Indonesian fishermen recently caught a coelacanth that was still alive when it was hauled up in their net - the fifth specimen of this "living fossil" fish to be caught in waters off the east coast of this Asian archipelago state.
A local newspaper reported that the specimen, which measured 114cm, was caught on September 16 and collected by a scientist from Indonesia's Sam Ratulangi University for further examination. It died on the way to the university.
Two days previously, Indonesian marine scientists and officials from an aquarium in Japan had photographed another coelacanth in nearby waters - their second sighting in two years in this region.
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