Juvenile living fish fossil discovered

A Japanese aquarium says it has successfully filmed a juvenile coelacanth in waters off Indonesia.

The coelacanth is a living fish fossil that has undergone little change since prehistoric times.

Aquamarine Fukushima says its research team captured the footage161 meters deep in Manado Bay off North Sulawesi Province.

The team was conducting research using a remote control underwater camera on October 6th when they made the discovery.

The fish is 31.5 centimeters long and appears to be a
newborn. They compared it to a 30-centimeter one that was found dead inside a female coelacanth in Mozambique in 1991.

The aquarium has been studying the fish since it opened 9 years ago. It says it is the first time that a live juvenile coelacanth has been found since the species was discovered in 1938.

Director of the aquarium Yoshitaka Abe says the life history of the coelacanth is enigmatic. The aquarium will continue its research to unravel the fish's biology.