacMillan Tropical Gallery,
Public Aquarium of Vancouver, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. (15) Public Aquarium,
Vancouver (Canada), Dr Murray Newman.
Stomach contents description, species and
numbers: Cuttlefish, McAllister 1971 (in Uyeno &
Tsutsumi 1991). Coelacanth is on public display.

CCC 74: (1) 5 March 1971, 03:00h. (2) Itsandra,
Grand Comoro. (3) Mohamed Soilihi. (4) 1500m.

(5) 100m. (6) Lutjanus sp. (hazi, snapper) & Roudi
(Prornethichthys prometheus). (7) 38kg. (8) 133cm. (9)
Male. (11) Frozen. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C63.

(14) Musee d'Anatomie Testut Latarjet de Lyon,
Faculte de medecine, Lyon, France. Scraped.

CCC 75: (1) March 1971. (2) Off Shezani, near
Moroni, Grand Comoro. (5) 350m. (6) Roudi
(Prornethichthys prometheus). (8) <100cm. (10) Alive
when landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 9.

CCC 76: (1) 3 April 1971. (2) Moroni, Grand
Comoro. (3) Youssouf Abdou. (4) 3000m. (5) 250m.

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(6) Roudi ( Prornethichthys prometheus). (7) 10kg.
(8) 85cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (13) Millot et al.
(1972) no. C64. (15) Contrary to Millot (1972), Mr.
Rupert Baker states that there is no coelacanth
at the Royal Society. Specimen was used for
anatomical demonstrations during the January-
March 1972 expedition (confirmed by Anthony's
correspondence) .

CCC 77: (1) 28 June 1971, 01:00h. (2) Vanamboini,
Canton d'ltsandra. Grand Comoro. (3) Mlaraha
Adame. (4) 2000m. (5) 250m. (6) Rastrelliger
neglectus (Hanale). (7) 30kg. (8) 133cm. (9) Male.
(11) Formalin. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C65.

(15) Initially reserved for Mr Westoll (University
of Newcastle, USA), since he did not reply, the
specimen was put at the disposal of the Princeton
Museum of Natural History According to Smith
et al. (1975), this specimen was not sent to the
American Museum of Natural History, New York,
USA, as stated by Millot et al. (1972). The Princeton
museum also did not take up the offer.

CCC 78: (1) 16 September 1971, 00:30h. (2) M'Bamani
(Hambou), Grand Comoro. (3) Msaidie Mohamadi.
(4) 2000m. (5) 100m. (6) Roudi ( Prornethichthys
prometheus). (7) 65kg. (8) 164cm. (9) (?) Male. (10)
Alive when caught. (12) Died 08:30h. (13) Millot
et al. (1972) no. C66. (14) P.P. Shirshov Institute of
Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, Russia. (15) Possibly the same specimen
as CCC 98. Institut d'Oceonographie Shirshov,
Moscow (Russia) (Pr A. Monin).

CCC 79: (1) 5 January 1972, 01:30h. [01:00h. (Millot
et al. 1972)]. (2) Domoni, Anjouan, (3) Kombo
Sidicharif. (4) 2000m. (5) 400m. (6) Rastrelliger
neglectus (Hanale). (7) 78kg. (8) 163cm. (9) Female
with 19 mature eggs. (10) Alive for 9 h after
landing (Locket 1980). (11) Dissected 5 hours after
death, frozen and stored in formalin. (12) Good.
Many anatomical pieces are separately stored in
formalin. (13) Millot et al. (1972) no. C67, McCosker
& Lagios (1979), no. 70, Locket (1980), Bollore
(1974), Anthony & Millot (1972), Devys et al. (1972),
Millot & Anthony (1974), Giraud et al. (1979).
(14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Franco-Anglo-American
Expedition. Dissected tissues sent worldwide. The
authors (Devys et al. 1972) mentioned the weight
of the 19 eggs between 319g and 334g. McCosker
states 20 eggs, 8.5-9cm in diameter and 300-344g
in weight referring to Millot & Anthony 1974. Both
Bollore and Anthony were involved in a coelacanth
expedition at that time at the Comoro Islands.
Bollore wrote: Kombo Sadisharif got 60 notes
of 1,000 francs CFA. When they asked him what
he was intend to do with all the money Kombo
Sadisharif answered: "I have 18 children".

CCC 80: (1) 22 March 1972, 02:00h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Madi Youssouf Kaar. (4) 600m [100m

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(McCosker)]. (5) 165m. (6) Thon (Tuna). (7) 10kg.

(8) 86cm [85cm (McCosker)]. (9) Female. (10) Alive
for 6 h after landing (Locket 1980). (11) Dissected,
then frozen. (12) Many samples of the viscera are
stored in alcohol 70%. (13) Note Robineau no. C68,
McCosker & Lagios (1979), no. 71, Locket (1980),
Bollore (1974), Locket & Griffith (1972), Chavin
(1972), Dartnall (1972), Lemire (1976), Nothcut et
al. (1978). (14) Yale Peabody Museum of Natural
History, Yale University, New Haven, USA. (15)
Franco-Anglo-American Expedition. Dissected
tissues and organs sent to 54 scientists worldwide.
Both Bollore and Anthony were involved in a
coelacanth expedition at that time at the Comoro
Islands. Locket mentioned: Coelacanth captured
at 02:00h. The specimen was transferred by the
fishermen to a cylindrical cage approximately
1,5m diameter by 2m length which had been built
at Iconi during a previous Canadian Expedition
where it lived in until 07:45h. The eye was removed
by Locket at 09:00h. Stored in a light-tight freezing
cabinet where it slowly froze. Transported to UK.
On arrival in Sussex it was stored at -30°C until 10
April 1972.

CCC 81: (1) 12 May 1972. 22:45h. [23:00h.
(McCosker)]. (2) Iconi, direction Moroni, Grand
Comoro. (3) Said Ali Kundji. (4) 800m. (5) 90m. (6)
Aiguillettes (M'Tsoumbon). (7) 38kg. (8) 120cm.

(9) Female. (11) Preserved in seawater + 10%
Formalin (at 37%). (12) Good, frozen at 00:30h,
formalin. Whole specimen is stored in formalin.

(13) McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C72; Note
Robineau no. C69. (14) Oceanarium du Croisic, Le
Croisic, France. (15) First housed at "Le Peigne de
Venus" in Marseille, France (M. Lozet, Bilan Vert)
then transferred to Croisic. Copy of "Certificat de
prise de coelacanthe".

CCC 82: (1) 12 August 1972, 03:00h. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Mhoumadi Aboudou. (4) 400m.
(5) 100m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8)
95cm. (11) Frozen, formalin, now 70% Alcohol.
(12) Incision into the abdomen but soft anatomy
still intact. (13) McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C73;
Note Robineau no. 70, Bruton (1993a). (14) Natal
Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. (15)
Purchased in 1973 for R1400 (South African Rand)
which included the costs of transport. Frozen
for 6 months, it was moved to formalin in June
1973. Museum inventory number 1527. Specimen
was put on public display on 12 November 1973
(M.N. Bruton 1993). Copy of "Certificat de Prise de
Coelacanthe".

CCC 83: (1) 16 October 1972, 20:30h. (2) Dzindri,
(Canton de Sima) Anjouan. (3) Tsoumou Bacar.
(4) 1000m. (5) 350m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys
Prometheus). (7) 30kg. (8) 120cm. (9) (?) Male. (10)
Alive for 4 hours after landing. (11) Dilute formalin
(2009). (12) Frozen, then in formalin in bad state.

(13) McCoksker et al. (1979) no. C74; Note Robineau
no. C71, Bruton (1993a). (14) Ulster Museum,
Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB, Northern
Ireland. (15) Specimen is on display in the Ulster
Museum. Purchased in 1974 for the price of £625
from: Le Directeur de 1' Agriculture, de l'Elevage et
des Eaux et Forets - Ministere de la Production et
des Industries Agricoles, Moroni - Territoire Des
Comores (Comoro Islands). Preserved in formalin
when purchased. Preserved in Steedman's Solution
while on display until 2007.

CCC 84: (1) February 1973. (2) Mizinjaju, Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Yousouf Abdou. (4) < 500m.
(5) 280m. (8) 50cm. (10) Alive when landed. (13)
Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 6. (15) Yousouf Abdou, aged
54 years.

CCC 85: (1) 6 July 1973, 03:00h. (2) Mitsoudje
Bangoi, Grande Comore. (3) Ibrahim Soilihi.
(4) 500m. (5) 120m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys
prometheus). (7) 35kg. (8) 132cm. (9) Male. (12) Died
at 04:00h, in formalin at 09:00h. (13) McCosker &
Lagios. (1979) no. C75; Note Robineau no. 72. (15)
Prof. Westoll (UK).

CCC 86: (1) 27 July 1973. (2) Iconi, Grand Comoro.
(3) M'Bae M'Sa. (4) 100m. (5) 100m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 10kg. (8) 86cm.
(9) Male. (11) Formalin (correct). (13) McCosker
& Lagios (1979) no. C76; Note Robineau no. C73.

(14) M. Nerat, Vienna, Austria. (15) Preserved in
formalin, but without intracranial injections. M.
Nerat (Zoology preparator), Vienna, Austria.

CCC 87: (1) 6 November 1973. 02:00h. (2) Vouani,
Anjouan. (3) Baco Selemani. (5) 175m. (7) 32kg.
(8) 120cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive when landed. (11)
Formalin. (12) Died at 13:00h, treated at 13:00h. (13)
McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C 77; Note Robineau
no. C74. (14) M. Nerat, Vienna, Austria. (15) M.
Nerat (Zoology preparator), Vienna, Austria.

CCC 88: (1) 22 November 1973 21:00h. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ibada M'Belizi. (4) 800m. (5)
180m. (7) 24kg. (8) 103cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive when
landed. (11) Frozen, injected with formalin in 1975.
(12) Died at 20:30h. Frozen at 22:00h. (13) McCosker
& Lagios (1979) no. C78; Note Robineau no. C75,
Uyeno & Tsutsumi (1991). (14) Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, University of San Diego, La
Jolla, USA. (15) Inventory number SI0 75-347.

CCC 89: (1) 1973. (2) Milini, at Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Ally Musa Ally. (4) 250m. (5) 350m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 130cm. (10)
Alive when landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no. 14.

(15) Ally Musa Ally, aged 60 years .

CCC 90: (1) 27 November 1973, 03:30h. (2)
M'Bachile, near Iconi, Grand Comoro. (3)

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Attoumani Moussa. (4) 400m. (5) 225m. (7) 30kg.
(8) 110cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive when caught. (11) 70-
75% ethyl alcohol. (12) Good, fresh frozen at -20°C
to -10°C for 18 months. (13) McCosker & Lagios
(1979) no. C79; Note Robineau no. C76, McCosker
(1979), Miller (1979), Rasmussen (1979), Dingerkus
(1979), Hayashida (1979), Fisher & Whitt (1979),
Lombardini & Pang (1979), Uyeno & Tsutsumi
(1991). (14) California Academy of Sciences,
Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, USA. (15)
Frozen when the specimen was still alive. Received
at the Academy on 13 March 1975. The viscera were
removed 27 May 1975 for biochemical analysis
and the specimen was preserved in formalin the
following day. Stomach contents description,
species and numbers: Symphysanadon, deepwater
snappers, 2, McCosker, 1979 [in Uyeno & Tsutsumi
1991]. Inventory number CAS 33111. Specimen is
on display in Steinhart Aquarium.

CCC 91: (1) 1973 (2) Baco Selemani (probably
Salimani), Grand Comoro. (3) Said Mehezi. (5)
175m. (6) Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (8)
120cm. (9) Female. (11) Formalin. (12) Good. (13)
Tratz. (1975). (14) Haus der Natur, Museumplatz,
Salzburg, Austria. (15) Received by "Haus der
Natur" in March 1974. Coelacanth is on display in
the museum.

CCC 92: (1) 14 February 1974, 01:00h. (2) Mirontsi,
close to Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (3) Omar Houmadi
M'Sa. (5) 220m. (7) 40kg. (8) 136cm (Bilan Vert)
[140cm (McCosker)]. (9) Male. (11) Skeleton in
formalin. (12) Good. (13) McCosker & Lagios
(1979) no. C80; Note Robineau no. C 77, Bruton
(1993a), Bruton (1999), Adamicka & Ahnelt (1976).
(14) Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna, Vienna,
Austria. (15) Dr P. Kahsbauer, Vienna. The initial
purpose should be at: M. Lebret Air Comores
(Paris) on requisition of the Ministere de la
Production. The specimen was bought on 9 August
1974 for an amount of 350.000,- CFA (FF 7.000,-).
The date of capture on the label in the museum is
incorrectly given as 9 August 1974 (M.N. Bruton,
1993a). Dissected by Adamicka & Ahnelt (1976)
and not CCC 096 (C83) as they stated in their paper
(Barbara Herzig, personal communication 1992).
Illustrated in CCC Newsletter 6 (M.N. Bruton
1999). The skeleton is on exhibition in the museum.
Gill rakers 1974 - 7.1979 at Dr Kritscher (analysis of
parasites). Parts in formalin rather alcohol [?]: brain,
heart, scales, pectoral fin. In parts on display or in
scientific collection. Museum Collection Number
NMW 76041 (previous number was NMW-16000,
M.N. Bruton, 1993a).

CCC 93: (1) 17 May 1974, 22:00h. [21:00h.
(McCosker)]. (2) Vanamboini, Voidjou village.
Grand Comoro. (3) Ali M'Dahoma. (4) 300m. (5)
150m. (6) Pieuvre, Octopus sp. (7) 40kg. (8) 139cm
(Bilan Vert). (11) Formalin. (13) McCosker &

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Lagios, (1979) no. C81; Note Robineau no. C78. (14)
M. Lebret (Bilan Vert), Paris, France. Actually, we
have no trace of this specimen.

CCC 94: (1) 17 August 1974, 16:45h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Said Ahamada. (4) 2000m. (5) 180m.

(6) Thallasoma sp. (Labridae) Cheilinus trilobatus.

(7) 0,8kg (frozen). (8) 42.5cm. (9) Female. (10) Alive
when landed. (11) Frozen at -18°C, then fixed in
formalin. (12) Died 17:15h., frozen at 19:00h. The
dissected specimen is stored. (13) McCosker &
Lagios (1979) no. C82; Note Robineau no. C79, Balon
et al. (1988), Robineau & Millot (1975), Anthony &
Robineau (1976). (14) MNHN, Paris. (15) Died at
17:15h., frozen at 19:00h., at -18°C, 2h after capture,
received in Paris on 28 August 1974 still frozen
on arrival. The smallest coelacanth caught on a
line to date. Illustrated in Balon (1988) (Fig. 11).
Gift from the Comorian Minister of Development
Omar Tamou to the French scientists. Kakatzi is the
Comoran name for Thallasoma sp.

CCC 95: (1) August 1974. (2) Comoros. (8) 122cm.
(11) Preserved in formalin. (12) Good. (13) Note
Robineau N° 79bis. (14) Chateau de la Bussiere,
La Bussiere, France. (15) Formalin injections were
done in Comoros. The whole (?) specimen is
stored. Coelacanth on display in the museum and
is part of the angling collection of the Countess de
Chasseval.

CCC 96: (1) 18 October 1974, 01:30h. (2) Salimani
(Hambou), Grand Comoro. (3) Issa Moussa. (4)
400m. (5) 240m (corrected to 250-300m). (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 40kg (corrected
to 60kg). (8) 140cm (corrected to 165-170cm). (9)
Female. (10) Alive when captured, died at 3:00h.,
preserved in formalin at 8:29h. (11) Formalin. (12)
Good, with intestinal tract intact (in formalin). (13)
McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C83; Note Robineau
no. 80, Bruton (1993a), Bruton (1999), Adamicka
& Ahnelt (1976). (14) Naturhistorisches Museum
Wien, Vienna, Austria. (15) Dr P. Kahsbauer, former
curator of fishes, sent the bill for the specimen
to Dr J. Eiselt, former head of the department:
ATS 27.342,- (FF 7.000,-) (CFA 350.000,-) = about
€2.000,- in recent [2009] currency. The specimen
arrived with Dr Starmiihlner in the NMW
(Naturhistorisches Museum Wien). Intestinal tract
in formalin extra in the scientific collection. Body
height 35cm. Corrections on some data were made
by Barbara Herzig (personal communication 1992),
see M.N. Bruton, 1993a, confirmed by our listing
(Note Robineau). Illustrated in CCC Newsletter 6
(M.N. Bruton 1999) (Fig. lb). Museum Collection
Number: NMW-76040. Coelacanth is on display in
the museum.

CCC 97: (1) 9 November 1974, 05:30h. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ali Saadi. (4) 2000m. (5) 250m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 37kg. (8)

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145cm. (9) Female. (11) Formalin. (12) In formalin
at 09:20 h. (13) McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C84;
Note Robineau no. C81, Miller. (1979). (15) In
formalin at 09:20h.; presence of an important blood
clot in the abdomen without external wounds. See
information (Note Robineau).

CCC 98: (1) 1974. (2) Grand Comoro. (8) ~157cm.
(11) Formalin. (12) Fair. (13) Recorded by E.K.
Balon on 21.6.1990. (14) P.P. Shirshov Institute
of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia. (15) In a sealed
glass aquarium in the centre of the cafeteria of the
Institute of Oceanology, Moscow. This specimen
could be the same as CCC 78; rediscovered in
1984 encrusted in rust at the Zoological Museum
in Moscow and subsequently restored. Illustrated
in CCC (Fig. 6b), photo taken by E.K. Balon on 17
May 1990.

CCC 99: (1) April-May 1974. (3) Athumi Mbelizi.
(4) 250m. (5) 370m. (8) 150cm. (10) Alive when
landed. (13) Suzuki et al. ((1985) no. 8. (15) Athumi
Mbelizi, aged 55 years.

CCC 100: (1) 22 January 1975 04:00h. (2)
Mromouhouli (Sima, South coast), Anjouan.
(3) Ahmadi Sidi. (4) 3000m. (5) 300m. (6) Roudi
(Promethichthys prometheus). (7) 66kg. (8) 165cm.

(9) Female. (11) Formalin. (13) McCosker & Lagios
(1979) no. C85; Note Robineau no. C82, Miller.
(1979). (14) Possibly Scripps or Steinhart (see
also CCC 103). (15) Specimen in bad state due to
a harpoon wound at the left side, beginning of
putrefaction. J.W. Atz (pers. comm. 1991) suggests
that one of CCC numbers 100 or 103 went to the
Scripps Institute of Oceanology and the other to
the Steinhart Aquarium in California.

CCC 101: (1) 1975. (2) Off Mt N'Gouni, Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Madi Yussuf. (7) 15-16kg. (8) 80cm.

(10) Alive until it reached the coast. (13) Suzuki et
al. (1985) no. 4. (15) Madi Yussuf, aged 73 years.

CCC 102: (1) March 1975. (2) Off Mt N'Gouni,
Iconi, Grand Comoro. (3) Yussuf Abdou. (4) 500m.

(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 150cm.
(10) Alive when landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985) no.
7. (15) Yussuf Abdou, aged 54 years .

CCC 103: (1) 27 January 1976. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (13) McCosker & Lagios (1979) no. C86,
Note Robineau no. C83. (14) Scripps Institute
or Steinhart (see also CCC 100). (15) Noted by
M. Cosker (1979). Possibly Scripps Institute of
Oceanography or Steinhart Aquarium, U.S.A. (see
also CCC 100).

CCC 104: (1) 5 April 1976. (2) Grand Comoro.

(7) 65kg. (8) 165cm. (11) Formalin. (12) Good.

(13) Zhu Min in literature 1990 (?) (15) In 1982,
the government of the Comoros offered this

specimen to the Government of China. This is
the only Latimeria in the domestic and preserved
fish specimens on public display at the Chinese
Academy of Sciences Institute in the Vertebrate
Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology Museum.

CCC 105: (1) 1 September 1976. (2) Domoni,
Anjouan. (7) 11,2kg [11kg (McCosker)]. (8) 11,2kg
[11kg (McCosker)]. (11) Formalin. (13) McCosker
& Lagios (1979) no. C87, Note Robineau no. 84.

(14) Centre de Recherches Oceanographique et de
Peche, Alger, Algeria. No trace of this specimen

(15) A gift to the Algerians during the Foire
Internationale d' Alger in September 1976 (Mrs
Bongazelli).

CCC 106 : (1) 1976. (2) Iconi, Grand Comoro. (3)
Said Ahmed Mbae. (8) ca. 25cm. (10) Swimming
slowly in the water when caught. (13) Suzuki et
al. (1985), no. 1. (15) Said Ahmed Mbae, aged 50
years. This size estimate describes the smallest
free-swimming coelacanth caught to date, possibly
a premature birth (1991).

CCC 107: (1) January 1977. (2) Iconi, Grand Comoro.
(3) Said Ahmed Mbae. (4) 300-400m. (5) 300m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 120cm. (10)
Alive until it reached the coast. (13) Suzuki et al.
(1985), no. 2. (5) Said Ahmed Mbae, aged 50 years .

CCC 108 : (1) 1977. (2) Mizinjaju at Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Hassan Malinji. (4) 300m. (5) 250m.

(8) 150cm. (10) Alive until it reached the coast. (13)
Suzuki et al. (1985), no. 12.

CCC 109: (1) February 1978. (2) Mizinjaju at Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Madi Yussuf. (4) 500m. (5)
300m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7)
10kg. (8) 70cm. (10) Dead when it reached the
surface. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985), no. 5. (15) Madi
Yussuf, aged 73 years .

CCC 110: (1) July 1978, 22:00h. (2) Anjouan. (7)
30kg. (8) 125cm. (9) (?) Female. (11) Frozen, later
injected with formalin and placed in 75% Isopropyl
solution. (12) Good. (13) Kriel (2006), Knight (2007),
Minshull (2009). (14) The Natural History Museum,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (15) The coelacanth was
housed in the Queen Victoria Museum in Harare
and was collected by Mr. John Minshull in 1978.
Received from Captain Jack Malloch, chief pilot
of an air freight company flying to the Comoros
(AFRAIR). Moved to Bulawayo around 1982 by
Mr. John Minshull with the entire fish collection.
Unfortunately the original tank it was displayed
in was damaged and for the last 15 years or so
this precious specimen has been tucked away in
the basement. The temporary tank in which the
Coelacanth is presently housed was rusting and
it is possible that should nothing be done that
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Knight, who met Mr. John Minshull and heard the
amazing story of the Bulawayo coelacanth decided
to investigate and she started a successful initiative
to save the Bulawayo coelacanth. There was a
suitable display tank to re-home the Coelacanth,
however to successfully preserve and display
this fish approximately 400 liters of Isopropyl
Alcohol was required. A Bulawayo firm ACOL
Chemical has graciously donated the isopropyl
alcohol required. Grateful thanks goes to the Di
Palma family of Wood Industries for building
the beautiful wood cabinet that now houses the
coelacanth in the Bulawayo Museum. Coelacanth
is now on display again in the museum.

CCC 111: (1) December 1978. (2) Off Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (4) 600-700m [~700-800m (EBF)]. (5)
150m. (7) ~40kg. (8) 120 [129cm (EBF)] [130cm
(Elter 1980)]. (11) On display in a 4% formalin
solution. (12) Frozen at -30°C, five hours after
death. (13) Note Robineau without number, Elter.
(1980). (14) Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali,
Torino, Italy. (15) The coelacanth was collected
from the fishermen by Dr Erik Domini who worked
at the Comoros at that time. Five hours after death
the coelacanth was frozen at a temp of -30°C and
kept at that temperature during the trip from the
Comoros to Italy. A whole series of photographic
and radiographic images has been made (Mme
Elnet).

CCC 112: (1) 1978. (2) Off Mt. Dengu, Grand
Comoro. (3) Msakarani Muvura. (4) 200m. (5) 100m.
(6) Roudi (Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 90cm. (10)
Alive when landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985), no. 17.
(15) Msakarani Muvura, aged 80 years.

CCC 113: (1) 10 December 1978. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (4) 600-700m. (5) 150m. (8) 135cm. (11)
Frozen at -30°C, 5-6 hours after capture. (13) Note
Robineau without number. (14) Civico Museo di
Storia Naturale, Via Tominz 4, 34139 Trieste, Italy.
(15) On the label it is written that the specimen
was a gift to the Trieste Natural History museum
by Dr Erik Domini, to honour the memory of the
former Director, Dr Edoardo Gridelli. Mr N. Bressi
(Trieste) gives the length as 130cm. In EBF this
specimen was assigned to the museum in Torino.

CCC 114: (1) August 1979. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (4) 600-700m. (5) 150m. (8) 122cm. (11)
Frozen, 2 hours after capture. (13) Note Robineau
without number. (14) Museo Regionale di Scienze
Naturali, Torino, Italy. (15) Musee Zoologique de
Turin (Mme Elnet).

CCC 115: (1) September 1979. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (4) 600-700m. (5) 150m. (8) 100cm. (11)
Frozen, 2 hours after capture. (13) Note Robineau
without number. (14) Museo Regionale di Scienze

Naturali, Torino, Italy. (15) Musee Zoologique de
Turin (Mme Elnet).

CCC 116: (1) January-February 1979. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Athumi Mbelizi. (4) 390m. (5)
500m. (6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8)
60cm. (10) Alive when landed (13) Suzuki et al.
(1985), no. 10. (15) Athumi Mbelizi, aged 55 years .

CCC 117: (1) 24 January 1980, 20:00h. (2) Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Athumi Mbelizi. (4) 800m
(1/2 mille au large). (5) 160m. (6) Flying fish sp.
Exocoetidae. (7) 19kg (eviscerated, fixed) [20kg
(EBF)]. (8) 109,5cm [110cm (EBF)]. (9) Female. (11)
Formalin. (12) Good. (13) Note Robineau without
number. (14) First ORSTOM., Paris, then (June
1989) to MNHN, Paris. (15) Athumi Mbelizi, aged
56 years. Hauled up in 20 min, the coelacanth died
at 05:00h. Exposed in ORSTOM, Aulnay, (Scientific
Services). Arrived at the MNHN, Paris the 10
March 1980. Un-fertilized ovary transferred at
the Laboratoire d'lchtyologie of the MNHN, Paris
during June 1989. Inventory number 2005-081.

CCC 118: (1) May 1980. (2) Grand Comoro.
(8) 155cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen, later fixed in
Formalin and displayed in 60% Propanol. (12)
Good; Dissected on left side to display internal
organs. (13) Illustrated in CCC (Fig. 3), Bruton
(1993a). (14) SAIAB, Grahamstown, South Africa.
(15) Coelacanth is on display in the Museum.
Museum Inventory Number: RUSI 9981 (M.N.
Bruton 1993a). It was acquired by a Zimbabwean
businessman from whom it was purchased by
SASOL ONE (Pty) Ltd. for the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology.

CCC 119: (1) 1980. (2) Beni, Grand Comoro. (3)
Yusuf Ah. (8) 160-170cm. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985),
no. 16.

CCC 120: (1) ? Late 1980. (2) Grand Comoro. (8)
100cm. (11) 50% Formalin & 50% Alcohol in glass
tank. (12) Good. (14) Transvaal Museum, Paul
Kruger Street, P.O. Box 413, Pretoria, South Africa.
(15) Coelacanth is on display in the Museum.
Museum Inventory Number: TM-COEL 01.
Obtained from Mrs Margaret Smith (JLB Smith
Institute Grahamstown, now South African
Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity).

CCC 121: (1) January 1981. (2) Gawarani, at Iconi,
Grand Comoro. (3) Bakari Isuram. (4) 200m. (5)
250m. (6) Gempylid? (7) 18.5kg. (8) 109cm. (9)
Female. (11) Frozen. (12) Good, but with partly
damaged fins. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985), no. 2. (14)
National Museum for Nature and Science, Tokyo,
Japan. (15) After study, it was prepared for display
(with artificial eyes) by taxidermist H. Taguchi.
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for study by JASEC research team at Keikyu
Aburatsubo Park Aquarium.

CCC 122: (1) August-October 1981. (2) Zizazu, near
Itsoundzu Iconi, Grand Comoro. (3) Ahamada
Isilahi. (4) 500-1000m. (5) 500m. (6) Roudi
( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 170cm. (10) Alive
when landed. (13) Suzuki et al. (1985), no. 22.

CCC 123: (1) 30 December 1981. (2) Mitsamiuli,
Grand Comoro. (4) 400m. (5) 200m. (6) Gempylid?

(7) 84kg. (8) 175,4cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12)
Good, slight contusions on head and fins. (13)
Suzuki et al. (1985), JASEC no. 1. (14) Kanazawa
Aquarium, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. (15)
Display specimen with artificial eyes, prepared by
H. Taguchi .

CCC 124: (1) 1 September 1982. (2) Itsoundzu,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ahamada Isilahi. (4) 800m. (5)
500m. (6) Gempylid? (7) 53kg. (8) 164cm. (9) Female.
(11) Frozen. (12) Damaged, injury to abdomen. (13)
Suzuki et al. (1985), JASEC no. 3. (14) Kanazawa
Aquarium, 450 Higashimikage, Kanazawa,
Ishikawa, Japan. (15) Display specimen with
artificial eyes, prepared by H. Taguchi. Stomach
contents description, species and numbers: Ilyophis
brunneus, deepsea witcheel (muddy arrowtooth
eel) 490 TL, 1, Uyeno & Tsutsumi 1991. Tissues
removed for study at University of Tokyo.

CCC 125: (1) November 1982. (2) Sahda, ? Grand
Comoro. (3) Mwazie Kawa. (4) 340m. (5) 150m. (6)
Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (13) Suzuki et al.
(1985), no. 15. (15) Mwazie Kawa, aged 75 years.

CCC 126: (1) Early 1983. (2) Mutsamudu, Anjouan.

(8) 183,1cm. (9) Female. (11) Expertly mounted in
Belgium and displayed in a hand-carved wooden
cabinet. (12) Excellent, all fins and scales intact,
artificial eyes. (13) Balon et al. (1988). (14) Foyer
of President's residence, Moroni, Grand Comoro,
Comores. (15) Illustrated in Balon et al. (1988) (Fig.

9).

CCC 127: (1) 26 November 1984, 02:00h. (2)
Chiconi, Anjouan. (5) 250m. (8) 190cm. (13)
Observed by T. Ogiso (1986) in the freezer of the
Japanese fishery school (now the Ecole National de
Peche), Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (14) Ecole National
de Peche, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comores.

CCC 128: (1) 16 December 1984, 22:00h. (2)
Bouekouni, Anjouan. (3) Sandani. (5) 200m. (8)
150cm. (13) Observed by T. Ogiso (1986) in the
freezer of the Japanese fishery school (now the
Ecole National de Peche), Mutsamudu, Anjouan.
(14) Ecole National de Peche, Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, Comores.

CCC 129: (1) 28 January 1985, 22:00h. (2) Pomoni,
Anjouan. (3) Hassni. (5) 200m. (13) Observed
by T. Ogiso (1986) in the freezer of the Japanese
fishery school (now the Ecole National de Peche),
Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (14) Ecole National de
Peche, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comores.

CCC 130: (1) 4 June 1985, 03:00h. (2) Wani,
Anjouan. (5) 250m. (8) 130cm. (13) Observed by
T. Ogiso (1986) in the freezer of the Japanese
fishery school (now the Ecole National de Peche),
Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (14) Ecole National de
Peche, Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comores.

CCC 131: (1) 20 September 1985. (2) Between
Ubeni and Salimani, Grand Comoro. (3) Hama
Muhammed. (4) 500m. (5) 200m. (8) 150cm. (11)
Frozen, to be dissected in 1991. (12) Good. (13) T.
Uyeno in litt. (1990), JASEC no. 5. (14) Kanazawa
Aquarium, 450 Higashimikage, Kanazawa,
Ishikawa, Japan.

CCC 132: (1) 22 November 1985, 23:00h. (2) Vassi,
Anjouan. (5) 300m. (13) Observed by T. Ogiso
(1986) in the freezer of the Japanese fishery school
(now the Ecole National de Peche), Mutsamudu,
Anjouan. (14) Ecole National de Peche. Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, Comores.

CCC 133: (1) November 1985. (2) Domoni,
Anjouan. (8) 134.3cm. (11) Mounted with coconut
fibre and wood. (12) Disemboweled, injected with
formalin. (13) M.N. Bruton, 23 April 1987, Balon
et al. (1988). (14) Karima Restaurant, Domoni,
Anjouan, Comoros. (15) Owned by Habane Said
Ah Abdallah Abderamane. Fig 4 in Balon et al.
(1988) and appears on 4 photographs in Balon
(1990b, p. 127).

CCC 134: (1) Early 1986. (2) Near Matsumudu,
Anjouan. (8) 159.5cm. (11) Frozen, then fixed in
formalin and dried. (13) M.N. Bruton, 28 April
1987. (14) Centre National de Documentation et de
Recherche Scientifique, Museum CNDRS, Moroni,
Comores. (15) Dry mount prepared by taxidermist,

S. Bakari, on Anjouan. Stuffed with coconut fibres,
supported with wood, internal organs removed,
fins complete.

CCC 135: (1) 4 July 1986, 01:30h. (2) Grand Comoro.
(3) Mohammed Youssouf Kari. (4) 400-500m. (5)
250m. (6) Tuna sp. (Scombridae). (7) ~60kg. (8)
125cm. (10) Lived for 33 hours after capture. (11)
Frozen, then fixed in formalin and dried. (13) Uyeno,

T. , (1991) JASEC no. 4 (JASEC no. 3 in EBF), Uyeno
(1991). (15) Towed at a depth of 3-5m, the fish was
brought to shore in front of Hotel Coelacanthe,
Moroni, at 10:30h., and at about 16:30h. was placed
in a 2 x 1 x lm metal cage anchored at 50m depth,
50m offshore. As the fishermen were afraid the
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almost certainly making the movements recorded
on cinefilm unnatural. At 10:30h the next day this
specimen died and was brought to shore. (Uyeno,
T. 1991).

CCC 136: (1) 17 July 1986, 01:00h. (2) Grand
Comoro. (3) Mohammed Islam. (4) 400m. (5) 200m.
(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (7) ~65kg.
(8) 140cm. (10) Lived for 42 hours after capture.
(13) Uyeno (1991) JASEC no. 2, Uyeno. (1991). (15)
A videotape was made of this specimen after its
release in shallow water by J.-L. Geraud working
for the JASEC team. The fish was hooked on a
hand-line from a pirogue (outrigger dugout) by
a native fisherman, Mohammed Islam, on 17 July
1986 at 01:00h., about 400m offshore, around 200m
deep using 'roudi', a gempylid fish, as bait. This
coelacanth, 140cm long and weighing about 65
kg, was brought to shore at the same location as
CCC135 and placed in the aforementioned cage
around 10:00h. It was in far better condition than
CCC135, possibly due to the fact that it stopped
fighting the line after a relatively short time. Once
caged, the hook was removed from the fish's
mouth, and the specimen was released so that a
videotape of free-swimming locomotion could be
taken. After videotaping was completed it was
herded back to the cage where, under observation,
it remained constantly in motion until it died the
next day at 19:30h. (Uyeno, T. 1991).

CCC 137: (1) July 1986. (2) Anjouan. (4) 200m. (5)
300m. (8) 124.8cm. (11) Initially frozen, later dried
and stuffed with coconut fibre. (12) Poor. (13) M.N.
Bruton, 1 May 1987, Balon et al. (1988). (14) Seen in
S. Bakari's taxidermy workshop, near Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, Comores. (15) Held by S. Bakari in fig. 24
of Balon et al. (1988). The eyes were replaced.

CCC 138: (1) 3 December 1986. (2) Itsandra, Grand
Comoro. (8) 132cm. (11) Specimen dissected on
the left side. (13) Mary Burridge (in litt. 1990)
?, Burridge-Smith. (1987). (14) Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (15) Specimen
obtained by Peter Stevens, a member of the
Explorer's Club expedition in November 1986,
and donated to the Royal Ontario Museum. Tissue
samples were taken and placed in alcohol in a
dry collection. Museum Inventory Number ROM
51809.

CCC 139: (1) 23 November 1986. (2) Itsoundzou,
Grand Comoro. (3) Madi Issala. (7) 34.6kg. (8)
109cm. (10) Alive when caught. (13) Musick (in litt.
1990)? (14) American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park West at 79th Street, New York NY
10024, USA. (15) Brought to the shore alive and
acquired by the Explorer's Club during their
November 1986 expedition. Museum Inventory
Number AMNH 59196.

CCC 140: (1) ? 1986. (2) Grand Comoro. (7) 13.5kg.
(8) 97.2cm. (9) Immature male. (11) Frozen. (12)
Dissected. (13) Hale et al. (1991), Musick et al.
(1991). (14) The University of Kansas, Natural
History Museum and Biodiversity Research
Center, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. (15) Obtained by
Explorer's Club personnel for the Virginia Institute
of Marine Science. Museum Inventory Number
VIMS 8117, Museum Inventory Number Kansas
Z22082. Severely freezer-burned indicating that
it had been frozen for some time. On permanent
loan to University of Kansas (as cited in 1991).
In November 1987 two fish (CCC 140, 141) were
transported by truck from a freezer at the New
York Aquarium to VIMS and stored frozen until 3
January 1988, when the research team assembled.
On 4 January, while both specimens were allowed
to thaw slowly (at ca. 5-10°C), the research team
held a planning session to determine research needs
by tissue type. The dissection of CCC 140 began 6
January at 10:30 h. and was completed by about
12:30h. The primary focus of the biological research
initiated at VIMS was to employ methodologies
(biochemical, radiological) not generally available
to academic scientists over a decade earlier when
the last major studies were done on Latimeria.
In addition to the research of members of the
immediate dissection team frozen or preserved
tissues were subsequently shipped to over 60
scientists around the world, including workers
in Australia, Germany and Japan. The results of
many of these studies and others were presented
in a 'Symposium on the Biology and Evolution
of Coelacanths' arranged by J.A. Musick in June
1989 at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in San
Francisco.

CCC 141: (1) November 1986. (2) West coast
of Grand Comoro. (7) 53.75kg. (8) 145.2cm. (9)
Immature female. (11) Maintained frozen at -30°C
until dissection on 5 January 1988. (12) Dissected
(13) Coutier et al. (1988), Schultze & Cloutier.
(1991), Musick et al. (1991), Stock et al. (1991), Hillis
et al. (1991), Waehlneldt et al. (1991), Schultze
(1991), Setter & Brown (1991), Magnum (1991). (14)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), P O
Box 1346, Glaucester Point, VA 23062, USA. (15)
Museum Inventory Number VIMS 8118. Acquired
by personnel of the Explorer's Club. Original
illustration in EBF 23, page 282 and manipulated
illustration in EBF 32, page 17. In November 1987
two fish (CCC 140, 141) were transported by truck
from a freezer at the New York Aquarium to VIMS
and stored frozen until 3 January 1988, when the
research team assembled. Studies began on 3
January when CCC 141 was taken (still frozen) to
Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia, for
computed tomography (CT scan). On 4 January,
while both specimens were allowed to thaw
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planning session to determine research needs by
tissue type. Dissection of CCC 141 commenced at
08:30h on 5 January. The specimen was partially
thawed externally, but its internal organs remained
largely frozen. Immediately upon dissection, tissue
samples were placed in dry ice for biochemical
and physiological studies, or in 10% buffered
formalin for gross morphological work. At 15:00h.
this specimen was returned to the Radiology Unit
at Riverside Hospital for Magnetic Resonance
Imaging. This continued with the help of John
Daimler (head of Radiology at the Hospital) and
Mark Brown of the Siemens Corporation, until
04:00h. on 6 January. The specimen was then
returned to VIMS where between 05:30h. and 06:30h.
the brain and pituitary were removed. These were
still partially frozen and in excellent condition. The
primary focus of the biological research initiated at
VIMS was to employ methodologies (biochemical,
radiological) not generally available to academic
scientists over a decade earlier when the last major
studies were done on Latimeria. In addition to the
research of members of the immediate dissection
team frozen or preserved tissues were subsequently
shipped to over 60 scientists around the world,
including workers in Australia, Germany and
Japan. The results of many of these studies and
others were presented in a 'Symposium on the
Biology and Evolution of Coelacanths' arranged
by J.A. Musick in June 1989 at the 69th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists in San Francisco.

CCC 142: (1) December 1986. (2) Near Pomoni
Anjouan. (8) 101cm. (11) Dry mount prepared by
S. Bakari, Anjouan. (12) Poor, scales missing. (13)
M.N. Bruton, 1 May 1987, Balon et al. (1988). (14)
Seen in S. Bakari' s taxidermy workshop, near
Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comores. (15) Held by S.
Bakari in fig. 24 of Balon et al. (1988).

CCC 143: (1) December 1986. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (8) 182cm. (11) Deep frozen with internal
organs intact. (12) Good, but caudal fin bent and
damaged. (13) M.N. Bruton, 1 May 1987, Balon et
al. (1988). (14) In freezer CODOPEC (1991), Moroni
Harbour, Grand Comoro, Comores.

CCC 144: (1) 9 December 1986, 21:00h. (2)
M'Jamaoue, Anjouan. (3) Antoissi Halifa. (7)
27.3kg. (8) 125cm. (13) M.N. Bruton, 25 April 1987,
Balon et al. (1988). (14) Minorii, Shiyata, Japan. (15)
On a magnificent gyotaku ('gyo' meaning 'fish'
and 'taku' meaning 'rubbing' or 'impression') seen
at the Japanese fishing school near Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, fig. 22 in Balon et al. (1988) and on page
126 in Balon (1990a).

CCC 145: (1) 1 February 1987. (2) Anjouan. (8)
100cm. (11) Sewn crudely with string ventrally
before being prepared as dry mount. (12) Very

poor, flaccid with many scales missing. (13) M.N.
Bruton, 11 November 1987. (14) Seen in S. Bakari's
taxidermy workshop, near Mutsamudu, Anjouan.

CCC 146: (1) June 1987. (2) Anjouan. (7) 82kg. (8)
161cm. (9) Female. (11) Dry mount. (12) Moderate,
four scales missing. (13) M.N. Bruton, 11 November
1987. (14) Seen in S. Bakari's taxidermy workshop,
near Mutsamudu, Anjouan. (15) This was the first
female with eggs he had treated. Contained about
30 eggs. The eggs were discarded.

CCC 147: (1) 13 June 1987. (2) Hajoho, Anjouan.
(3) M'djanga Oussein, Ahamadi Boko, M'Sa
M'Kolo. (4) 250m. (5) 150m. (7) 81.8kg. (8) 160cm.
(9) Female. (10) Landed alive from a japawa. (11)
Frozen. (13) M.N. Bruton, 11 November 1987.
(14) Brought to Ecole National de Peche near
Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comoros. (15) Video made
of this specimen whilst still alive by Japanese
fishing instructors.

CCC 148: (1) 1 September 1987. (2) Salimani, Grand
Comoro. (3) Abderamane. (8) 120cm. (11) Frozen.
(12) Excellent, all scales intact. (13) M.N. Bruton,
1 May 1987. (14) In deepfreeze of Electrofood,
Moroni, Comoros.

CCC 149: (1) 24 October 1987. (2) Hajoho, Anjouan.
(3) Ahmed Zoubert. (5) 250m. (7) 16.3kg. (8) 92cm.
(11) Frozen. (13) M.N. Bruton, 1 May 1987. (14) Seen
at the Ecole National de Peche near Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, Comoros.

CCC 150: (1) January 1988. (2) Comoros. (8) 123cm.
(11) Partially dissected half of body preserved: the
head, gill arches, half pectoral girdle and pelvic
girdle were skeletonized. (12) Poor, a preliminary
dissection was made to remove the gut to reduce
weight for shipping. (13) J.A. Musick in lift.
(1990)?, Bemis & Northcutt. (1991). (14) American
Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (15)
Museum Inventory Number AMNH 56150. W.A.
Bemis bought this specimen from the Comoran
government freezer in January 1988.

CCC 151: (1) January 1988. (2) Comoros. (8) 141cm.
(9) Male. (11) Initially frozen. (12) Poor, half rotten
and partially skeletonized. (14) American Museum
of Natural History, New York, USA. (15) Museum
Inventory Number AMNH 56150 (same number as
CCC150) ? AMNH 5875. W.A. Bemis bought this
specimen from the Comoran government freezer
in January 1988; it was half rotten and partially
skeletonized.

CCC 152: (1) 13 June 1988. (2) Iconi, Grand Comoro.
(3) Ali Mubai. (4) 400m. (5) 200m. (6) Gempylid ?
(8) 149.3cm. (9) Female. (11) Initially frozen, then
prepared as a taxidermy display specimen. (12)
Very good. (13) T. Uyeno in litt. (1990), JASEC no.

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Plate 1 . Coelacanths photographed underwater by Laurent Ballesta at Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in
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6. (14) Kanazawa Aquarium, Kanazawa, Japan.
(15) Specimen with artificial eyes, by H. Taguchi.

CCC 153: (1) 1 February 1989. (2) Grand Comoro.
(7) 26kg. (8) 125.5cm. (9) Male. (11) Deep frozen,
and then fixed in buffered formalin; Ethanol. (12)
Testes samples removed and fixed in buffered
formalin. (13) Michel de San of "Developpement
du Peche Artisanale aux Comores", Bruton (1993a).
(14) SAIAB, Grahamstown, South Africa. (15)
Specimen was dissected at the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology in Grahamstown by E.K. Balon and
M.N. Bruton on 12 December 1991) (M.N. Bruton,
1993). Kept frozen at the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology, Grahamstown. Now stored in
ethanol. Fig. 7 in EBF. Museum inventory number:
RUSI 37101.

CCC 154: (1) 24 June 1989. (2) Hahaya, Grand
Comoro. (4) 100m. (5) 200m (EBF), 300m (M.
Rush). (8) 168cm. (9) Female. (10) Alive during
attempts to decompress, then died. (11) Excellent,
partly defrosted (right side) for examination
of oviduct; Eggs, reproductive organs, eye &
left otolith removed. (12) 59 vitellogenic eggs,
chicken egg-sized. (13) Bruton (1993a), Anon.
(2007), Anderson (1993). (14) Canadian Museum
of Nature, Natural Heritage Building, 1740 Pink
Road, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, J9J 3N7. (15)
Bought from "Developpement du Peche Artisanale
aux Comores" by E.K. Balon on behalf of H.R.
Axelrod for the University of Guelph, Canada, on
25 May 1990. Partly defrosted for examination and
photography of the posterior parts of oviduct and
return by E.K.Balon, M.N. Bruton and R. Cloutier
in May 1990. Photographed by Jean-Louis Geraud
when alive during attempts to decompress.
Donated to the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology
by the Comoran Government in May 1990,
obtained from SOCOVIA freezer in Moroni. Seven
gyotaku's were made of this specimen, which was
transported frozen to Grahamstown and later
fixed in formalin and sent on 12 September 1990
to the University of Guelph for dissection; figures
7 & 8 in EBF. Dissected by Christine Flegler-Balon
and Marie Rush at Guelph on 21 May 1991. Eggs
fixed in buffered Formalin and preserved in Ethyl
Alcohol. Dissection & eggs illustrated in CCC add
II (M.N. Bruton (1993), Fig. 4 and Fig. 5). Stored
in a 150 gallon stainless steel tank fixed in 10%
formalin and then transferred into 70% ethanol in
a fibreglass coffin (200 gal.). Not on public display.
A full size mould and cast of this specimen with
the fins in the correct swimming positions has been
made by the Institute of Ichthyology in Guelph
(M.N. Bruton, 1993) and is on display in the lobby
of the Axelrod Institute. The replica has a set of
teeth (replicates of original set of teeth) made
by Dr Lawrie Jones, the dentist of Dr D. Noakes
and Dr E.K. Balon. Both the specimen and replica
were donated to the University of Guelph and

the Axelrod Institute by Dr H.R. Axelrod, who
purchased the coelacanth and paid for the transfer
costs. With the decommissioning of the Fish
Museum in 2006, a new home was found for this
specimen. The coelacanth was transferred to the
Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on 5 June
2006 (Anon. 2007). Museum Collection Number
CMNFI 2006-0016.1.

CCC 155: (1) 31 October 1989. (2) Dzahadjou,
Grand Comoro. (8) 176.5cm. (9) (?) Female. (11)
Deep frozen in SOCOVIA freezer Moroni, May
1990. (12) Excellent, gills red and firm. Taxidermy.
(13) M. N. Bruton and E. K. Balon. (14) MNHN,
Paris, France. This specimen is on display in The
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution. (15) SOCOVIA
freezer, Moroni belongs to Centre National et de
la Recherche (CNDR), Moroni. Initially intended
for dissection by Japanese scientists. This specimen
was examined alive by H. Fricke on 31 October
1989; a blood sample was taken for haemoglobin
analysis. Fig. 9 in EBF (Photo taken 15 May 1990).
Donated to President Francois Mitterand of France
when he visited the Comoros in July 1990. "Fiche
de don" at the MNHN, Paris. On display in the
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.

CCC 156: (1) Late 1989. (2) Comoros. (8) 122cm.
(11) Frozen. (13) M.N. Bruton and E.K. Balon, May

1990. (14) SOCOVIA freezer, Moroni, Comoros.

CCC 157: (1) 13 November 1990. (2) Salimani,
Grand Comoro. (10) Alive for 14 hours after
capture. Michel de San in litt. 16 November 1990?

CCC 158: (1) 1990. (2) Anjouan. (13) Michel de San
in litt. 16 November 1990?

CCC 159: (1) April 1991. (2) Hahaya, Grand
Comoro. (7) 80kg. (8) 164cm. (9) Female. (10)
Alive when captured. (11) Frozen, then fixed
in Formalin; Preserved in 3M™ Novec™. (12)
Excellent condition, dissected at SAIAB + Guelph.
(13) Bruton (1992a), Bruton (1993a), Bruton
(1993b), Petzer (2006), Stenst (2006). (14) SAIAB,
Grahamstown, South Africa. (15) This specimen
was donated by President Johar of the Comoros
to the South African foreign minister R.F. Botha in

1991. Escorted back to South Africa by R.E. Stobbs,
arriving on 4 May 1991. The specimen was X-rayed
and found to contain no eggs or young. Notochord,
stomach and oviduct tissue samples. About 65
eggs in early oogenesis. 67 eggs in total were found
in this specimen when recently dissected on 12
December 1991 by E.K. Balon, P.H. Greenwood
and M.N. Bruton at the JLB Smith Institute of
Ichthyology in Grahamstown. The eggs were
transported frozen to the University of Guelph,
Canada were they are fixed in buffered formalin.
Muscle, otolith (1), and other samples were taken.
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Life-size fibre-glass model, made by Greg Brett, is
on display in East London Museum, South Africa.
This specimen has been successfully karyotyped
by J. Bogart, E.K. Balon and M.N. Bruton (in press,
as stated in EBF 1991). Illustrated in CCC Add II
(CCC Newsletter 4), M.N. Bruton (1993a) (Fig. 6).
An adult female coelacanth and a coelacanth pup
arrived at the National Museum of Natural History
(Smithsonian), Washington for display purposes
in "The Sant Ocean Hall" opened in 2008. Both
specimen, RUSI 34464 [CCC159] and RUSI 37324
[CCC162.6], are on loan from SAIAB for a period
of 5-15 years.

CCC 160: (1) during spring 1989 [Sep.-Nov. 1989],
(2) Itsandra, Grand Comoro. (7) ~ 3kg. (8) 62cm.

(11) 70% denatured ethanol. (12) Fixed in quite poor
condition when received. Dissected: parts of organs
removed. (13) Bruton (1993a). (14) Zoologische
Staatssammlung Miinchen, Miinchen, Germany.
(15) Donated by CNDRS Moroni (Grande Comore)
to Prof. Hans Fricke. Museum Inventory Number
ZSM 28410. The specimen was received from Prof.
Fricke, Max-Planck-Institution (MPI) in 1992 for
final deposition. Not on public display.

CCC 161: (1) First half of 1991 (January/ June).
(2) Off Anjouan. (9) Female. (11) 10% formalin.

(12) Dissected in Tubingen. (13) Bruton (1993a),
Bernstein (2002), Bernstein (2003). (14) University
of Tubingen [Lehrstuhl fur Spezielie Zoologie],
Tubingen, Germany. (15) Donated to the Max
Planck Institute fur Verhaltensphysiology by R.
Rossi and currently housed there (Bruton, 1993).
The specimen has been subjected to computer
tomography and the pictures will be published in
an anatomy atlas by H. Heine. (M.N. Bruton, 1993).
Received in the early 1990's from Prof. Hans Fricke
(Max Planck Institute Seewiesen) as a gift to Prof.
Wolfgang Maier, then the head of the "Lehrstuhl
fur Spezielie Zoologie", for research purposes at
the University of Tubingen. The adult specimen
was dissected in the institute in Tubingen to extract
diverse tissue samples which had been sent to
various researchers. The head has been removed
from the body. After removal the head was frozen
and split in two parts. The dissected body was
stored in three parts (head, anterior and posterior
half of the rump) in 10% formalin and is deposited
in the Zoological museum of the University of
Tubingen. The specimen inventory number in
Tubingen is SZ 10378.

CCC 162: (1) 11 August 1991, between 14:15h and
1 9:00h. (2) Offshore of the small port of Pebane to the
north-east of Quelimane off central Mozambique at
17°19' S. 38°38' East, Mozambique. (3) Ship Vega 13
captained by Kenji Yoshida. (4) 24km. (5) 40-44m,
sandy substrate. (7) 98kg. (8) 179cm. (9) Female.
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on the trawler, then frozen in the onboard freezer
on 11.08.1991 until 18.12.1991. Then it was placed
in the freezer of the Department of Fisheries in the
Harbour of Maputu. (11) Dry-salted and skinned.

(13) Bruton (1992b), Heemstra & Greenwood
(1992), Bruton et al. (1992), Anon. (1992), Gerardy, J.
(2002), Bruton (1993a), Fricke & Frahm (1992). (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Caught by the 29 meter side trawler
Vega-13 belonging to the Mozambique-Japan joint
venture fishing company called EFRIPEL. Specimen
collected on 19 December 1991 by Dr A.J.P. Cabral,
the Director of the Museu da Historia Natural.
This is the heaviest coelacanth known. The female
was carrying 26 late term pups ranging in length
from 308-358 mm TL and weighting between 41 Og
and 502g wet weight. Deep frozen, skinned. Skin
dry-salted with NaCl for 5 days, then soaked in
NaCl and A1S04 solution, then dry mounted by
Augustinho Chivindze. Juveniles frozen. Internal
organs, musculature and notochord discarded.
10 pups were taken to Grahamstown, 10 to Max-
Planck-Institute in Seewiesen and 6 were left in
Maputo. Coelacanth and 2 pups are on display in
the museum. Descriptive name: Pebane.

CCC 162.1 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 343mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

1. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 1.

CCC 162.2 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 356mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

2. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 2.

CCC 162.3 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 344mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

3. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 3.

CCC 162.4 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 344mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

4. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 4.

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CCC162.5(7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 348mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

5. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 5.

CCC 162.6 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 331mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991
to 28 January 1992, transferred frozen to the JLB
Smith Institute of Ichthyology (now SAIAB).
Grahamstown, South Africa. (11) Preserved in
3M™ Novec™ 7100 Engineered Fluid in the
Smithsonian Ocean Hall, Washington, USA. (14)
SAIAB, Private Bag 1015, 6140 Grahamstown,
South Africa. (15) Museum inventory number
RUSI 37324. An adult female coelacanth and a
coelaeanth pup arrived at the National Museum
of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington for
display purposes in "The Sant Ocean Hall" opened
in 2008. Both specimen are on loan from SAIAB for
a period of 5-15 years. Descriptive name: Pebane
juvenile 6.

CCC 162.7 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 345mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then transferred frozen to the Max-Planck-Institut
fiir Verhaltensphysiology, Seewiesen, Germany.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile
7.

CCC 162.8 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 349mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then fixed in formalin on 29 January 1992. (14)
Museu da Historia Natural, Maputo, Mozambique
C.P. 257. (15) Museum inventory number MNHM

6. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 8.

CCC 162.9 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 355mm. (11)
Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19 December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then transferred frozen to the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology (now SAIAB). Grahamstown, South
Africa. (14) South African Museum, Cape Town,
South Africa. (15) This specimen was donated
to the South African Museum in Cape Town
on 22 September 1992, where it is now lodged.
Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 9. Museum
inventory number SAM 32603.

CCC 162.10 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 344mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fiir Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile
10.

CCC 162.11 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 351mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fiir Verhaltensphysiology.
(13) Bernstein. (2002), Bernstein. (2003). (14)
University of Tiibingen [Lehrstuhl fiir Spezielle
Zoologie], Tiibingen, Germany. (15) Known in
Tiibingen as CCC 162-k. Received in the early
90ties from Prof. Hans Fricke (Max Planck Institute
Seewiesen) as a gift to Prof. Wolfgang Maier, then
the head of the Lehrstuhl fiir Spezielle Zoologie for
histological research. The Embryo was sectioned in
the histological Laboratory of the Lehrstuhl. The
section series is part of the histological collection of
the department. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile
11.

CCC 162.12 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 333mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, fixed in buffered formalin at the
JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology (now SAIAB),
Grahamstown, South Africa and then transferred
to the Institute of Ichthyology, University of
Guelph, Canada on 12 February 1992. (13) Hensel
& Balon (2001). (14) Institute of Ichthyology,
University of Guelph, Canada. (15) This specimen,
with specimen CCC 162.18, 162.22 and 162.25, was
initially taken to Clemson where they were all
dissected by J.P. Wourms, E.K. Balon and other
scientists on 13 March 1992 for detailed anatomical,
ultra structural, histological and biochemical
analysis. All body cavity organs were removed,
concentrating mainly on the belly yolksac scar tissue
and its internal yolksac remnants and connections
to the stomach (Fig. 7 in EBF). Some liver and other
tissue samples from the frozen specimens were
retained frozen whereas other liver tissue was fixed
in special solutions for further analyses. The frozen
specimens were completely defrosted and fixed in
buffered formalin at the end of the dissections. All
four specimens returned to Guelph. Subsequently
all specimens were transferred into 60% ethyl
alcohol. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 12.

CCC 162.13 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 349mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 Augustl991tol9December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in

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Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then transferred frozen to the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology (now SAIAB), Grahamstown, South
Africa. (14) SAIAB, Grahamstown, South Africa.
(15) Museum Inventory Number RUSI 37327.
Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 13.

CCC 162.14 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 354mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile

14.

CCC 162.15 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 357mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile

15.

CCC 162.16 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 348mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology (now SAIAB),
Grahamstown, South Africa. (13) This specimen
was also referred by Bruton (1992, Fig. 2), Bruton et
al. (1992, Fig. 4) and Fleemstra & Greenwood (1992,
Fig. 2, 3 and 5). (14) SAIAB, Grahamstown, South
Africa. (15) Now fixed in formalin and on display
in the foyer of SAIAB (former JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology). This specimen was dissected by
P.H. Greenwood, P.C. Heemstra and G.M. Hughes
at the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology in January
and February 1992. A cast of this specimen is on
display in the East London Museum. Museum
Inventory Number RUSI 37325. Descriptive name:
Pebane juvenile 16.

CCC 162.17 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 345mm.
(ll)Deepfrozenfromll Augustl991 tol9December
1991 in the parent, transferred to a deepfreeze in
Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28 January 1992,
then transferred frozen to the JLB Smith Institute
of Ichthyology (now SAIAB), Grahamstown, South
Africa. (13) This specimen was also referred by
Bruton et al. (1992) and Heemstra & Greenwood
(1992, Figs. 1, 4 and 6). (14) SAIAB, Grahamstown,
South Africa. (15) This specimen was dissected
by P.H. Greenwood and P.C. Heemstra at the JLB
Smith Institute of Ichthyology in February 1992.
Their 'frozen specimen' and samples of liver,
muscle and yolksac were removed (Heemstra &

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Greenwood 1992). Museum Inventory Number
RUSI 37328. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 17.

CCC 162.18 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 351mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, fixed in buffered formalin at the
JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown
and then transferred to the Institute of Ichthyology,
University of Guelph, Canada on 12 February
1992. (13) Hensel & Balon (2001). (14) Canadian
Museum of Nature, Quebec, Canada, J9J 3N7.
(15) See CCC162.12 for details on dissection and
preservation. Coelacanth juvenile CCC 162.18 is a
donation from E. K. Balon, University Guelph in
2006, together with another Pebane juvenile, CCC
162.22 and a female coelacanth, CCC 154. Stored
in Nalgane container on shelves in the fluid-
preserved storage rooms. Fixed in 10% formalin
and then transferred into 70% ethanol. Museum
collection number for CCC 162.18 is CMNFI 2006-
0017.1 (2 embryos stored under the same collection
number). Not on public display. Descriptive name:
Pebane juvenile 18.

CCC 162.19 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 355mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Tissues from this specimen have
been examined by a number of workers for
different purposes, i.e. T. Kleinschmidt (myoglobin
chemistry), T. Gorr (myoglobin chemistry), H.
Heine (comparative heart anatomy), H. Hoffmann
(general histology of all internal organs), H. Fricke
(mDNA, DNA fingerprints), S. Paabo (mDNA), U.
Schliefen (mDNA), M. Schartl (DNA fingerprints)
and W. Tautz (DNA fingerprints). Descriptive
name: Pebane juvenile 19.

CCC 162.20 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 330mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, and then transferred frozen to
the Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Munchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile
20.

CCC 162.21 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 356mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, and then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology. (14)
Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munchen, Germany.

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(15) H. Fricke, U. Schliewen and S. Paabo have
studied the mDNA and M. Schartl, W. Tautz and
H. Fricke have studied the DNA fingerprints of this
specimen. The specimen was received from Prof.
Fricke, Max-Planck-Institution (MPI) in 1992 for
final deposition. Museum inventory number ZSM
28409 / CCC 162u. This specimen is not on public
display. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 21.

CCC 162.22 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 344mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992. (13) Hensel & Balon. (2001). (14)
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage
Building, Quebec, Canada, J9J 3N7. (15) See CCC
162.12 for details on dissection and preservation.
Coelacanth juvenile CCC 162.22 is a donation
from Eugene K. Balon University Guelph in 2006,
together with another Pebane juvenile, CCC 162.18
and a female coelacanth, CCC 154. The specimen is
stored in Nalgane container on shelves in the fluid-
preserved storage rooms. It has been fixed in 10%
formalin and then transferred into 70% ethanol.
Museum collection number for CCC 162.22 is
CMNFI 2006-0017.1 (2 embryos stored under the
same collection number?). The specimen is not on
public display. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile
22.

CCC 162.23 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 308mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992, then transferred frozen to the
Max-Planck-Institut fair Verhaltensphysiology.
(14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen - Miinchen,
Germany. (15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile

23.

CCC 162.24 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 334mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to 28
January 1992, then transferred frozen to the Max-
Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiology. (13)
Vangries (2009), Anon. (2009). (14) Kreismuseum
Schonebeck, Schonebeck, Germany. (15) Tissues
from this specimen have been examined by a
number of workers for different purposes, i.e. G.
Jeserich (brain, cDNA), G.M. Hughes (gills), H.
Fricke (dry weight, mDNA, DNA fingerprints),
U. Schliefen (mDNA), S. Paabo (mDNA), M.
Schartl (DNA fingerprints) and W. Tautz (DNA
fingerprints). Donation from Prof. Hans Fricke
to the museum in Schonebeck on 3 April 2009.
The specimen actually is in the Museum fur
Naturkunde in Magdeburg for exhibit preparation
in Schonebeck. Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile

24.

CCC 162.25 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8) 358mm.
(11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991 to 19
December 1991 in the parent, transferred to a
deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December 1991 to
28 January 1992. (13) Hensel & Balon. (2001). (14)
Institute of Ichthyology, University of Guelph,
Canada. (15) See CCC 162.12 for details on
dissection and preservation. Descriptive name:
Pebane juvenile 25.

CCC 162.26 (7) Between 410 and 502g. (8)
329mm. (11) Deep frozen from 11 August 1991
to 19 December 1991 in the parent, transferred
to a deepfreeze in Maputo from 19 December
1991 to 28 January 1992, then transferred frozen
to the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology (now
SAIAB), Grahamstown, South Africa. (14) SAIAB,
Grahamstown, South Africa. RUSI number 37329.
(15) Descriptive name: Pebane juvenile 26.

CCC 163: (1) Late November 1991. (2) Off
Anjouan. (9) Female. (14) Japanese Fishing
School, Near Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comoros.
(15) Photographed in the Japanese Fishing School
near Mutsamudu on Anjouan by Jurgen Schauer
of the Max-Plank-Institut, Seewiesen - Miinchen,
Germany.

CCC 164: (1) 31 December 1992. 21:00 h. (2) Off
Iconi, Grand Comoro. (3) Soule Adam. (5) 30-35m.

(6) Roudi ( Promethichthys prometheus). (8) 112cm.
(11) Frozen in deepfreeze of the "La Galawa"
hotel near Mutsamiouli, (1991). (12) Good, with
no apparent signs of decomposition. (13) Bruton.
(1993b). (14) Max-Planck-Institut, Seewiesen -
Munchen, Germany. (15) Likely to be transferred to
the Max-Plank-Institut fair Verhaltensphysiologie,
Munchen, Germany (Bruton 1993b).

CCC 165: (1) November 1991. (2) Off Salimani,
Grand Comoro. (7) 33kg. (8) 130cm. (13) Bruton.
(1999), Hughes. (1995). (15) George M. Hughes
dissected the gills of this specimen in Moroni,
Grand Comoro, some six hours after its capture
(Hughes 1995).

CCC 166: (1) 21 December 1991, 23:00h. (2)
Reportedly the outer edge of the Recif du Sud
near Choungui mountain near the southernmost
promontory of Mayotte Island, but there is some
doubt about this locality. This would be the first
record of a coelacanth from Mayotte. (5) 550-600m.

(7) 78kg. (8) 178cm. (9) Female. (13) Bruton. (1999),
Reboul. (2005). (14) Direction de 1' Agriculture et de
la Foret (DAF), Mamoudzou, Mayotte (Comoros).
(15) The fish was reported by J.C. Renard, who
owns the specimen. According Said Ahamada
(personal communication in 2009), CCC 166 and
CCC 167 is the same (and only coelacanth) and was
caught in Grand Comoro.

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CCC 167: (1) Date unknown. (2) Reportedly off
Recif du Sud on the southernmost promontory
of Mayotte island, but there is some doubt about
this locality. This would be the second record of a
coelacanth from Mayotte. Contained 10-12 pups
ca 28cm in length. (5) 550m. (7) 84kg. (8) 181cm.
(9) Female. (13) Bruton. (1999). (14) J.C. Renard,
B.P. 15, 97600 Mamoudzou, Mayotte via Reunion,
Comoros. (15) The fish was reported by J.C. Renard,
who owns the specimen. Prof. Hans Fricke reports
that the coelacanth was caught in Anjouan where
Mr. Renard bought the specimen. Prof. Fricke has
photographed the specimen in the Fishing School
in Anjouan. The Anjouan fish had 19 pups, all were
thrown away except one which is now in Prof.
Fricke's tissue library. The intended future location
for this pup is the Zoologische Staatssammlung
Museum in Miinchen, Germany. (Hans Fricke
pers. comm. 2009).

CCC 168: (1) 12 May 1995, 04:10h. (2) Hahaya,
Grand Comoro. (3) Moindjie Ramada, Maduhoda
M'adi. (7) 84kg. (8) 178cm. (10) Alive when landed.

(11) Frozen. (12) Lived for a Tew hours' in a
resuscitation tank. (13) Bruton (1999). (14) Freezer
of the Military Camp near Moroni (in 1999), Grand
Comoro, Comoros. (15) According to Robin Stobbs,
there is some doubt as to whether a resuscitation
attempt was made on this specimen.

CCC 169: (1) 22 May 1995, 24:40h. (2) Singani,
Grand Comoro. (3) Mohamede Bacrie, Mlozi
Mauridi. (7) 76kg. (8) 145cm. (10) Alive when
landed. (11) Frozen. (12) Lived for a 'few hours' in
a resuscitation tank. (13) Bruton (1999). (14) Freezer
of the Military Camp near Moroni (in 1999), Grand
Comoro, Comoros. (15) According to Robin Stobbs,
there is some doubt as to whether a resuscitation
attempt was made on this specimen.

CCC 170: (1) 18 July 1995, 03:30h. (2) Iconi, Grand
Comoro. (3) Ahmada Abdouy, Athoumane Mlozi.

(7) 36kg. (8) 105cm. (10) Alive when landed. (11)
Frozen. (12) Lived for three days in a resuscitation
tank. (13) Bruton (1999). (14) Freezer of the Military
Camp near Moroni (in 1999), Grand Comoro,
Comoros. (15) According to Robin Stobbs, there is
some doubt as to whether a resuscitation attempt
was made on this specimen.

CCC 171: (1) 26 March 1995, 01:30h. (2) Hahaya,
Grand Comoro. (3) Ali Ibrihim, Kassim Omaidi.

(4) 800-1000m. (5) ~200m. (6) Octopus sp. (7) 69kg.

(8) 165cm. (9) Female. (10) Alive when landed,
lived until about 08:00h. on 26.3.1995. (11) Frozen
until 19.8.1995, then fixed in 10% formalin and
preserved in 60% isopropyl alcohol. Dissected.

(12) Excellent, gills red and firm, only six scales
missing. (13) Bruton. (1999). (14) Guy Fotherby
"Island Ventures Boathouse and Dive School",
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Comoro, Comoros. (15) The ovary contained
numbers of developing egg follicles; the stomach
contained a 550mm partially-digested barracuda
(family Paralepididae), local name "tsumbu',
which was left in situ, visible through the stomach
wall. The specimen was intercepted by the divers
of the Island Ventures Dive School and taken to
43m depth in an attempt to keep it alive. It was later
dissected on the right side to display he internal
organs.

CCC 172: (1) 8 May 1995, 02:00h. (2) Hahaya,
Grand Comoro. (8) 140cm. (10) Alive when landed,
lived until about 07:00h. on 8.5.1995. (12) Fatally
damaged by the insertion of two steel gaffs into
lower jaw, deep wounds in the dorsal body. (13)
Bruton (1999). (15) The specimen was too badly
damaged to have been of use for scientific or
display purposes and was left with the fishermen.

CCC 173: (1) 5 August 1995. The shark nets in
which the coelacanth was caught are usually set
at about 8:30 h. and retrieved 24 hours later. (2)
This specimen is the first coelacanth captured in
Madagascar. Anakao (Mouth of Onilahy (30km
south from the town of Soalary)), Madagascar. (3)
ZeZe of the Village Soalara In Madagascar (Bruton
1999). (4) < 9000m (Bruton, 1999), 4km (IH.SM).

(5) 100-200m (Bruton 1999), 190m (LS, IH.SM).

(6) Small fish bait in net. (7) 34,9kg. (8) 134cm. (9)
Not apparent. (11) Frozen, and then placed in 10%
Formalin. (12) Excellent, abdominal cavity opened
by incision along ventral midline of body. (13)
Bruton (1999), Heemstra et al. (1996), Vicente (1997).

(14) Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines
(IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar.

(15) Sandy substrate, area ~15km from adjacent
continental slope which drops off steeply into
deeper water (from 85-1000 km over 5.5 km). Miss
Dominique Couttin, who lives at Reunion and
visits Anakao twice a year, recognised the fish as a
coelacanth and bought the fish from the fishermen.
Dominique Couttin purchased the coelacanth for
25 000 Malagasy francs (US$ 6) and immediately
took it in her boat to Toliara, where it was placed in
a freezer. Nardo Vicente (1997) gives the names of
the fishermen as: Jose Mampionona (22 years old),
Sebastien Sebany (21 years old) and Rakoto (age
unknown). Descriptive name: Mad 1 Anak.

CCC 174: (1) 18 September 1997. Net set 18:00h„
pulled 06:30h. (LS). (2) This specimen was the
first coelacanth identified in Indonesia. Manado
Tua, Kampung Negeri. (3) Om Maxon Hanico. (4)
200-300m. (5) 100-150m. (7) ~30 kg. (8) ~130cm. (9)
Unknown. (11) This specimen was not purchased
and preserved. (12) Not applicable - sold on
fish market. (13) Erdmann et al. (1998), Erdmann
(1999). (15) Remained alive for several hours. Om
Maxon Hanico (36 years old). Identified by Mark
V. Erdmann & Arnaz Metha. Reef flat 150 m wide.

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abrupt drop-off to 40 m, followed by steep slope
to 200m+, net anchored to edge of drop-off with
200-m long rope, extending 150m from drop-off.
Descriptive name: Indo 1.

CCC 175: (1) 30 July 1998. Net set 17:30h, pulled
06:00h. (2) This specimen is the second recorded
coelacanth in Indonesia. Manado Papindan village
Indonesia. (3) Om Lameh Sonathom. (4) 250-400
m. (5) 100-150 m. (7) 29,2 kg. (8) 124cm. (9) Female.
(10) Alive, lived for three hours. (11) Formalin. (12)
Good, frozen. (13) Erdmann et al. (1998), Erdmann
(1999), Erdmann et al. (1999), Holder et al. (1999),
Pouyaud et al. (1999). (14) Research Centre for
Biology Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Cibinong, Indonesia. (15) Reef flat 150m wide,
sloping to 50m wide shelf at 15-20m depth. From
the edge of this shelf reef slopes steeply to 1000m+,
net anchored to edge of shelf with 200-m rope, net
extends 150m long. Identified by Mark V. Erdmann.
Remained alive for 3 hours, then frozen. Museum
Collection Number: MZB 10003. The specimen is
not on public display. Descriptive name: Indo 2.

CCC 176: (1) 6 December 1997. (2) Anakao (Mouth
of Onilahy (30km south from the town of Soalary).
Found in same location as the first in 1995). (3)
Jose Mampionona and Sebastien Sebany. (4) 2000-
3000m. (5) 60m. (7) 90kg. (8) 190cm. (9) Female. (14)
On show at Fort Dauphin's town hall, Madagascar.
(15) 13 ovary bags. Descriptive name: Mad 2.

CCC 177: (1) 3 March 2001. (2) Fiherenamasay
(North of Manombo South). (3) Was caught by
the fishermen from Mr Toany at Fiherenamasay.
(4) 3000-4000m. (5) 100m. (7) 75kg. (8) 160cm. (9)
Female. On loan to SAIAB; for return to Tulear
after preservation. (15) 9 ovary bags. Scale sample
lOx, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South
Africa. Muscle sample 2x, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa; SAIAB. Dorsal fin
tissue x3, x2 Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
South Africa; xl SAIAB. The samples were taken
in October 2003. Method of storage of samples :
scales, xl muscle tissue, x2 dorsal fin tissue - frozen;
xl muscle tissue, xl dorsal fin tissue 96% Ethanol.
Sample numbers: not assigned. Analysis: scales, xl
muscle tissue, x2 dorsal fin tissue - stable isotope
analysis; xl muscle tissue, xl dorsal fin tissue -
accessioned. Analyzed by: Stable isotope analysis
- Dr Sven Kaehler (Rhodes University). Descriptive
name: Mad 3 Fih.

CCC 178: (1) 26 April 2001. 23:30h. (LS). (2) This
specimen is the first coelacanth captured in Kenya.
Malindi, Kenya. (3) Youssouf Ali. (4) 13000m. (5)
185m. (7) 77kg. (8) 170cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen at
-18°C and after dissection stored in formalin. (12)
Good. (13) De Vos & Oyugi. (2002), Anon. (2001a),
Anon. (2001b). (14) National Museum of Kenya,
Nairobi, Kenya. (15) 17 Eggs. Stomach empty. A

cast of the specimen is on display in the Museum
in Malindi. The trawler, the MV Venture II, owned
by Basta Allessandro, with its captain, Suleiman
Fali, and his 23-man crew, was seven nautical miles
from shore when the fish was captured, at a depth
of 85m. Descriptive name: Kenya 1.

CCC 179: (1) 21 July 2001. (2) Tsiandamba,
Madagascar. (3) Fishermen from Tsiandamba.
(4) 5000-6000m. (5) 100m+ (7) 73kg. (8) 160cm.
(9) Female. (14) Institut Halieutique et des
Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara,
Madagascar. (15) 4 ovary bags, 2 foetusses. Picture
taken. Descriptive name: Mad 4 Tsi.

CCC 180: (1) 2003. (2) Grand Comoro? (13)
Information provided by Said Ahamada.

CCC 181: (1) 8 September 2003. Overnight capture.
(2) This specimen is the first coelacanth captured in
Tanzania. Songo Mnara, Tanzania. (4) < 1000m. (5)
150m. (7) 24kg. (8) 132cm. (11) Butterflied and dried
for market before fixation. (13) Menda (2003), Hess
(2004). (14) National Museum in Dar es Salaam,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (15) James Taylor bought
the coelacanth for 20 000 Tanzanian Shillings (USD
20). Descriptive name: Songo Mnara 1.

CCC 182: (1) 18 September 2003, 02:00h. (2) Raasi
Yakanga near Wanadi, Moheli, Comores. (3) Isufi
Mhadji. (5) Floating with Tetradon sp. in mouth.
(7) 25kg. (8) 130cm. (11) Entire specimen preserved
with 10% formalin. (12) Good. (15) Sea bottom
mostly sand and low relief, 200m depth contour
located 9km offshore. Blood preserved with DMSO.
Gills and lung with RNA stabilizing reagent.

CCC 183: (1) 1 March 2004. (2) Songo Mnara,
Tanzania. (15) Descriptive name: Songo Mnara 2.

CCC 184: (1) 21 August 2004. Nets set at 09:00h. and
cleared at 09:00h., i.e. 24hr soak time. (2) Kigombe
Village, Tanga, Tanzania. (3) Tuwe Saidi, Jumbe
Kombo, Ramadhani Majimoto; Ngalawa: Kitangi.
(4) Between Maji Vike and Kange, 6 km off shore of
Kigombe village. (5) 70-73m. (7) 30,5kg. (8) 128cm.
(9) Female. (11) Frozen & in alcohol after fixation in
formalin. (12) Fresh, no damage. (13) Identified by
Pwani Yetu. (14) Regional Coastal Resource Centre,
Tanga. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife shark net with 6
inch mesh size. Net was set across channel between
Kange reef and Majivike, an old fringing reef, closer
to Kange. Soft bottom between reefs (Topography
varies 3-200m+ within 500m, limestone terraces
with sandy areas in between). Details of tissue/
scale/ blood samples taken: scale, muscle x2
(abdominal flesh), gill samples taken. Location of
these samples: Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
South Africa. Morphometric and meristic counts
recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name:
Mtang'ata l(Kigombe 1 /Tanga 1).

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CCC 185: (1) 21 August 2004. Nets set at 09:00h.
and cleared at 09:00h., i.e. 24hr soak time. (2)
Kigombe Village, Tanga, Tanzania. (3) Tuwe
Saidi, Jumbe Kombo, Ramadhani Majimoto. (4)
Between Maji Vike and Kange, 6 km off shore of
Kigombe village. (5) 70-73m. (7) 5,8kg. (8) 135cm.

(9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (13)
Identified by Pwani Yetu. (14) Freezing facility of
Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI, Dar es
Salaam 2008. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife shark net
with 6 inch mesh size. Net was set across channel
between Kange reef and Majivike, an old fringing
reef, closer to Kange. Alternative date was given
as 22 August (one day later). Soft bottom between
reefs (Topography varies 3-200m+ within 500m,
limestone terraces with sandy areas in between).
Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 2 (Kigombe 2 /Tanga
2).

CCC 186: (1) 21 August 2004. Nets set at 09:00h. and
cleared at 09:00h., i.e. 24hr soak time. (2) Kigombe
Village, Tanga, Tanzania. (3) Tuwe Saidi, Jumbe
Kombo, Ramadhani Majimoto; Ngalawa: Kitangi,
TMZ 704. (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange, 6
km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 70-73m.

(10) Dead when landed. (11) Frozen & in alcohol
after fixation in formalin. (12) Only the head was
kept. (13) Identified by Dr Eric Verheij, Hassan
Kalombo. (14) Regional Coastal Resource Centre,
Tanga. (15) Target species: Rachycentron canadum
- Prodigal son/ Songoro. Details of tissue/scale/
blood samples taken: scale, muscle x2 (cheek
flesh), otolith. Location of these samples: Rhodes
University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Bottom
anchored Jarife shark net with 6inch mesh size.
Net was set across channel between Kange reef
and Majivike, an old fringing reef, closer to Kange.
Alternative date given as the 23rd same month.
Surface temperature 27° C. No strong currents
(1-3 knots in that area). Soft bottom between
reefs (Topography varies 3-200m+ within 500m,
limestone terraces with sandy areas in between).
Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
(head only) and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name:
Mtang'ata 3 (Kigombe 3 / Tanga 3).

CCC 187: (1) 23 August 2004. Nets set at 09:00h. and
cleared at 09:00h., i.e. 24hr soak time. (2) Kigombe
Village, Tanga, Tanzania. (3) Tuwe Saidi, Jumbe
Kombo, Ramadhani Majimoto; Ngalawa: Kitangi,
TMZ 704. (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange, 8 km
off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 70-73m. (8) About
75cm. (12) Eaten. (13) Identified by Pwani Yetu. (15)
Bottom anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Net was set across channel between Kange
reef and Majivike, an old fringing reef, closer to
Kange. Soft bottom between reefs (Topography
varies 3-200m+ within 500m, limestone terraces
with sandy areas in between). Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.

Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 4 (Kigombe 4/Tanga
4).

CCC 188: (1) 18 September 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District., Tanzania. (3) Tuwe
Saidi, Saidi Nassoro; Ngalawa's: Kitangi and
Kisukuku. (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange, 8 km
off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 160m. (7) 36kg.
(8) 139cm. (9) Female. (10) Live in net, but dead at
surface. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14)
Freezing facility of Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. Sent
to TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam in 2008, Tanzania. (15)
Bottom anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 5
(Kigombe 5).

CCC 189: (1) 18 September 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District., Tanzania. (3) Tuwe
Saidi, Saidi Nassoro; Ngalawa's: Kitangi, TMZ 701
and Kisukuku, TMZ 677. (4) Between Maji Vike
and Kange, 8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5)
160m. (7) 33kg. (8) 132cm. (9) Female. (10) Live in
net, but dead at surface. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh,
no damage. (14) Freezing facility of Sea Products
Ltd, Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam in 2008,
Tanzania. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife shark net
with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mtang'ata 6 (Kigombe 6).

CCC 190: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). Dau. (4) Between Maji Vike and
Kange, 8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 180-
200m. (10) Half rotten fish recovered (11) Fixation
in formalin. (14) Regional Coastal Resource Centre,
Tanga, Tanzania. (15) Bottom anchored shark net
with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mwarongo - Sahare 1 (Mwarongo 1).

CCC 191: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). Dau (4) Between Maji Vike and
Kange, 8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5)
180-200m. (10) Half eaten, half rotten. (11) Fixation
in formalin. (12) Head and front part of body
reasonable. (14) Regional Coastal Resource Centre,
Tanga, Tanzania. (15) Bottom anchored shark net
with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mwarongo - Sahare 2 (Mwarongo 2).

CCC 192: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange,
8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 180- 200m.

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(10) Eaten. (11) Bones of skull, after boiling, dried
and stored. (14) Regional Coastal Resource Centre,
Tanga, Tanzania. (15) Bottom anchored shark net
with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mwarongo - Sahare 3 (Mwarongo 3).

CCC 193: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange,
8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 180-200m.

(10) Completely rotten and thrown out to sea.

(11) None. (12) Bones skull in good condition. (14)
n/a. (15) Bottom anchored shark net with 6 inch
mesh size. Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare
4 (Mwarongo 4).

CCC 194: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange,
8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 180-200m.
(10) Completely rotten and thrown out to sea.
(15) Bottom anchored shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare 5
(Mwarongo 5).

CCC 195: (1) 24 September 2004. (2) Mwarongo
Village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Haji Sharif
(captain), Jala Juma, Juma Selemani, and Islam
Mburage (crew). (4) Between Maji Vike and Kange,
8 km off shore of Kigombe village. (5) 180-200m.
(10) Completely rotten and thrown out to sea.
(15) Bottom anchored shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare 6
(Mwarongo 6).

CCC 196: (1) 18 October 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Falu & Issa
Makata, Mkufya Sarai, Saidi Mohamed, TMZ 656.
(4) Between Maji Vike and Kange, 8 km off shore
of Kigombe village. (5) 40-60m. (7) 34kg. (8) 137cm.

(9) Male. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14)
Freezing facility of Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. Sent
to TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom
anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh size.
Morphometry and meristic counts recorded and
sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 7
(Kigombe 7).

CCC 197: (1) 23 November 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Yusuph
Twalipu, Hussein Mwitaji, Mbaraka Mwimtonde,
TTA 291, (from Mundwa-Mwoyo). (4) Between
Maji Vike and Kange, 8 km off shore of Kigombe
village. (5) 70m. (7) 29kg. (8) 121cm. (9) Male.

(10) Alive at surface, died after a few minutes.

(11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Freezing
facility of Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI,
Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife

shark net with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.
Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 8 (Kigombe 8).

CCC 198: (1) 26 November 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Mdoe
Sadiki, Mohamed Akida, Mohamed Aly, Twaha
Mbwana, TMZ 700, Alhamdulilah. (4) Between
Maji Vike and Kange, 8 km off shore of Kigombe
village. (5) 70-110m. (7) 34kg. (8) 138cm. (9) Female.
(11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Freezing
facility of Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. Tokyo Institute
of Technology (TITECH), Japan. (15) Bottom
anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh size.
Morphometry and meristic counts recorded and
sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 9
(Kigombe 9).

CCC 199: (1) 30 November 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Bakari
Mwichumu, Kombo Mwichumu, Mohamed
Bofulila, Shame Hondo, TTA 453. Ali Salim
(captain), Kulu Mohamed, Mohamed Ali, Hibu
Seif; TTA... Ngalawa for M4 and Idrisa Iddi
(captain), TTA 119 crews Omari Kopwe, Mohamed
Jumbe Ngalawa for M5. (4) NE of Karange Island,
6-8km off shore. Off Jambe South east for M4.,
NE of Karange Island, 6-8km off shore for M5. (5)
150m. (7) 85kg (TITECH states that this is 105kg).
(8) 167cm. (9) Female. (10) Alive at surface, died
after two hours. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage.
(14) Tokyo Institute of Technology TITECH (Prof.
N. Okada), Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Japan. (15)
36 eggs, each 10cm in diameter. Bottom anchored
Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh size. Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.
This is the largest Tanzanian coelacanth to date (30
November 2004). Initially stored in the freezing
facility of Sea Products Ltd., Tanga. The specimen
was partly dissected in Tanzania and 6 (six) eggs
with a diameter of ca. 10cm each were delivered
with the specimen. This specimen Arrived at
the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITECH) —
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School
of Bioscience and Biotechnology on 26 October
2007 according to their website. The specimen
was dissected at TITECH on 22 December 2007.
The total amount of eggs found in this specimen
was 36, all with the same size (~10cm). Descriptive
name: Mwarongo - Sahare 7 (Mwambani 1)

CCC 200: (1) 30 November 2004. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Bakari
Mwichumu, Kombo Mwichumu, Mohamed
Bofulila, Shame Hondo TT A 453 . Ali Salim (captain),
Kulu Mohamed, Mohamed Ali, Hibu Seif TTA...
Ngalawa for M4 and Idrisa Iddi (captain) TTA 119
crews Omari Kopwe, Mohamed Jumbe Ngalawa
for M5. (4) At North-East of Karange Island, 6-8km
off shore, off Jambe South east for M4, NE of
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(7) 28kg. (8) 131cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive at surface,
died after two hours. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no
damage. (14) Freezing facility of Sea Products Ltd.,
Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15)
Bottom anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo

- Sahare 8 (Mwambani 2).

CCC201: (1) 2 January 2005. (2) Off Kigombe village,
Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Bakari Mwichumu,
Kombo Mwichumu, Mohamed Bofulila, Shame
Hondo, TTA 453. Ah Salim (captain), Kulu
Mohamed, Mohamed Ali, Hibu Seif TTA, Ngalawa
for M4 and Idrisa Iddi (captain) TTA 119 crews
Omari Kopwe, Mohamed Jumbe Ngalawa for M5
(4) NE of Karange Island, 6-8km offshore, off Jambe
South east for M4., NE of Karange Island, 6-8km
off shore for M5. (5) 140m. (7) 41kg. (8) 139cm. (9)
Female. (10) Alive at surface, died after three hours.

(11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Deep
freezer Regional Coastal Resource Centre, Tanga.
Tanzania. Sent to TAFIRI Head Office DSM. (15)
Bottom anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo

- Sahare 9 (Mwambani 3).

CCC 202: (1) 12 January 2005, 21:00h. (2) Off
Kigombe village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3)
Tuwe Saidi. (4) Kange Reef. (5) 40-60m. (7) 105kg.

(8) 184cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no
damage. (13) Benno, B. et al. (2006). (14) Deep
freezer Regional Coastal Resource Centre, Tanga.
Sent to TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom
anchored Jarife shark net with 6 inch mesh size. 36
Embryos. Reported to have lost 10 eggs through
cloaca. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 10 (Kigombe
10).

CCC 203: (1) 11 October 2005. (2) Lindi, Tanzania.
(14) Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (LS). (15)
Shark Gillnet. Descriptive name: Lindi 1.

CCC 204: (1) 23 November 2005. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District. (3) Selemani Ami,
Mohamed Kikasha, Mohamed Jumaa, Juma
Mohamed TMZ 390 (Scud). (4) Kange Reef. (5)
100m. (7) 44kg. (8) 123cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen.

(12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Deep freezer Regional
Coastal Resource Centre, Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI,
Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife
shark net with 6 inch mesh size. Caught before
expedition in May 2006. Wall features, with ledge at
100m and 18-19°C water below 85m at the capture
site. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 11 (Kigombe 11).

CCC 205: (1) 18 May 2006. (2) Nosy Lava,
Maintirano, Madagascar. (5) 140m. (8) 171cm. (10)
Alive at capture, died by the time it reached the
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dried and sold. (12) Cut up and sold in fish market.

(13) Niaina. (2006). (15) Identified by Geraud
Leroux. "Genetic samples" taken. Fifteen Photos
of the coelacanth available at the website (accessed
25 May 2011): http:/ /gallery. tortuesilesbarren.
org/ thumbnails. php?album=l; Descriptive name:
Maintirano 1.

CCC 206: (1) December 2008. (2) Bagamoyo,
Tanzania. (7) 69kg. (8) 162cm. (9) Female. (11)
Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (13) Yomiuri
Shimbun. (22 March 2009). Tokyo Chunichi
Shimbun. (19 March 2009). (14) Tokyo Institute of
Technology TITECH (Prof. N. Okada), Midori-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Japan. (15) Specimen was frozen
at TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam (Dr Ben Ngatunga).
Later donated at TITECH (Prof. Norihiro Okada).
Specimen arrived at TITECH on 23 January 2009.
CT scan performed at GE Yokogawa Medical
Systems Ltd. in Tokyo in March 2009. 30-40
eggs each 5-7cm in diameter. Descriptive name:
Bagamoyo 1.

CCC 207: (1) 9 December 2005, 23:00h. (2) Off
Kigombe village, Muheaza District, Tanzania.
(3) Selemani Ami, Mohamed Kikasha, Mohamed
Jumaa, Juma Mohamed; TMZ 390 (Scud). (4) Kange
Reef. (5) 100m. (7) 35kg. (8) 133cm. (11) Frozen.
(12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Deep freezer Regional
Coastal Resource Centre, Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI,
Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife
shark net with 6 inch mesh size. Descriptive name:
Mtang'ata 12 (Kigombe 12).

CCC 208: (1) 13 January 2006. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Bakari
Mwichumu, Kombo Mwichumu, Mohamed
Bofulila, Shame Hondo; TTA 453. Ah Salim
(captain), Kulu Mohamed, Mohamed Ali, Hibu
Seif TTA? Ngalawa for M4 and Idrisa Iddi
(captain) TTA 119 crews Omari Kopwe, Mohamed
Jumbe Ngalawa for M5. (4) NE of Karange Island,
6-8km off shore, Off Jambe South east for M4, NE
of Karange Island, 6-8km off shore for M5. (5)
140m. (7) 33kg. (8) 125cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive at
surface, died after one hour. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh,
no damage. (14) Freezing facilities of Sea Products
Ltd., Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI Head Office DSM. (15)
Bottom anchored shark net with 6 inch mesh size.
Morphometry and meristic counts recorded and
sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo -
Sahare 10 (Mwambani 4).

CCC 209: (1) 13 March 2006. (2) Off Kigombe
village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3) Bakari
Mwichumu, Kombo Mwichumu, Mohamed
Bofulila, Shame Hondo; TTA 453. Ah Salim
(captain), Kulu Mohamed, Mohamed Ah, Hibu
Seif TTA? Ngalawa for M4 and Idrisa Iddi (captain)
TTA 119 crews Omari Kopwe, Mohamed Jumbe
Ngalawa for M5. (4) NE of Karange Island, 6-8km

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off shore, Off Jambe South East for M4, NE of
Karange Island, 6-8km off shore for M5. (5) 150m.

(7) 30kg. (8) 126cm. (9) Male. (10) Alive at surface,
died after one hour. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no
damage. (14) Freezing facilities of Sea Products
Ftd., Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI Head Office DSM.
(15) Bottom anchored shark net with 6 inch mesh
size. Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo
- Sahare 11 (Mwambani 5).

CCC 210: (1) 25 October 2006, 24:40h. (2) Off
Kigombe village, Muheaza District, Tanzania. (3)
Mohamed Omar. (4) Gongo la Majivike. (5) 140m.
(7) 35kg. (8) 137cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12)
Fresh, no damage. (14) Deep freezer Regional
Coastal Resource Centre, Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI,
Dar es Salaam in 2008. (15) Bottom anchored Jarife
shark net with 6 inch mesh size. Info provided
by Hassan Kalombo. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded. Descriptive name: Mtang'ata 13
(Kigombe 13).

CCC 211: (1) 4 February 2007, 24:40h. (2) Kigombe,
found drifting between Taa and Kitanga,
Tanzania. (3) Makamba Akida using Ngalawa
TMZ 722 (Longline fisher). (4) Gongo la Majivike.

(7) 6kg. (8) (9) Juvenile. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh,
no damage. (14) Deep freezer Regional Coastal
Resource Centre, Tanga, Tanzania. (15) A Juvenile
Coelacanth was caught floating with some kind
of suffocation according to Mr. Makamba Akida a
fisherman who tried to rescue the fish but it was
not successful so he decided to take the fish to the
village. Stomach contents description, species and
numbers, morphometric and meristic counts were
recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name:
Mtang'ata 14 (Kigombe 14).

CCC 212: (1) 3 March 2007. (2) South of Karange
Island, Kiwavu sub village, Tanzania. (3) Hussein
Mwihaji (captain), Mbaraka Kingazi, Yusufu
Mwakuzi, Norani Zauya (Cruw) Ngalawa TTA
(Jarife fisher). (5) 120m. (7) 12.5kg. (8) 92cm. (11)
Frozen. (12) (14) Freezing facilities of Sea Products
Ltd., Tanga. Sent to TAFIRI Head Office DSM.
(15) The fish was taken to Mr. Kalombo's office in
Tanga. Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo -
Sahare 12 (Mwambani 06).

CCC 213: (1) 26 March 2007. (2) North of Moroni
between Hantsambou and Bandamanji, Comores.
(3) Ali Mmadi. (4) 10000m. (5) 400m. (7) 28kg. (8)
125cm. (11) Frozen. (13) Said Ahamada while in
NY told Jerry Hamlin who told Rob Stobbs.

CCC 214: (1) 29 April 2007. (2) Msimbati Village
(Ras - Matunda Faranandis), Ruvuma Estuary Bay
Marine Park, Mtwara, Tanzania. (5) 250m. (7) 61kg.

(8) 160cm. (14) Cold room of mining company

Artumas, Tanzania. (15) Deep-set shark gillnet.
Machumu E.M. provided data to Mr. Rumisha.
Descriptive name: Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Bay
Marine Park, Mtwara 1.

CCC 215: (1) 19 May 2007. (2) Malalayang,
near Bunaken National Marine Park, Sulawesi,
Indonesia. (3) Yustinus Lahama and his son Delvi.
(4) 200m. (5) 70m. (6) Malagulis - Mackerel scad
(Decepterus macarellus). (7) 51kg. (8) 131cm.

(9) Female. (10) Alive when caught. Lived for 17
hours after capture in a quarantine pool in sea. (11)
Frozen, dissected, stored in formalin/ ethanol. (12)
Dissected on 26 June 2007. (13) Reuters. (2007), AFP.
(2007). (14) Sam Ratulangi University, Department
of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of
Fisheries, Sam Ratulangi University, Kampus
Unsrat-Bahu, Manado, Indonesia (15) Identified
by Mr. Darwin Papandeng. Eggs/ embryos
observed: 25 eggs (3cm). Coelacanth dissected on
26 July 2007. Later on exhibition in Japan in several
museums. Fukushima December 1, 2007 - March
2, 2008. Tokyo Kasai Seaside Aquarium March 8,
2008 - March 23, 2008. Fukushima 12 April 2008
(Official Opening) - 12 August 2008(then returned
to Indonesia). Manado, Indonesia, World Ocean
Conference in Grand Kawanua Convention
Center 11-15 May 2009. Yustinus Lahama aged
48 years, Delvi aged 21 years and are residents
of the Shoulder district Kecamantan Malalayang.
Descriptive name: Indo 3.

CCC 216: (1) 17 May 2007. (2) South/East of Jambe
Island about 500m from the Island, Tanzania.
(3) NgalawaNgalawa, Mchageni (Captain), Alii
Msegero, Mchomoa Mwindadi, Kassim Barnabas
(Crew) Jarife Fishers of Kasera. (7) 41kg. (8) 143cm.
(9) Female. (10) Alive, died after about half an hour
later. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Sent
to TAFIRI Head Office DSM. (15) Shark net - jarife.
Morphometry and meristic counts recorded and
sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo -
Sahare 13 (Mwambani 07) (Jambe Island 1).

CCC 217: (1) 17 May 2007. (2) South/East of Jambe
Island about 500m from the Island, Tanzania.
(3) NgalawaNgalawa, Mchageni (Captain), Alii
Msegero, Mchomoa Mwindadi, Kassim Barnabas
(Crew) Jarife Fishers of Kasera. (7) 32kg. (8) 129cm.
(9) Female. (15) Shark net - jarife. Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.
Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare 14
(Mwambani 08) (Jambe Island 2).

CCC 218: (1) 12 June 2007. (2) MBREMP (Mnazi
Bay Ruvuma Estuary Bay Marine Park, Mtwara),
Tanzania. (7) 37kg. (11) Blast frozen. (14) Cold room
of mining company (they mine gas in the marine
park) Artumas, Tanzania. Descriptive name: Mnazi
Bay Ruvuma Estuary Bay Marine Park, Mtwara 2.

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CCC 219: (1) 12 June 2007. (2) MBREMP (Mnazi
Bay Ruvuma Estuary Bay Marine Park, Mtwara),
Tanzania. (7) 37.1kg. (11) Blast frozen. (14) Cold
room of mining company (they mine gas in the
marine park) Artumas, Tanzania. Descriptive
name: Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Bay Marine
Park, Mtwara 3.

CCC 220: (1) June or July 2007. (2) Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. (14) Specimen is at TAFIRI. Descriptive
name: Dar-es-salaam.

CCC 221: (1) 3 November 2007, 12:00h. (2) 5km
off Kisango village in Limimalyao Ward, Pande
division Kilwa district, Tanzania. (4) 5000m. (5)
120m. (6) Lethrinus spp. (Changu mwavi). (7)
45kg. (8) 130cm. (10) Alive, died after time. (11)
Dried and submitted to Mafia Marine Park. (15)
Handline used. Descriptive name: Kilwa 4.

CCC 222: (1) 2 July 2007. (2) South/ East of
Jambe Island about 500m from the Island. (3)
NgalawaNgalawa, Mchageni (Captain), Alii
Msegero, Mchomoa Mwindadi, Kassim Barnabas
(Crew) Jarife Fishers of Kasera. (5) 170m. (7) 37,5kg.
(8) 138cm. (10) Alive, died after about half of an
hour later. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14)
Frozen at Tanga Coastal resource center building.
(15) Shark net - jarife. Morphometry and meristic
counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mwarongo - Sahare 15 (TCC039); Mwambani
9.

CCC 223: (1) 8 August 2007. (2) Niule area, Tanga
City, Tanzania. (3) Hussein Mwihaji (captain),
Mbaraka Kingazi, Yusufu Mwakuzi, Norani Zauya
(Crew) NgalawaNgalawa TTA (Jarife fisher). (4)
Karange Milango ya Miembeni. (5) 180 - 200m. (7)
37.5kg. (8) 132cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh,
no damage. (14) Frozen at Tanga Coastal resource
center building. (15) Jarife net used. Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.
Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare 16 (TCC
040); Mwambani 10.

CCC 224: (1) 13 December 2007. (2) Off Sahare, half
way between Mwambani & Tanga town, outside
Niule (the sandbank) reef, Tanzania. (3) Ngalawa,
Mchageni (Captain), Alii Msegero, Mchomoa
Mwindadi, Kassim Barnabas (Crew) Jarife Fishers
of Kasera. (4) Niule about 5 km from the shore.
(5) 180-200m. (7) 80kg. (8) 175cm. (9) Female. (10)
Alive, died after about half of an hour later. (11)
Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Frozen at Tanga
Coastal resource center building, Tanga, Tanzania.
(15) Jarife net used. 23 Fully developed juveniles
with yolksacs attached. 10 Juveniles are being
transported to the Tokyo Institute for Technology
(TITECH) Japan. These juveniles arrived atTITECH
on 28 March 2008. Morphometry and meristic

counts recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive
name: Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.1 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. (15) 10 Juveniles are being transported
to the Tokyo Institute for Technology (TITECH)
Japan. These juveniles arrived at TITECH on 28
March 2008. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.1 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.2 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.2 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.3 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.3 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.4 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.4 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.5 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.5 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.6 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.6 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.7 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.7 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.8 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.8 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.9 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.9 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.10 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.10 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.11 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.11 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

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CCC 224.12 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.12 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.13 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.13 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.14 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.14 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.15 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.15 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.16 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.16 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.17 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.17 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.18 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.18 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.19 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.19 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.20 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.20 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.21 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.21 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.22 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.22 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 224.23 (8) 33cm. (11) Frozen. (14) Frozen at
Tanga Coastal Resource Center building OR DSM,
Tanzania. Descriptive name: Juvenile no 39.23 -
Mwambani 11 (TCC 041).

CCC 225: (1) 25 November 2008. (2) North of Talise
Island, Minahasa Utara, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
(3) James Air, Jones Tober, Martin Tindage,
Hermens Dalapis, Frets Ole, Benherd Tempo,
Arnold Aer, Salmon Aer. (7) 21kg. (8) 111.1cm. (11)
Initially frozen, formalin. (12) Good, dissected. (14)
PT SeaWorld Indonesia, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol,
Jakarta, Indonesia. (15) Gill net used. Kept frozen
in freezer in Tanawangko, Minahasa for a while.
Dissected by Indonesian team on 11 August 2009.
PT SeaWorld Indonesia, Jakarta since 25 September
2009. Descriptive name: Indo 4.

CCC 226: (1) 5 September 2008. (2) Niule area,
Tanga City, Tanzania. (3) Ngalawa Na. Ramadhan
Mwihaji (captain) Omari Usinga, Mzee Hassan,
Mobutu Abdalah and Athman Chibwe (crews) of
Kasera area. (4) About 6 km from Kasera landing
site. (5) 180 - 200m. (7) 29kg. (8) 124cm. (9) Male.

(10) Alive, died after about half of an hour later.

(11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Frozen
at Tanga Coastal resource center building. (15)
Jarife net used. Morphometry and meristic counts
recorded and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name:
Mwarongo - Sahare 18 (TCC 042).

CCC 227: (1) 27 December 2008. (2) Niule area,
Tanga City, Tanzania. (3) Ngalawa, Mchaguni
M. (Captain), Alii Msesero, Mchomoa Mwindadi,
Kassim Barnabas, Jabir Yahaya (Crew) Jarife
Fishers of Kasera. (4) Niule southern end close to
out of Jambe about 7 km from the shore (7) 6kg.

(8) 70cm. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14)
Frozen at Tanga Coastal resource center building.
(15) Morphometry and meristic counts recorded
and sent to SAIAB. Descriptive name: Mwarongo
- Sahare 19.

CCC 228: (1) 14 January 2009. (2) Jambe Island area,
Tanzania, (4) Jambe Island area. (5) 180 - 200m. (7)
39kg. (8) 139cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh,
no damage. (14) Frozen at Tanga Coastal resource
center building. (15) Jarife net used. Morphometry
and meristic counts recorded and sent to SAIAB.
Descriptive name: Mwarongo - Sahare 20.

CCC 229: (1) 19 January 2009. (2) Kigombe area (?)
Tanzania. 4) Gosso Mbwana. (5) 180-200m. (15)
The fish was eaten - no data. Descriptive name:
Mtang'ata 15 (Kigombe 15).

CCC 230: (1) 26 March, 2007. (2) Moroni, Grande
Comoro. (3) Ali Mmadi. (7) 27.85kg. (8) 121.8cm.

(9) Male. (11) Frozen / now isopropanol (2009).

(12) Good, dissected. (14) Fukushima Aquarium
50 Tatsumi-Cho, Onahama, Iwaki City, Fukushima
Prefecture, Japan. (15) Depth of sea floor at that
point: 400m. Ali Mmadi (80 years old). Arrival
Day at Fukushima: 8 October 2008. A coelacanth
was dissected at Fukushima Aquarium Japan on
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purposes. Dissected again on 3 February 2009 when
the sex was determined. As from March 2009 on
display at Fukushima Aquarium, It is individual
number 20B which the JAGO-team encountered
10 times in 1995 north from Itsandra at the west
coast of Grande Comore. IOV2 years between the
sightings and the catch date. Again dissected in
January 2010.

CCC 231: (1) 18 February 2009. (2) Outside the
barrier reef towards the mouth of the Fiherenana
River, Firehenemasay, Madagascar. (3) Fishermen
from the village of Ifaty. (5) 200m. (14) Institut
Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM),
University of Toliara, Madagascar. (15) The
fisherman came with the coelacanth to Atimoo
Plongee who sent him to Reef Doctors, an English
NGO. From there the specimen was delivered at
IHSM.

CCC 232: (1) July 2002. (2) Toliara, Madagascar.
(3) Vezo fishermen. (7) ca. 35kg. (8) ca. 150cm. (12)
ca. 200 scales removed, the rest cut off as bait. (13)
Pers. Comm. Mr. Y. le Bars.

CCC 233: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Dried. (13)
Pers. Comm. Mr. Ben Ngatunga. (15) This is one
of six (6) coelacanths caught at the same time.
Descriptive name: Mtwara (one of 6 fish).

CCC 234: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Dried. (13)
Pers. Comm. Mr. Ben Ngatunga. (15) This is one
of six (6) coelacanths caught at the same time.
Descriptive name: Mtwara (one of 6 fish).

CCC 235: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Dried. (13)
Pers. Comm. Mr. Ben Ngatunga. (15) This is one
of six (6) coelacanths caught at the same time.
Descriptive name: Mtwara (one of 6 fish).

CCC 236: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Dried. (13) pers.
comm. Mr Ben Ngatunga. (15) This is one of six (6)
coelacanths caught at the same time. Descriptive
name: Mtwara (one of 6 fish).

CCC 237: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Dried. (13)
Pers. Comm. Mr. Ben Ngatunga. (15) This is one
of six (6) coelacanths caught at the same time.
Descriptive name: Mtwara (one of 6 fish).

CCC 238: (1) 17 August 2008. (2) Mtwara, Tanzania.
(3) Fishermen were from Lindi. (11) Frozen. (13)
pers. comm. Mr Ben Ngatunga. (14) In deep freezer
at Lindi (LS). (15) This is one of six (6) coelacanths
caught at the same time. Descriptive name: Mtwara
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CCC 239: (1) 5 September 2008. (2) Jambe South,
Tanzania. (3) Ramadhou Mwihaj (captain of
Ngalawa). (15) Nets used. Descriptive name:
Mwambani 12 (MW. 12).

CCC 240: (1) 27 December 2008. (2) Sahara area,
Tanzania. (3) Mr. Mchahuni. (4) 7 nautical miles.
(5) 200m. (7) 6kg. (8) 70cm. (15) Shark net used.
Target species: Deep water Red Snapper, Jacks,
Sharks. Morphometry & Meristic counts recorded.
Descriptive name: Mwambani 13 juvenile.

CCC 241: (1) 14 January 2009. (2) Jambe Area,
Tanga, Tanzania. (3) Ramadhan Chengo. (7) 39kg.
Descriptive name: Mwambani 14.

CCC 242: (1) 10 August 2007. (2) Ahojo, Northeast
from Anjouan, Comoros. (3) ~30 years old fisherman .
(7) 35kg. (8) 135cm. (10) Alive when caught, killed
to get it into the pirogue. (11) Formalin. (13)
Hamid. (2007). (14) BAMBAO Tropical SA, Bambo
Mtsanga, Comoros. (15) Handline used. Specimen
was transported to Mutsamudu were it was bought
by Mr Djaylane Mohamed (27 years old). Until
then, Mr Djaylana Mohamed knew the coelacanth
only from the image printed on the packages of
cigarettes produced in the Comoros by a Chinese
firm. Following the local newspaper HZK-Presse,
the specimen will be stored in formalin and put on
display in the showroom of Bambao Tropical SA at
Bambo Mtsanga, a small village located at 20km.
from Mutsamudu. BAMBAO Tropical SA bought
the coelacanth for the amount of 300 Euros.

CCC 243: (1) 8 November 1980. (2) Comoros. (7)
25kg. (8) 127cm. (13) Pers. Comm. Mr. Hiromi
Ikezawa (Ibaraki Nature Museum), Mr. Masa
Iwata. (14) Ibaraki Nature Museum, Bando, Ibaraki,
Japan. (15) The specimen was supposed to be sent
to a Japanese construction company by president
Ahmed Abdallah in April 1985 but the import
failed due to an impropriate export permit based
on the Washington Convention (CITES) and the
coelacanth was confiscated by the Tokyo Customs
where it has been deposited for some time. The
Ibaraki museum has borrowed the coelacanth since
1 December 2002 and is on permanent display.

CCC 244: (1) 20 October 2008. (2) Toliara, 80km
SW from Cape Sainte Marie, Madagascar. (3)
Fishermen from the vessel 'El Amine'. (7) 40kg. (8)
150cm. (11) Frozen. (13) l'Express de Madagascar.
(14) Copefrito in Mahavatse, Madagascar. (15)
Dead on fishing boat.

CCC 245: (1) April 2008. (2) Maintirano,

Madagascar. (13) Information provided by Mr.
Geraud Leroux.

CCC 246: (1) 2009. (2) Kigombe, between Pangani
and Tanga, Tanzania. (7) 35kg. (11) Frozen.

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Plate 2. Coelacanths photographed underwater by Laurent Ballesta at Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in
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CCC 247: (1) 2008. (2) Ras Nungwi, Unguja Island,
Zanzibar, Tanzania. (14) Museum of Natural
History, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar. Descriptive
name: Zanzibar 2.

CCC 248: (1) 2008. (2) Ras Nungwi, Unguja Island,
Zanzibar, Tanzania. (8) 87cm. (14) Fisheries
Department ? Zanzibar City, Zanzibar. Descriptive
name: Zanzibar 3.

CCC 249: (1) 25 June 2008. (2) Lindi, Tanzania.

(7) 30kg. (8) 105cm. (11) Frozen. (12) Good. (13)
Information provided by Dr Ben Ngatunga. (14)
Deep Freezer Mr. Ben Ngatunga.

CCC 250: (1) 14 July 2007. (2) Nungwi, Northern
tip of Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. (3) Four
fishermen caught the fish. (5) About 100m. (7)
27kg. (8) 134.8cm. (13) Sultan. (2007). (14) Zanzibar
Museum, Zanzibar, Tanzania. (15) Hook and line
used. Identified by Dr Narriman Jidda wi. Narriman
Jiddawi of the Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of Dar es Salaam. Mussa Aboud Jume
said the coelacanth will be preserved and put on
display at the Zanzibar Museum. Descriptive
name: ZNZ1.

CCC 251: (1) March 2001. (2) Toliara, Madagascar.
(5) 100m. (7) 80kg. (8) 180cm. (9) Female. (11)
Frozen. (14) Frozen on vessel that caught it. (15)
Shark net used.

CCC 252: (1) 12 July 2005. (2) Fiherenamasay,
Madagascar. (7) 60.3kg. (8) 155cm. (9) Female. (11)
Frozen. (12) Good, dissected. (13) Anon. (2005).
(15) Pregnant, two eggs.

CCC 253: (1) 17 July 2009. (2) Northern tip of
Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. (7) 86.5kg.

(8) 176cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12) Good,
dissected. Sample tissues taken. (14) Custody
of the Department of Fisheries Zanzibar. (15) 23
'ready to be born' pups 34cm, 500gr each found
by dissection. Descriptive name: Zanzibar 4. In
2009 the specimen and the pups were rotten due
to electricity problems. All have been discarded
(pers. comm. Zahor el Kharousy to Miss Karen
Hissmann, December 2010).

CCC 254: (1) 16 September 2009, 06:00h. (2)
Likupang, North of Talise Island, Sulawesi,
Indonesia. (3) Tomes Group. (5) 150m. (7) 27kg. (8)
114.5cm, 116cm (Masa Iwata). (9) ? (10) Alive when
caught. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14)
Sam Ratulangi University ? Manado, Indonesia.
(15) Gill net used. Target species, shark and
demersal fish. Specimen width 30cm. Descriptive
name: Indo 5.

CCC 255: (1) 12 December 2008. (2) Kilwa,
Tanzania. (7) 70kg. (8) 168cm. (9) Female. (11)

Frozen. (12) Fresh, no damage. (14) Tokyo Institute
of Technology TITECH (Prof. N. Okada), Midori-
ku, Yokohama-shi, Japan. (15) Specimen was frozen
at TAFIRI, Dar es Salaam (Dr Ben Ngatunga).
Later donated at TITECH (Prof. Norihiro Okada).
Specimen arrived at TITECH on 23 January 2009.
CT scan performed at GE Yokogawa Medical
Systems Ltd. in Tokyo in March 2009, 30-40 eggs
each 5-7cm in diameter. Descriptive name: Kilwa.

CCC 256: (1) 12 December, 2008. (2) Kilwa, Tanzania.

(8) 129cm. (9) Male. (11) Frozen. (12) Fresh, no
damage. (14) Tokyo Institute of Technology
TITECH (Prof. N. Okada), 4259 Nagatsuta-cho,
Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Pref. 226-
8501, Japan. (15) Specimen was frozen at TAFIRI,
Dar es Salaam (Dr Ben Ngatunga). Later donated at
TITECH (Prof. Norihiro Okada). Specimen arrived
at TITECH on 23 January 2009. CT scan performed
at GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd. in Tokyo in
March 2009. Descriptive name: Kilwa.

CCC 257: (1) 17 October 2009, 23:00h. (2) Momodju,
Domoni, Anjouan, Comoros. (3) Amir Said Sufian
& Djamaldine Bacar. (5) 250m. (7) 33kg. (8) 140cm.
(11) Frozen. (13) Information provided by Said
Ahamada. (15) Handline used. Largest body
height: 26cm. Scale samples taken. Location of
these samples: Coelacanth Centre, in 70% ethanol,
contact Said Ahamada. Otolith sample taken: not
yet, but planned.

CCC 258: (1) 15 January 2010. (2) Ndzuwani
(Anjouan), Comoros. (14) In a freezer in
Mutsamudu.

CCC 259: (1) 18 January 2010, 10:00h. (2) Niule -
Jambe, Tanzania. (5) 20m. (7) 79.2kg. (8) 159cm.

(9) Female. (11) Frozen, dissected. (12) Fresh,
no external damage. (13) Information provided
by Mr. Hassan Kalombo. (14) In a freezer of Mr.
Erik Allard, Tanga, Tanzania. (15) Ring net used.
Specimen possibly damaged through blasting.
Dissected on 21 January 2010. 23 (of 25) eggs found
in body which were all fertilized. Standard length
154cm. Descriptive name: Mwambani 15 (MW15).

CCC 260: (1) Purchased 1973. (2) Comoros. (8)
112cm. (11) Formalin, stuffed. (14) MNHN, Paris.
(15) Specimen "naturalized", first fixed in formalin
and then dried. A gift of Mr Denis Schaffuer. The
specimen was bought by Dr Moreau (Vice President
of the conseil general of the Reunion Island in
Comoros during 1973). No relationship with the
C58 (CCC 68) acquired by the same Dr Moreau
during 1969). Eviscerated and dried specimen,
obtained by Mr R. Saban for the Laboratoire
d'Anatomie Comparee (MNHN, Paris). Inventory
number 1979-74.

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CCC 261: (1) June 1973. (2) Comoros. (13) Wehner.
(1977), Tanner. (1981)., (14) Naturhistorisches
Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. (15) A
coelacanth arrived in the museum in June 1973,
direct from the Comoros with the help of Mr Willi
Hoffmann who collected the specimen. The amount
was 2 902 Swiss Francs. The initial preservation
was not so good and the fish was already in a
certain state of decomposition. The flight ticket
was paid by the "Freiwilliger Museumsverein
Basel". The specimen was used for topographical
and anatomical research on the axial muscles of the
coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae in the period early
June 1980 until mid March 1981 by Karl Martin
Tanner. The newspaper copy received from the
"Nationalbibliothek in Vienna" gives no further
information on this specimen. In a mail received
on 9 August 2007, Prof. Raffael Winkler cited: "It
seems that no rests of the Latimeria have been kept
in our collection...".

CCC 262: 1974. (2) Comoros. (7) 10kg. (8) 87cm.
(11) Dry cast, skeleton. (12) Good. (13) Kincel
(1984), Regal & Nanut (2005a), Regal & Nanut
(2005b). (14) Pathologisch-Anatomisches Bundes-
museum Narrenturm, Uni Campus, Vienna,
Austria. (15) Collector Fritz Kincel bought a
coelacanth in the Comoros — 87cm long, lOKg —
for his private "skull-collection" in 1974 and this
was the first coelacanth in Austria (even before
the first coelacanth arrived in the Vienna Museum
of Natural History!). Exceptionally, Mr. Kincel
prepared the whole skeleton of the coelacanth at
home in the bath of his private home tells Wolfgang
Bruntaler, Administrative Manager of the Federal
Museum, preparator and scientific responsible
person of the zoological and veterinary collection.
Since 1975, the preparation of the stuffed skin
of the fish is in the "Joanneum" in Graz, Austria
(inventory number 30.742 — not on display). In
Graz, the coelacanth received a wooden head
and tail. Also the fins are artificial. The whole
specimen, including the original skin, is painted
in blue, because coelacanths are 'blue'. How much
Mr. Kincel paid for this coelacanth was his own
secret. Later, in 1983, the full "Collection Kincel"
— including the coelacanth skull — - was handed
over to the Narrenturm Museum.

CCC 263: (1) March 1977. (2) Iconi, Grande Comore,
Comoros. (13) McCosker & Lagios. (1979) no. C88,
Note Robineau without N°.

CCC 264: (1) November 1977. (2) Comoros. (8)
150cm. (11) Formalin. (12) Good. (13) Rodriguez de
Tononi. (2005). (14) Museo del Mar, Universidad de
Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela. (15) The coelacanth
came directly from the Comoros in November 1977
and was collected and transferred to the museum by
Dr. Bruno Baldassini Marchessi and Dr. Luis Delfin
Ponce Ducharne. The coelacanthwas prepared by

the taxidermist of the Instituto Oceanografica del
Universidad de Oriente, Mr. Pablo Figueroa. From
October 11- 13, 2010 the coelacanth was transferred
into a new exhibition display. The specimen is on
display.

CCC 265: (1) 15 April 1978. (2) Comoros. (7) 45kg.
(8) 120cm. (11) Frozen. (13) Note Robineau number.

(14) Mr R. Sahuquet - Voyages sous la mer, Paris,
France.

CCC 266: (1) ~1980. (2) Comoros. (8) ca. 130cm.
(11) Formalin. (14) Aquarium de Canet, Canet-en-
Roussillon, France. (15) The aquarium has opened
in 1983, and the specimen is on public display.

CCC 267: (1) 1981. (2) Moroni, Grande Comore,
Comoros. (11) Formalin. (13) Thys van den
Audenaerde. (1984), Louette et al. (2004). (14)
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren,
Belgium. (15) The coelacanth is on public display in
Hall 16. This coelacanth was bought in 1981 during
the "Mission Zoologique Beige" at the Comoros.
Prof. Dr Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde, who
was the Director of the Koninklijk Museum voor
Midden Afrika, raised funds for the 2 coelacanths
(Tervuren & Leuven).

CCC 268: (1) 1981. (2) Comoros. (14) Musee de
Zoologie de l'ULB, Brussels, Belgium. (15) The
coelacanth is on public display in the museum of
the University.

CCC 269: (1) 1983. (2) Comoros. (8) (11) Formalin,
stuffed. (14) Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de
Toulouse, Toulouse, France. (15) The specimen
was a gift from the "L' Association Languedoc-
Comores" (situated in Narbonne, France) in 1984.
Inventory number: MHNT ICHT 2001-1

CCC 270: (1) 1984. (2) Comoros. (8) ca. 92cm. (14)
Museum of Natural History, Beijing, China. (15)
The specimen arrived in 1984 in China. It was a gift
from the Comoro Government. The specimen is
not on display. Information provided by Mr Zeng
Zhaohui (Beijing Museum of Natural History,
2009).

CCC 271: (1) Before October 1985. (2) Comoros. (8)
ca. 91.4cm (3 feet long). (11) Formalin, stuffed. (13)
Information provided by Miss Anahit Turabian
& Miss Ana C. Vilegas. (14) United Nations,
Architectural & Engineering Unit, New York, USA.

(15) This coelacanth was already mentioned in
the text of the old inventory and in Environmental
Biology of Fishes Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 315-319, 1988.
According an article, published in the New York
Times from 31 March 2004, the stuffed coelacanth
was not on display in the art collection but stored
(with ~30 other gifts) in the basement below the
Secretariat Building. Coelacanth in the collection of

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the United Nations in New York in a glass box with
a sculpted wooden frame measuring approximately
3 feet long. Collection Number 172G - Stuffed Fish
Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros. President
Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane of the Comoros
presented a preserved coelacanth to the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, Dr Javier Perez de
Cuellar, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of
the establishment of the UN. This was considered
to be the most unusual gift received by the UN
during its birthday celebrations. The coelacanth
was donated by the Comoran Government on 1
October 1985.

CCC 272: (1) 1985. (2) Moroni, Grande Comore,
Comoros. (14) Zoologisch Instituut van de
Universiteit van Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
(15) This coelacanth dates from 1985 and was
previously owned by the Koninklijk Museum
voor Midden Afrika. In Tervuren a cast was made
from this specimen and the coelacanth moved to
the University of Leuven. Prof. Dr Dirk Thys van
den Audenaerde, who was the Director of the
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, raised
funds for the 2 coelacanths (Tervuren & Leuven).

CCC 273: (1) 1985. (2) Comoros. (14) Building
Sea World Aquarium, Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul,
South-Korea. (15) Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae,
specimen originally captured in the Comoros
Islands in 1985. This example is a gift to South
Korea's President Chun Doo-hwan, from the
President of the Federal Islamic Republic of
Comoros in Africa, in 1985.

CCC 274: (1) 1986. (2) Comoros. (7) ca. 60kg. (8)
118cm. (11) Formalin. (12) Good, frozen. (14)
Musee de la Mer de Biarritz, Biarritz, France. (15)
Gift from the President of the Comores to Mrs
Alliot-Marie on travel in Moroni. Arrived frozen at
the museum on 7 August 1986. The specimen is on
public display.

CCC 275: (1) ? (2) Anjouan, Comoros. (8) 140cm.
(11) Formalin, stuffed. (14) Office de Tourisme,
Port La Nouvelle, France. (15) The coelacanth is
on public display in the Tourist Office. Gift from
the Comorian Government to Mr Chavernac,
President of 1' Association Languedoc-Comores
in 1992. Originally housed in the Pharmacy of Mr
Chavernac in Port la Nouvelle.

CCC 276: (1) -1990 (2) Comoros. (8) ca. 136cm. (11)
Formalin, stuffed. (14) Musee du President Jacques
Chirac, Sarran, France. (15) In the catalogue
Cadeaux du Monde on page 68 - Cadeaux Afrique,
Comores there is a dry-preserved coelacanth in a
carved 'Comoran' cabinet. A gift of Mohammed
Taki Abdoulkarim, President of the Federal Islamic
Republic of Comoros, during the audience on 19

June 1996 in Paris. Museum inventory number:
2000.0001.0141. The specimen is on public display.

CCC 277: (1) before 1997. (2) Comoros. (11)
Formalin, stuffed. (13) Information provided by
Mr. Zeng Zhaohui (Beijing Museum of Natural
History, 2009). (14) Beijing Museum of Natural
History, Beijing, China. (15) The exhibited
specimen was set up in a vacuum chamber and
kept in a dry environment. The viscera and its fatty
tissues were removed. Only the muscles, skin and
some fat were left behind. The specimen arrived in
1997 in China. It was a gift from the Government of
the Comoros to President Jiang Zemin.

CCC 278: (1) 2000 (?) (2) Moroni, Grande Comore,
Comoros. (11) Skeleton. (14) Koninklijk Museum
voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium. (15)
Coelacanth skeleton is not yet on display (2010).
It will be after the restoration of the museum.
Skeleton prepared in Jena (Germany).

CCC 279: (1) 1991 (?) (2) Comoros. (7) ca. 135cm.
(14) Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika,
Tervuren, Belgium. (15) The coelacanth is not yet on
display (2010). It will be after the restoration of the
museum. Sent for preparation to Jena, Germany.
Inner organs all removed.

CCC 279: (1) 10 December 1978. See specimen CCC
113 at Trieste (same specimen).

CCC 280: (1) ? (2) Comoros. (13) Note Robineau. (14)
Aquarium de Casablanca, Maroc. (15) Aquarium
de Casablanca (Marchesseaux). The Museum no
longer exists.

CCC 281: (1) ? (2) Comoros. (11) Formalin, stuffed.
(14) Tokyo Custom House, East Kyoto Minato-ku,
Japan. (15) The coelacanth is on public display in
the exhibition room of the Tokyo Custom House
(2009).

CCC 282: (1) ? (2) Comoros. (11) Formalin, (14)
Museum of Natural History, Baghdad, Iraq. (15)
A picture taken in 1999 shows a well preserved
coelacanth in formalin. The specimen was on
public display before the Iraq war. The museum
reopened on December 3, 2003. It is not known yet
if the coelacanth still exists.

CCC 283: (1) 21 September 2010, between 10:00-
ll:00h. (2) North of Karange Island, outside
about 750m from Niule sand bank heading east,
Tanzania. (3) Crew from Ngalawa TTA: Jumbe
Hassan (captain), Kisima Mwasai, Pandu Mhusin,
Kondo Juma. (5) 750m (caught floating). (7) 79kg.
(8) 184cm. (9) Female (pregnant). (11) Frozen. (12)
Dissected, 17 juveniles found in the mother, 2
juveniles taken by the fishermen, (13) Information
provided by Mr. Hassan Kalombo & Miss Sibylle

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RiedmiUer. (14) Female stored in freezer Sea
Products Inc., Tanga. Pups at Tanga Resource
Center, Tanga. (15) After capture the fish preserved
at Sea Products Ltd. The specimen was dissected on
Monday 27 September 2010. After found drifting,
the fish was entered by the fishermen. Handline/
gaff used. They cut open the belly so it's possible
that some of the juveniles were lost. The fishermen
took 2 juveniles with them. 17 were found during
the dissection. So at least 19 juveniles. Length of the
juveniles between 29 and 31cm and their yolksac
was about 15cm in diameter. Descriptive name:
Mwambani 16 (Mw. 16).

CCC 284: (1) 21/22 September 2010. 10:30h. (2)
West of Nosy Ve (Anakao) - Toliara, Madagascar.
(3) Tinard Razafimanovo. (4) > 2000m. (5) > 150m.
(6) Pelagic fish. (7) 85kg. (8) 187cm. (9) Female.
(10) Dead in shark net. (11) Stuffed. (12) Good,
dissected. No eggs nor juveniles observed. (13)
Information provided by Mr. John Bemiasa. (14)
Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.
SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar. (15)
Pictures taken. Catch information recorded by
Miss RAVELO Vololoniaina Clemence Ravelo,
(approximately 23°39.92 S, 43°33.70 E).

CCC 285: (1) 27 November 2010. (2) West of Nosy
Ve (Anakao) - Toliara, Madagascar. (3) Julien Tine
Hoe (fisher from Lovokampy - St Agustin). (4)
> 2000m. (5) 250m. (6) Pelagic fish. (7) 41kg. (8)
134cm. (9) Male. (10) Dead in shark net. (11) Stuffed.

(12) Good, dissected. (13) Information provided by
Mr. John Bemiasa. (14) Institut Halieutique et des
Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara,
Madagascar. (15) Pictures taken. Catch information
recorded by Miss Vololoniaina Clemence Ravelo.

PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS ON
SPECIMENS OF UNKNOWN DATE OF
CAPTURE

CCC Ad 1: (2) Comoros. (7) 80kg. (8) 170cm. (13)
Reported by P.C. Heemstra. (14) Ylang Ylang
Hotel, Moroni, Grand Comoro, Comoros.

CCC Ad 2: (2) Comoros. (12) Freeze-dried head,
a large number of other miscellaneous tissues.

(13) Norris, S.N. (in litt. 1989) ? (14) Arizona State
University Museum of Natural History. (15)
This specimen was acquired by a Arizona State
University team collecting marine organisms to
test various tissue extracts for cancer-fighting
compounds.

CCC Ad 3: (1) 1976. (2) Comoros. (13) Khalaf.
(1987). (14) Educational Science Museum, Kuwait
City, State of Kuwait. (15) The coelacanth was a gift
of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros to
the Kuwaiti foreign minister Al-Sheikh Sabah Al-

Ahmmad Al-Sabah, who in turn gave it as a gift to
the Science & Natural History Museum in August
1976. A stamp-sheet was issued on occasion of the
silver jubilee of the Educational Science Museum
1972-1997. The specimen is on display in the
renewed museum (2008).

CCC Ad 4: (2) Comoros. (13) Sylvestre. (1990).

(14) Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China. (15) The
specimen is on display in the museum (2009).

CCC Ad 5: (2) Grand Comoro, Comoros. (5) 100-
200m. (7) 26kg. (8) 124cm. (11) 10% Formalin. (12)
Good. (13) Sylvestre. (1990). (14) Specimen House of
Ichthyology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Academica
Sinica, Wuhan, China. (15) The specimen is on
display in the museum (2009).

CCC Ad 6: 1983. (2) Comoros. (13) Sylvestre.
(1990), Zhu Min (in litt. 1990) ? (14) Museum of
Natural History, Beijing, China. (15) The specimen
arrived in 1983 in China. It was a gift from the
Comoro Government. On display in the museum.
Information provided by Mr. Zeng Zhaohui
(Beijing Museum of Natural History, 2009).

CCC Ad 7: (2) Comoros. (13) Sylvestre (1990). (14)
China (exact location unknown).

CCC Ad 8: (2) Comoros. (13) Sylvestre (1990). (14)
Beijing, China.

CCC Ad 9: (2) Comoros. (13) Fricke. (1987). (14)
Private House, Mutsamudu, Comoros.

CCC Ad 10: (2) Comoros. (13) Fricke. (1987). (14)
Private House, Mutsamudu, Comoros.

CCC Ad 11: (2) Comoros. (13) Fricke. (1987). (14)
Private House, Mutsamudu, Comoros.

CCC Ad 12: (2) Comoros. (13) Fricke. (1990). (14)
Private House, Moroni, Comoros.

CCC Ad 13: (2) Comoros. (13) Fricke. et al. (in litt.
1988) ? (14) Private property of a French captain,
Mutsamudu, Anjouan, Comoros. (15) Oral
communication by port captain of Mutsamudu,
Anjouan.

CCC Ad 14: (2) East coast of Grand Comoro,
Comoros. (8) 155cm. (9) Female. (11) Frozen. (12)
Good. (13) Uyeno, T. (in litt. 1990), JASEC no. 4.
(14) Kanazawa Aquarium, Kanazawa, Japan.

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ADDRESSES OF THE MUSEUMS/
INSTITUTIONS.

Australia

Australian Museum - Division of Vertebrate
Zoology, 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2010

Austria

Haus der Natur, Museumplatz 5, 5020 Salzburg

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010
Wien

Pathologisch-Anatomisches Bundesmuseum
Narrenturm, Altes Allgemeines Krankenhaus,
Uni Campus 13. Hof, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien

Belgium

Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika,
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren

Musee de Zoologie de l'ULB, CP160/15, Avenue
F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels

Royal Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat
29, 1000 Brussels

Zoologisch Instituut van de Universiteit van
Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, 3000 Leuven

Canada

Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology, University of
Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario
NIG 2W1

Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage
Building, 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, Quebec J9J
3N7

MacMillan Tropical gallery , Public Aquarium of
Vancouver, P.O. Box 3232, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6B 3X8

Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto,
Ontario M5S 2C6

China

House of Ichthyology, Institute of Hydrobiology,
Academica Sinica, Wuhan 430072

Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and
Palaeoanthroplology Museum, P O Box 643,
Beijing 100044

Museum of Natural History, 126, Tianqiao Street,
Beijing, 100050

Shanghai Museum, 260 Yan'an Dong lu Road,
Shanghai 200002

Comores

BAMBAO Tropical SA, Bambo Mtsanga

Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche
Scientifique, Museum CNDRS, B.P. 169 Moroni

Direction de 1' Agriculture et de la Foret (DAF),
15 rue Mariaze, B.P. 103, 97600 Mamoudzou,
Mayotte

J.C. Renard, B.P. 15, 97600 Mamoudzou, Mayotte
via Reunion

Denmark

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Kobenhavns
Universitet, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100
Copenhagen

France

Aquarium du Canet, 1, Boulevard de la Jetee, 66140
Canet-en-Roussillon

Collection de Zoologie de 1'Universite Pierre et
Marie Curie, Paris VI - Campus Jussieu, Paris
75005

Faculte des sciences, Laboratoire de Chimie
Biologique, 96 Boulevard Raspail, Paris
Mr R. Sahuquet - Voyages Sous la Mer, 9 rue du
Sentier, 75002 Paris

Musee d' Anatomie Testut Latarjet de Lyon, Faculte
de medecine 8, avenue Rockefeller 69008 Lyon
Musee de la Mer de Biarritz, Plateau de l'Atalaye,
64200 Biarritz

Musee de la Peche, 3, Rue Vauban (Ville Close), BP
118, 29181 Concarneau cedex
Musee de la Peche, Chateau de la Bussiere, 45230
La Bussiere, Chatillon

Musee de la Reunion, 1 Rue Poivre, 97400 Saint
Denis, La Reunion

Musee du President Jacques Chirac, Le Bourg,
19800 Sarran

Musee Oceanographique de l'Odet (Quimper), Rue
de la Papeterie, 29500 Ergue-Gaberic
Musee Zoologique de Strasbourg, 29, Boulevard de
la Victoire, 67000 Strasbourg
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Rochelle, 28,
rue Albert ler, 17000 La Rochelle
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Besangon, 99 rue
des fusilles de la Resistance, La Citadelle, 25000
Besangon

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nantes, 12 rue
Voltaire, 44000 Nantes

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 35
Allees Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris,
CP 55, Collections d' Anatomie Comparee, 55,
Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris

Ocearium du Croisic, Avenue de Saint-Goustan,
44490 Le Croisic

Office du Tourisme de Port la Nouvelle, Place Paul
Valery, 11210 Port la Nouvelle

Germany

Kreismuseum Schonebeck, Pfannerstrasse 41,
39218 Schonebeck

Max-Planck-Institut fair Ornithologie (ex. Max-
Planck-Institut fiir Verhaltensphysiologie),
Eberhard-Gwinner-Strafie, 82319 Seewiesen,
Miinchen

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und

Natur museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325
Frankfurt

Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1,
70191 Stuttgart

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University of Tubingen [Lehrstuhl fur Spezielle
Zoologie], Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076
Tubingen

Zoologische Staatssammlung Miinchen,
Miinchhausenstrafie 21, 81247 Miinchen

Indonesia

Research Centre for Biology Indonesian Institute of
Sciences (LIPI) J1 Raya Bogor Km 46, Cibinong
16911

Sam Ratulangi University, Department of Marine
Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries,
Sam Ratulangi Sea World Indonesia, Taman
Impian Jaya Ancol, Jl. Lodan Timur No 7,
Jakarta 14430

University, Kampus Unsrat-Bahu, 95115 Manado

Iraq

Iraq Natural History Museum, University of
Baghdad, Baghdad

Italy

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale, Via Tominz 4,
34139 Trieste

Museo di Storia Naturale, Universita di Pavia,
Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia

Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via Giolotti
36, Torino

Japan

Fukushima Aquarium, 50 Tatsumi-Cho, Onahama,
IwakiCity, Fukushima Prefecture, 971-8101

Ibaraki Nature Museum, 700 Osaki, Bando, Ibaraki
306-0622.

Kaikyokan - Aquarium, Shimonoseki Academy
of Marine Science, 6-1 Arcaport, Shimonoseki
City, Yamaguchi 750-0036

Kanazawa Aquarium, 450 Higashimikage,
Kanazawa, Ishikawa

National Museum for Nature and Science, 7-20
Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8718

Tokyo Custom House, East Kyoto Minato-ku, Port
South 5-5-30

Tokyo Institute of Technology TITECH (Prof.
N. Okada), 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Pref. 226-8501

Kenya

National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O.
BOX 40658, Nairobi 00100

Kuwait

Educational Science Museum, Abdulla A1 Mubarak
Street, Safat 13079 - Mirqab, Kuwait City

Madagascar

Faculte des Sciences, Antananarivo University,
Antananrivo

Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.
SM), PO Box 141- Route du Port, Mahavatse II
- Tulear 601

Mozambique

Museu da Historia Natural, Pra^a Travessia do
Zambeze, 104 Maputo C.P. 257.

The Netherlands

Natural History Museum Naturalis, Darwinweg 2,
2333 CR Leiden

Russia

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, 36, Nahimovski Prospekt,
117997 Moscow

South Africa

East London Museum, Oxford Street 319, 5201 East
London

Natal Museum, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street,
Pietermaritzburg

SAIAB (formerly J.L.B. Smith Institute of
Ichthyology), Private Bag 1015, 6140

Grahamstown

South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Street,
Gardens, Cape Town

Transvaal Museum, Paul Kruger Street, P.O. Box
413, Pretoria

South Korea

KLI 63 Building Sea World Aquarium, 60 Yeouido-
dong, 63 Building , Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul
150-763.

Sweden

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Frescativagen
40, BOX 50007, 104 05 Stockholm

Switzerland

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Geneve,
1 route de Malagnou, 1208 Geneva

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse
2, 4001 Basel

Tanzania

Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, PO

Box 774, Zanzibar

Museum of Natural History, Museum Road,

Zanzibar City

National Museum in Dar es Salam. Shaaban Robert

Street, Dar es Salaam

United Kingdom

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London
SW7 6BD, England

Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9
5AB, Northern Ireland.

Zoological collections of the "National Museums
of Scotland", Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1
1JF, Scotland

United States

American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York NY 10024

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Arizona State University Museum of Natural
History, 53 N. Macdonald Mesa, AZ 85201,
Arizona

California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music
Concourse Drive - Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, CA 94118

California Academy of Sciences, Steinhart
Aquarium, 55 Music Concourse Drive - Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118

Museum of Natural History Cambridge, MCZ,
Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH),
P.O. Box 37012 Smithsonian Inst., Washington
D.C., 20013-7012

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
90007

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 8602 La Jolla
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037

The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake
Shore D., Chicago, IL 60605-2496
The University of Kansas, Natural History Museum
and Biodiversity Research Center, Dyche Hall,
1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, Kansas 66045-
7561

United Nations, Architectural & Engineering Unit,
Storage Room 3B-45, New York, NY 10017
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), PO
Box 1346, Glaucester Point, VA 23062
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale
University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven,
CT 06520

Venezuela

Museo del Mar, Universidad de Oriente, Cumana
Zimbabwe

The Natural History Museum, Leopold Takawira
Avenue - Centenary Park, Bulawayo P.O. Box
240

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the following individuals
who assisted us before and during our searches
with the compilation of this inventory:

Australia: McGrouther Mark (Australian Museum,
Sidney)

Austria: Briefer Elisabeth (Osterreichische

Nationalbibliothek, Vienna), MikschiErnst (Natural
History Museum, Vienna), Regal Wolfgang
(Vienna), Stockinger Ursula (Landesmuseum
Joanneum Zoologie, Graz)

Belgium: Boden Gert (Royal Museum for Central
Africa, Tervuren), Casteels Jeroen (K.U. Leuven),
de Groef Bert (K.U. Leuven), Lenglet Georges
(Museum of Natural History, Brussels), Louette
Michel (Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren),
Snoeks Jos (Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren),
Thys van den Audenaerde Dirk
Canada: Bassett Dawn (Vancouver Aquarium,
Vancouver), Clink Carolyn (Mississauga, Ontario),
Laframboise Sylvie (Canadian Museum of
Nature, Ottawa), Rush Marie-Therese (Institute of
Ichthyology Guelph), Sylvestre Jean-Pierre
Comoros: Ahamada Said, Grilhe Severine
(Mayotte)

Denmark: Rask Moller Peter (Natural History
Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)
France: Aragon Santiago (Collection de Zoologie de
l'Universite Paris VI), Baron Guillaume (Museum de
La Rochelle), Baudouin-Bodin Jacqueline (Museum
d'Histoire naturelle de Nantes), Bechu Jean-
Marie (Musee de la peche, Concarneau, France),
Beduneau Vickie (Ocearium du Croisic), Cap
Henri (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse),
Carillo-Baraglioli Marie-Fran^oise (Museum

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d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse), Chauvin Eve-
Marie (Musee Zoologique de Strasbourg), Cognard
Jean (Musee Oceanographique de l'Odet), Cointe
Nathalie (Office du Tourisme de Port la Nouvelle),
de Chasseval Genevieve (Chateau de la Bussiere),
Dunand Michelle (Museum de La Rochelle), Faure
Joanel, Le Rest Stephanie (l'Odet), Mosconi Pascal
(Aquarium du Canet en Roussillon), Meunier
Francois (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
de Paris), Neidhart Jean-Christophe (Musee d'
Anatomie Testut Latarjet de Lyon), Nivart Anne
(Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris),
Nouilhan Joelle (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de
Toulouse), Pautrizel Franqoise (Musee de la Mer
de Biarritz), Perissere Michele (Musee du President
Jacques Chirac, Sarran), Ribes-Beaudemoulin Sonia
(Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Saint-Denis,
La Reunion), Rigau Vincent (Musee du President
Jacques Chirac, Sarran), Robert Jean-Yves (Museum
de Besan^on), Rousset Chantal (Musee d' Anatomie
Testut Latarjet de Lyon), Wandhammer Marie-
Dominique (Musee Zoologique de Strasbourg)
Germany: Bernstein Peter (Zoologische

Schausammlung Universitat Tubingen), Beutel
Rolf G. (Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie und
Evolutionsbiologie FSU Jena), Fricke Hans (Leibniz
Institut fur Meereswissenschaften Kiel), Fricke
Ronald (Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde,
Stuttgart), Hissmann Karen (IFM Geomar,
Kiel), Krupp Friedhelm (Senckenberg Natural
History Museum, Frankfurt am Main), Neumann
Dirk (Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen),
Schliewen Ulrich (Zoologische Staatssammlung
Munchen), Weber Erich (Zoologische
Schausammlung Universitat Tubingen), Zetzsche
Horst (Senckenberg Natural History Museum,
Frankfurt am Main)

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Indonesia: Erdmann Mark (Bali), Hadiaty Renny
(Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong)

Italy: Andreone Franco (Museo di Storia Naturale,
Torino), Bergo Paolo Eusebio (Museo di Storia
Naturale, Torino), Bressi Nicola (Museo Civico
di Storia Naturale, Trieste), Dolce Sergio (Museo
Civico di Storia Naturale, Trieste), Gavetti Elena
(Museo di Storia Naturale, Torino), Maretti Stefano
(Museo di Storia Naturale, Pavia), Razzetti Edoardo
(Museo di Storia Naturale, Pavia)

Japan: Doi Hiroyuki (Shimonoseki Marine Science
Museum), Ikezawa Hiromi (Ibaraki Museum,
Osaka), Iwata Masa (Fukushima Aquarium),
Yomiuri Land Co. Ltd (Tokyo)

Kenya: Akinyi Elizabeth (National Museums of
Kenya, Nairobi), Devos Luc (f) (National Museums
of Kenya, Nairobi), Oyugi Dalmas O. (Kenya
Wildlife Service Training Institute, Naivasha)
Madagascar: Bemiasa John (Odinafrica, IH.SM
Toliara), Engel Stephane (Atimoo Plongee, Mangily
Ifaty, Toliara), Gibbons Emma (Reef doctor,
Mahavatse, Toliara), Stein-Rostaing Roderick
(Reefdoctor, Mahavatse, Toliara)

Palau: Verheij Eric (Palau Field Office, Koror)
Peoples Republic of China: Zeng Zhaohui
(Museum of Natural History, Beijing)

South Africa: Beresford Laura, Bruton Mike (MTE
Studios, Cape Town), Coetzer Willem (SAIAB,
Grahamstown), Darlow Melanie (Port Elizabeth),
Manamela Klaas (Transvaal Museum, Pretoria),
McCord Meaghen, Ribbink Tony (Sustainable
Seas Trust), Sink Kerry (SANBI), Stapley James
(ASCMLE, Grahamstown), Stobbs Robin
(Grahamstown), Thackeray Francis (Transvaal
Museum, Pretoria), Thornycroft Rose, Watt-Pringle
Peter

Spain: Zardoya Rafael (Museo Nacional de
Ciencias Naturales, Madrid)

Switzerland: Decrouez Danielle (Museum

d'Histoire Naturelle et Musee d'Histoire des
Sciences, Geneva), Fish-Muller Sonia (Museum
d'Histoire Naturelle et Musee d'Histoire des
Sciences, Geneva), Leroux Geraud (Museum
d'histoire Naturelle et Musee d'Histoire
des Sciences, Geneva), Winkler Raffael
(Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel)

Tanzania: Dr Aibara, Benno Benaiah (University of
Dar es Salaam), Kalombo Hassan (Tanga Coastal
Resource Centre, Tanga), Ngatunga Ben (Tanzania
Fisheries Research Institute, Dar es Salaam),
Ngeraza Christine (Museum Dar es Salaam),
Riedmiller Sibylle (Tanga)

The Netherlands: Erens Saja, Molenkamp Ans
(Museum Naturalis, Leiden), van Oijen Martien
J.P. (Museum Naturalis, Leiden)

United Arab Emirates: Ali Bassam Khalaf-von
Jaffa Norman (Sharjah).

United Kingdom: Baker Rupert (Royal Society,
London), Brettle Christina (National Museums of
Scotland, Edinburgh), Clack Jennifer (Museum
Cambridge), McCandless Edith (National Museums
Northern Ireland, Ulster, Northern Ireland), Ross
Angela (National Museums Northern Ireland,
Ulster, Northern Ireland), Swinney Geoff (National
Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh)

United States of America: Bloom Eric (Yale
University, New Haven CT), Brown Barbara A.
(American Museum of Natural History, New
York), Castro novo Danielle (California Academy
of Sciences, San Francisco CA), Catania Dave
(California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
CA), Feeney Rick (Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles CA), Hartel
Karsten (Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts), Henrici
Amy (Carnegie Museum of Natural History),
Narendra Barbara (Yale University, New Haven
CT), Rogers Mary Anne (Field Museum, Chicago
IL), Thomson Keith S. (Yale University, New
Haven CT), Turabian Anahit (United Nations, New
York), Vilegas Ana C. (United Nations, New York),
Willink Philip (Field Museum, Chicago IL), Wright
Dawn (Oregon State University, Corvallis OR)
Venezuela: Gutierrez Javier (Venezuela), Perez
Julio (Museo del Mar, Cumana)

Zimbabwe: Knight Lara (Bulawayo), Kriel
Margaret (Bulawayo), Minshull John

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AUTHORS

Rik Nulens

In 1994, in a booklist from a second hand bookshop,
Rik found the Dutch version of J.L.B. Smith's book
Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth for
only a few guilders. The accompanying note said:
"This book tells the story of a fish with legs who
was captured in 1938 nearby East-London (Indian
Ocean) and which is the 'missing link' between
fishes and the land vertebrates." Reading the
book he became more and more interested and
fascinated, and started searching for coelacanth
literature. While searching, Rik found many
unknown coelacanth specimens in museums all
over the world, and some lost specimens appeared
again in other museums after they were (re)moved
from their original display.

Soon after Rik Nulens began to assemble a
database of coelacanth literature. With meticulous
energy and determination, his database entries
grew from 1 544 titles in 1999 to 2 560 in 2003 to 5
134 in 2011. The increasing availability of electronic
archives, both of personal and organisational
collections, has enabled him to search across a
widening range of material, including newspapers
such as The New York Times. Ever since 1994,
when he sent his first version of his database to
Mrs Jean Pote, the J L B Smith Institute librarian,
he has made his database available to SAIAB, and
currently connects with 120 researchers worldwide.
The database is available on: http:/ / www.dinofish.
com. In addition to developing this remarkable
database, Nulens (who retired earlier this year
from his regular job) has become actively involved
in the updating of the Coelacanth Conservation
Council List, an inventory of specimens, which
has culminated in the publication of this Special
Publication.

Lucy Scott

Lucy Scott is the regional data and information
coordinator for the UNDP GEF Agulhas &
Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem
(ASCLME) Project. She currently coordinates
regional information management activities
and Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
development for the project in nine countries of
the Western Indian Ocean. Over the past ten years,
she has worked in South Africa, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Malawi, Comoros, Kenya, Seychelles,
Mauritius, Maldives and Madagascar on a wide
variety of projects and programmes. These
ranged from marine research expeditions to data
management projects and the development of
Geographic Information Systems, particularly
for coastal resource mapping, aquaculture and
conservation planning. Lucy has participated in
GIS atlas projects at several scales and is currently
one of five editors of the African Marine Atlas. She
has published in several fields, is a member of the
GOOS- AFRICA Remote Sensing Working Group
and participates in the International Coastal Atlas
Network.

Marc Herbin

Marc Herbin is Asst. Professor, Curator of
Collections at the Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle (MNHN) in Paris. He is a specialist in
functional biology and comparative anatomy,
and is the responsible researcher in charge of the
anatomical soft tissue collection, under which
the largest collection of coelacanths in the world
resides. His research group is derived from
the former research group at the laboratory of
comparative anatomy in the MNHN, previously
under the successive direction of Professors Millot
and Anthony. These famous scientists initiated the
collections of, and were involved in, most of the
discoveries surrounding the coelacanth throughout
much of the 20th century.

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