The spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a rare Australian fish in the handfish family, Brachionichthyidae, classified as critically endangered...

Handfish are marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Brachionichthyidae, a group which comprises five genera and 14 extant species and which is...

The Australian spotted handfish (Brachionichthys australis), also known as the Australian handfish or common handfish, is a species of marine ray-finned...

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...

major 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...

captivity. Spotted Handfish. Sealife Melbourne Aquarium and has been the first facility to successfully sex and breed the Tasmanian spotted handfish in captivity...

Gledhill & Holmes, 2007 (Australian spotted handfish) Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacépède, 1804 (Spotted handfish) Brachionichthys handfishes are characterised...

Derwent 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...

to all human suffering. Walking fish Alligator gar Amphibious fish Spotted handfish Other lobe-finned fish found in fossils from the Devonian Period: Coelacanth...

creatures, including the native smooth spotted shore crab (Paragrapsus laevis) and the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus). Though...

(possibly extinct) European eel (Anguilla anguilla) Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) Abrau sprat (Clupeonella...

fish 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...

flats and affect the habitat of migratory birds and the endangered spotted handfish. Former State Premier Paul Lennon was very much in favour of the development...

hirsutus Spotted handfish (Lacepede, 1804) (Derwent estuary and D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania) Sympterichthys sp. Ziebell's handfish, Loney's handfish (Cox's...

Sinumelon bednalli Moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subspecies) Spotted handfish, spotted-hand fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus Elizabeth Springs goby, Chlamydogobius...

aduncus australis), southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) and the rare spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus), whose only habitat is in the Derwent estuary...

whales (Orcinus orca) are infrequently sighted near the island. The Spotted handfish and the Live-bearing Seastar (Parvulastra vivipara) are threatened...

Hake Halfbeak Halfmoon Halibut Halosaur Hamlet Hammerhead shark Hammerjaw Handfish Hardhead catfish Harelip sucker Hatchetfish Hawkfish Herring Herring smelt...

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...

find themselves in Ralphs Bay. It is also an important area for the spotted handfish. They are critically endangered and, because of the pollution in the...

Battle Royale on August 9, 2020. Amphibious fish Barred tiger salamander Handfish Lake Patzcuaro salamander Mudpuppies Olm Regenerative biomedicine Texas...

coccinea (native) Halieutaea indica (native), Indian handfish Halieutaea stellata (native), Starry handfish Lophodolos indicus (native) Bolinichthys pyrsobolus...

Drawing of Steller's sea cow by Sven Larsson Waxell (1742). Drawing of a spotted green pigeon by John Latham (1823). Engraving of a Réunion giant tortoise...

Southern Reef, while the red handfish has only been found in two small patches of reef off the coast of Tasmania. The spotted wobbegong is a carpet shark...

sea floor but not on land. One such animal is the flying gurnard. Handfish The handfish walks along the seafloor using its pectoral fins, which look like...