It had a deep body and
fleshy bases to its main fins.
Visible as a diagnostic feature of
coelacanths is the third lobe
of the caudal fin, or tail -
the smaller rearmost
'tassel: proje.cting
backwards from
between the tails main
upper and lower lobes.
(This specimen was
prepared using a
technique called acid
transfer and mounted on a
polygonal glass-fibre block