Osmoregulation in " Latimeria " is handled by urea retention.
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In dipnoans there are only two otoliths and in " Latimeria " there is only one.
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In July 1998, the first live specimen of " Latimeria menadoensis " was caught in Indonesia.
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In 1958 he published a treatise on the anatomy of the coelacanth, titled " Anatomie de Latimeria chalumnae ".
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Similarly, she showed that " Latimeria ", like sharks, uses urea to regulate the osmotic pressure of its blood.
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Smith would give it the scientific name " Latimeria chalumnae " after his friend and the Chalumna River, where it was found.
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Smith named the fish " Latimeria chalumnae " in honor of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the waters in which it was found.
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The extant coelacanth, " Latimeria ", bears live young, but whether these also congregate in nurseries is as yet unknown.
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Smith named the new coelacanth " Latimeria chalumnae " in honor of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the waters in which it was found.
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The Comoro creatures bear the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae, and the French biologists, who had only a single sample, named the Manado species Latimeria menadoensis.