拉蒂迈鱼是属于早已被科学家认为死绝了的、只有化石为代表的空棘鱼类。可是在十多年以前,人们竟发现了活的拉蒂迈鱼。它的发现曾经轰动了全世界的学术界,古生物学家和鱼类学家们尤其重视这个发现。这是因为它不但在动物分类上有独特的代表性,更重要的是它的身体结构和曾经同它一起生存过的、后来进化到四足动物的鱼类(骨鳞鱼类)有很多相似的地方。科学家们可以借助于拉蒂迈鱼,了解一些有关人类远祖的情况。大家知道,从猿到人不过是人类发展史的最后一个阶段,再推上去就是从鱼到人了。在研究从鱼到人的时候,从化石材料所不能了解的情况,从拉蒂迈鱼可以得到一定的帮助,所以古生物学家又称它为“活化石”。 Rattyam fish belong to the species of air spine that has long been considered dead by scientists and only represented by fossils. However, more than a decade ago, people actually found live Latiman fish. Its discovery was a sensation in the academic world, and paleontologists and ichthyologists attached particular importance to this discovery. This is because it not only has a unique representation in the classification of animals, but more importantly, its body structure is similar to that of the fish that has survived with it and later evolved into tetrapods (Bonyfish). The place. Scientists can rely on Rattyes fish to learn about the situation of human ancestors. Everyone knows that the process from the beginning to the end of human history is only the last stage of human development. In the study of fish to humans, from the fact that the fossil material cannot be understood, Latymian fish can get some help, so the paleontologist also called it “living fossil.”