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    members of the handfish family this fish is endemic to Australia. The IUCN classify the red handfish as Critically Endangered. The red handfish was first formally...
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    Handfish are marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Brachionichthyidae, a group which comprises five genera and 14 extant species and which is...
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    The spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a rare Australian fish in the handfish family, Brachionichthyidae, classified as critically endangered...
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    The smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) is a possibly extinct species of handfish in the genus Sympterichthys. It was likely endemic to waters...
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    The starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata), starry seabat or minipizza batfish, is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae...
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  • Moulton's handfish (Sympterichthys moultoni) is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to th efamily Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. This species...
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    1844) (Red handfish) Thymichthys verrucosus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918) (Warty handfish) Thymichthys handfish are separated from the other handfish genera...
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  • Ziebell's handfish (Brachiopsilus ziebelli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. This species...
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    Megascolides australis Bathurst copper, purple copper, Paralucia spinifera Red handfish, Brachionichthys politus Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus (west coast...
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    perfectly mimics the golden kelp of the Great Southern Reef, while the red handfish has only been found in two small patches of reef off the coast of Tasmania...
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  • The Australian spotted handfish (Brachionichthys australis), also known as the Australian handfish or common handfish, is a species of marine ray-finned...
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  • List of critically endangered fishes (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
    (possibly extinct) European eel (Anguilla anguilla) Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) Abrau sprat (Clupeonella...
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    Halieutaea indica, the Indian batfish, Indian handfish or Indian seabat, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae...
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  • List of recently extinct fishes (category IUCN Red List extinct species)
    vistonica Extinct species Utah Lake sculpin (Cottus echinatus) Smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) List of least concern fishes List of near threatened...
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    Gledhill & Holmes, 2007 (Australian spotted handfish) Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacépède, 1804 (Spotted handfish) Brachionichthys handfishes are characterised...
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  • Hake Halfbeak Halfmoon Halibut Halosaur Hamlet Hammerhead shark Hammerjaw Handfish Hardhead catfish Harelip sucker Hatchetfish Hawkfish Herring Herring smelt...
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  • (Cockatoo handfish) Pezichthys compressus Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Narrowbody handfish) Pezichthys eltanani Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Eltanin handfish) Pezichthys...
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    moultoni Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Moulton's handfish) Sympterichthys unipennis (G. Cuvier, 1817) (Smooth handfish) (likely extinct) Sympterichthys handfishes...
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    for the first time since the whaling days of the 1800s. The rare spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus), whose only habitat is in the Derwent estuary...
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    thought to belong to the closely related extant genus Brachionichthys or handfish. In 2005, a fossil from Miocene Algeria (3 to 23 million years ago), Antennarius...
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    shore crab (Paragrapsus laevis) and the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus). Though once a calving ground of the southern...
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    Axolotl (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
    Battle Royale on August 9, 2020. Amphibious fish Barred tiger salamander Handfish Lake Patzcuaro salamander Mudpuppies Olm Regenerative biomedicine Texas...
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    coccinea (native) Halieutaea indica (native), Indian handfish Halieutaea stellata (native), Starry handfish Lophodolos indicus (native) Bolinichthys pyrsobolus...
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  • duboisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2021. BirdLife International (2016). "Nycticorax duboisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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    and fish waste. In Tasmania it preys on the egg masses of the spotted handfish and the ascidians on which they spawn. In Japan, the sunstar Solaster paxillatus...
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    Bluegill (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    managed properly. Pond owners typically control the bluegill population by handfishing and trapping of the fish to control population size. Espinosa Pérez,...
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    R.; Aplin, K.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Zaglossus bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T23179A21964204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK...
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    Spotted handfish (Lacepede, 1804) (Derwent estuary and D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania) Sympterichthys sp. Ziebell's handfish, Loney's handfish (Cox's...
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  • giant kelp forests and sponge gardens host the prehistoric handfish, king crab, sea dragons, red velvet fish and deep sea anglerfish, many of which are found...
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    whales (Orcinus orca) are infrequently sighted near the island. The Spotted handfish and the Live-bearing Seastar (Parvulastra vivipara) are threatened marine...
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