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	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Family>Brachionichthyidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Thymichthys</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Smooth handfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>单翼澳洲躄鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>單翼澳洲躄魚</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Brachionichthys unipennis (Cuvier, 1817)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Chironectes unipennis Cuvier, 1817</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=24720'>Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7300&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=24720'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=72490&amp;speccode=24720'>Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes0 A new handfish, &lt;i&gt;Brachionichthys australis&lt;/i&gt; sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, &lt;i&gt;B. hirsutus&lt;/i&gt; (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75154&amp;speccode=24720'>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 &amp; CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=82446&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>A benthic species (Ref. 75154) which occurs inshore (Ref. 7300, 75154).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7300&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>This species is distinct with a combination of the following characters: minute esca, as a simple filament (possibly damaged); illicium with thick base, thin distally, no dermal spinules, length about 18% SL, 2.7 times in head length; close-set, embedded, nonimbricate, spiny scales cover the entire body; scale bases variable in shape, dendritic to narrowly thallate, with long unicuspid or bifurcate spinules (except for those closely associated with pores of the acoustico-lateralis system); adpressed spinules, posteriorly directed, originating from posterior region of scale base, apical spines moderately divergent; second dorsal-fin rays 17, fin base 64% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 1.3 times length oflongest ray of second dorsal fin; anal-fin rays 9; pectoral-fin rays 9; fresh coloration unknown, pale in preservative with darker markings on first dorsal fin and membranes of pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins (Ref. 82446).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal soft rays (total): 19; Analsoft rays: 9</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=82446&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Southwest Pacific:  Endemic to Tasmania, Australia.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7300&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=82446&amp;speccode=24720'>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)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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