Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico vs Coelacanth

Alopias pelagicus compared with Latimeria chalumnae

Key Differences

• Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico is Endangered while Coelacanth is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	Coelacanth
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Coelacanthi (Coelacanthi)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Coelacanthiformes (Coelacanthiformes)
Family	Alopiidae	Latimeriidae
Genus	Alopias	Latimeria
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Latimeria chalumnae

Evolutionary Relationship

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico and Coelacanth share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

EN — Endangered

Coelacanth

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~500

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	Coelacanth
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	100 years
Average Length	—	1.8 m
Average Weight	—	80.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Coelacanth

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Indonesia, Mozambique, and South Africa. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Coelacanth

Um fóssil vivo considerado extinto durante 65 milhões de anos até ser redescoberto ao largo da África do Sul em 1938, os celacantos podem atingir 2 metros e 90 kg. Pertencem a uma linhagem ancestral de barbatanas lobadas mais relacionada com os tetrápodes do que com os peixes de barbatanas radiais, tornando-os cientificamente inestimáveis para compreender a evolução dos vertebrados. Encontrados em habitats de recifes rochosos profundos do Oceano Índico, são noturnos e sofrem fertilização interna, dando à luz crias completamente formadas. Em Perigo Crítico.