Lobe-finned fishes | |
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Coelacanth | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Euteleostomi |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 |
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The Sarcopterygii /ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/ or lobe-finned fish (frae Greek σαρξ sarx, flesh, an πτερυξ pteryx, fin) – sometimes considered synonymous wi Crossopterygii ("fringe-finned fish", frae Greek κροσσός krossos, fringe) – constitute a clade (tradeetionally a class or subclass) o the bony fish, tho a strict cladistic view includes the terrestrial vertebrates. The livin sarcopterygians are the coelacanths, lungfish, an the tetrapods.