Research on coelacanth

MANADO, Indonesia - Masamitsu Iwata, a researcher at Aquamarine Fukushima, shows an image of a coelacanth taken by an expedition team he leads off Manado, Indonesia, near Manado on June 10, 2013. The team from the aquarium in Iwaki City in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has been conducting field surveys on the ancient fish since 2005 off Indonesia.

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