The second recorded living coelacanth from north Sulawesi

A detailed account of the second coelacanth specimen known to have been cap tured in Indonesian waters is provided. The account is written in the offic ial format of the Coelacanth Conservation Council's (CCC) inventory of know n specimens of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, and the specimen is herein numbered CCC no. 175. Morphological measurements and fin ray coun ts are recorded. A comparison of these measurements and meristic data with those recorded for Comoran specimens of Latimeria chalumnae shows that the present specimen has a similar allometry to L. chalumnae. Ongoing genetic a nalyses should reveal the depth of divergence between the two known populat ions of living coelacanths and help determine if this specimen is conspecif ic with its Comoran counterparts.