What are Handfish?

Handfish lives from the Australian coast, especially in the shallow coastal waters around Tasmania. There are 14 types of these fish, nine of which were identified in 2009. They obtain their name from an unusual method of movement of water. Instead of swimming like a regular fish, these fish "walk" along the seabed and use their fins like hands-or legs as it can be. Their dorsal fins may also appear prominent, especially just behind the head, as adaptations suitable for an unusual ecological niche of the fish. Different species come in different colors, from pale with yellow fins to pink to bright red. Some species have smooth skin and others have a similar wart. Fish have small, thin protrusions as a bait of Anglerfish over their mouths, and therefore the towels are known as a war fisherman.

These fish are formed by Rodinubrachionichthyidae. This family contains five families, three of whom were first described in 2009. The new families are brachiopsilus, Pezichthys and thymichthys; Previously recognized families are Brachionichthys and Sympterichthys. For example, during a period of friction, male and female fish create display for themselves through the movements of the fin and body. The male fertilizes the eggs of women externally.

woman spotted with her hands and a woman's red chase lay from 80 to 250 eggs around a flexible vertical building in the water. For spotted towels, it is usually a persecuted sea spray and for red hands it is usually algae. The eggs are protected by maternity fish for up to eight weeks before they hatch into fully created juvenile fish. These juveniles then fall the seabed from their eggs. The juvenile takes several years for adult adults.

The habitat for these animals is very specialized because it is suitable only for a certain type of marine environment. They are prone to extinction by local environmental disruption and some species are at risk. The fossil record suggeststhat in the last Australian marine habitat they were much more common than at the beginning of the 21st century.

The Brachionichthyidae family was not extensively studied. In early 2011, only four 4 -inch (10 cm) long pink towels were found, and they were found before 2000.