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valve' very like that of sharks and rays. The intestines generally remind 

 one of those of a shark rather than of a bony fish. 



While some modern fishes are oily, probably none are as oily as the 

 Coelacanth. Below the skin there is a layer of cells full of oil, and even 

 after months of capture this oil continues to ooze from the body. In 

 Malania's 'coffin' there are always big blobs of oil floating on the sur- 

 face of the preservative solution in which he lies. 



