FB-24716 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24716 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Brachionichthyidae Brachionichthys Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804) Red handfish 灰澳洲躄魚 灰澳洲躄鱼 Brachionichthys politus (Richardson, 1844) Cheironectes politus Richardson, 1844 Sympterichthys politus (Richardson, 1844) 1996-08-05 2008-12-19 Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley0 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Gibbons, S.0 Collect fish on stamps. Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London and Ringwood. 418 p. (Ref. 31522) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003. (Ref. 46206) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes0 A new handfish, <i>Brachionichthys australis</i> sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, <i>B. hirsutus</i> (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill0 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Pauly, D., J. Stuart Smith, A. Trotter, V. Delpero, E. Chu and T. Bessell0 Growth and realted traits of the red handfish (<i>Thymichthys politus</i>. pp. 7-10 In D. Pauly and V. Ruiz-Leotaud (eds). Marine and Freshwater Miscellanea V. Fisheries Centre Research Reports (32(4). Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. (Ref. 132907) Bessell, T.J., R.D. Stuart-Smith, O.J. Johnson, N.S. Barrett, T.P. Lynch, A.J. Trotter and J. Stuart-Smith0 Population parameters and conservation implications for one of the world's rarest marine fishes, the red handfish (<i>Thymichthys politus</i>). J. Fish Biol. 104(4):1122-1135. (Ref. 132909) FB-GeneralDescr-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-08-05 00:00:00 2025-01-28 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat A benthic species (Ref. 75154) which occurs in inshore waters (Ref. 7300, 75154), most often observed underneath algal canopies (Ref. 132909). Rare and cryptic, particularly vulnerable to extinction (Ref. 132909). Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill 2009 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-DiagnosticDescr-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-13 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: large esca, 45-65% (mean 52%) of illicium length (including esca); short illicium, thick and fleshy, no dermal spinules, length 14-17% SL, 3-3.4 times in head length, well separated from upper jaw (pre-illicial length 3.3-7.9% SL); moderate size eye, 6.9-9.3 times in head; body variably covered with small, close-set flattened warts but no well-developed dermal flaps; posterior margins of warts usually with a small, sharp, prostrate spine (mostly embedded with its tip sometimes visible); deeply embedded scales, widely spaced; second dorsal-fin rays 16-17, fin base 63-71 (mean 67)% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 0.7-1 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; anal-fin rays 9-10; pectoral-fin rays 9 (rarely 10); body variable shades of red, often paler ventrally; often bluish or blackish near dorsal tips of pectoral and pelvic fins, and along margins of dorsal, anal and caudal fins (Ref. 82446). Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill 2009 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-Morphology-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-13 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10 Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill 2009 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-Distribution-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-08-05 00:00:00 2025-01-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Southwest Pacific: Endemic to Tasmania. Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300) FB-Size-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-08-05 00:00:00 2025-01-28 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 9.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 82446)) Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill 2009 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-24718 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-08-05 00:00:00 2025-01-28 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=24718 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy demersal; marine; depth range ? - 6 m (Ref. 132909) Bessell, T.J., R.D. Stuart-Smith, O.J. Johnson, N.S. Barrett, T.P. Lynch, A.J. Trotter and J. Stuart-Smith 2024 Population parameters and conservation implications for one of the world's rarest marine fishes, the red handfish (<i>Thymichthys politus</i>). J. Fish Biol. 104(4):1122-1135. (Ref. 132909)