Living Fossil Merch

Pfft. I liked them before they were cool… which was millions of years ago, actually. They’ve been around a while.

The coelacanth is a prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct until one was caught off the South African coast in 1938. The species evolved into its current form about 400 million years ago, surviving several mass extinctions. Coelacanths adults are about 6 feet long, and individuals have a lifespan of over 60 years. Originally drawn for Inktober 2019.

The design contains the illustration of a sturgeon

Ocean inhabitants

The coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) is more closely related to tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles/birds, and mammals) than to other fish.

A horseshoe crab for my galaxy sea life collection.

Geometric pattern using horseshoe crabs

Ocean inhabitants

A shirt celebrating the 77th anniversary of the re-discovery of the Coelacanth! Loosely styled after a drinking establishment souvenir shirt, and filled with subtle references to the events, locations and persons involved. I recommend a navy or black shirt for this art.

Horseshoe crabs spinning in space

The coelacanths (SEE-lə-kanth) constitute a now rare order of fish that includes two extant species in the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) primarily found near the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). They follow the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish and tetrapods), which means they are more closely related to lungfish, reptiles, and mammals than to the common ray-finned fishes.

The saddled bichir, Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri, is a prototypical species of the Polypterus genus, meaning most of its features are held across the genus.

Horseshoe crab

The African lungfishes are the genus Protopterus and constitute the four species of lungfish found in Africa. Protopterus is the sole genus in the family Protopteridae.

It’s a circle of coelacanths, what’s not to love??

It is the lovely tea monster, Coel! Ready to drink tea with you!

It’s a Coelacanth and it’s my favorite.

Just a Coelacanth and some flare!

Thought to be extinct since the late cretaceous, the coelacanth reemerged from the depths of the ocean in 1938. NEVER SAY DIE.

thought those guys were gone for sure

Horseshoe crab made of horseshoe crabs