Preserved Coelocanth (Latimeria chalumnae) on public display at the Natural History Museum in London, found originally off the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour with mottled white markings, these have been bleached out by the preserving effects of formaldehyde. December 2010, DEAD,ENGLAND,EUROPE,FISH,INDOORS,MARINE,MUSEUM,MUSEUMS,PRESERVED,SPECIMENS,UK,VERTEBRATES,United Kingdom,Catalogue5, SINCLAIR STAMMERS