The spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a rare Australian fish in the handfish family, Brachionichthyidae, classified as critically endangered...
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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 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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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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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...
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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...
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captivity. 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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Gledhill & Holmes, 2007 (Australian spotted handfish) Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacépède, 1804 (Spotted handfish) Brachionichthys handfishes are characterised...
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to 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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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...
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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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creatures, including the native smooth spotted shore crab (Paragrapsus laevis) and the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus). Though...
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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...
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hirsutus 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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aduncus australis), southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) and the rare spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus), whose only habitat is in the Derwent estuary...
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Sinumelon bednalli Moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subspecies) Spotted handfish, spotted-hand fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus Elizabeth Springs goby, Chlamydogobius...
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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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whales (Orcinus orca) are infrequently sighted near the island. The Spotted handfish and the Live-bearing Seastar (Parvulastra vivipara) are threatened...
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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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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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Battle Royale on August 9, 2020. Amphibious fish Barred tiger salamander Handfish Lake Patzcuaro salamander Mudpuppies Olm Regenerative biomedicine Texas...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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