Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin

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South African History Online. (2012, August 28). Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093005

South African History Online (2012) 'Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin', South African History Online, 28 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093005 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).

South African History Online, Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093005, (accessed 25 September 2026).

"Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin." South African History Online, 28 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093005. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Pieter Venter discovers three coelacanths at 104m while scuba diving in the Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay in the St Lucia Marin." South African History Online. August 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093005.