>Marjorie Courtenay Latimer discovered the coelacanth.
>JLB Smith named it Latimeria after the young museum curatrix.
>
>Chris Scharpf
>Baltimore
>
>
*sigh*
Fine, if you want to get technical, Smith described it, Latimer
recognized it as something noteworthy that Smith should investigate, and
some unknown Comoran fishermen discovered it.
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