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Red Handfish

Reference

IB1148

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Handfishes - BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE

Common Name

Red Handfish

Scientific Name

Sympterichthys politus

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Handfishes are bottom dwellers, found in estuaries and coastal waters down to 100 m or more. They feed on small fishes, and benthic inverterbrates such as mollusc and crustaceans. All Handfishes are classified as threatened species.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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