The arrival of the Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, to the Institute of Ichthyology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, in the early 1990's.
Dr. Balon displaying the preserved coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.
Dr. Noakes, Dr. Crawford, and marie Rush observe the arrival of a preserved coelacanth specimen to the Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology, University of Guelph.
Dr. Don Stevens and marie Thérèse Rush in the process of removing a section of notochord from the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.
The life-sized model of the coelacanth is being fitted with a set of false teeth (replicates of an original set of teeth) by Dr. Lawrie Jones (the dentist of Dr. Noakes and Dr. Balon). Dr. Jones is the first and only dentist who has constructed a set of false teeth for a very rare specimen.
If you have comments or suggestions,
please email me (marie Thérèse Rush) at:mrush@uoguelph.ca
Created: September 1999
Updated: April 25, 2000
