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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    fish locomotion include "walking" along the sea floor, for example, in handfish or frogfish. Most commonly, walking fish are amphibious fish. Able to spend...
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    Fishing techniques are methods for catching fish. The term may also be applied to methods for catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs (shellfish...
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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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    Spotted Handfish. Sealife Melbourne Aquarium and has been the first facility to successfully sex and breed the Tasmanian spotted handfish in captivity...
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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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    factor in the decline of the critically endangered spotted handfish. It preys on the handfish eggs, and/or on the sea squirts (ascidians) that help to form...
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    Gledhill & Holmes, 2007 (Australian spotted handfish) Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacépède, 1804 (Spotted handfish) Brachionichthys handfishes are characterised...
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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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    locomotion, e.g., when describing fish "walking" along the sea floor, as the handfish or frogfish. Insects must carefully coordinate their six legs during walking...
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    Battle Royale on August 9, 2020. Amphibious fish Barred tiger salamander Handfish Lake Patzcuaro salamander Mudpuppies Olm Regenerative biomedicine Texas...
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  • (Pink handfish) Brachiopsilus dossenus Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Humpback handfish) Brachiopsilus ziebelli Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Ziebell's handfish) Brachiopsilus...
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    which handlining is a subtype. Handlining is not to be confused with handfishing, which is catching fish by hand. When handlining, one or more fishing...
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  • 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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    Common name Scientific name Range Comments Smooth handfish Sympterichthys unipennis Southeastern Tasmania Last recorded in 1802. Possibly disappeared due...
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  • (possibly extinct) European eel (Anguilla anguilla) Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) Abrau sprat (Clupeonella...
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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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    1844) (Red handfish) Thymichthys verrucosus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918) (Warty handfish) Thymichthys handfish are separated from the other handfish genera by...
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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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    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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    fish locomotion include fish "walking" along the sea floor, such as the handfish or frogfish. Most commonly, walking fish are amphibious fish. Able to spend...
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    all human suffering. Walking fish Alligator gar Amphibious fish Spotted handfish Other lobe-finned fish found in fossils from the Devonian Period: Coelacanth...
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    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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