What is the handfish? Discover the handfish, a tiny fish with finger-like fins that’s critically endangered and needs our ...

Of the red handfish, only 100 adults are thought to remain, while the Ziebell’s hasn’t been spotted in the wild since 2007. The red handfish is currently only found on two small patches of ...

Handfish once roamed over a much larger area when the climate was cooler, Barrett says. Now, warming has forced many species, including handfish, some crustaceans, seaweeds, and many other cold ...

Spotted handfish, which are related to anglerfish, aren’t known so much for their swimming, but instead walk around on the seafloor with modified pectoral fins that look like little fingered ...

Handfish are a species of small, adorable fish that move along the seafloor with big fins that look like hands. Instead of swimming smoothly in the water, they crawl around on all four fins like ...

The elusive handfish was spotted about 1,000 feet underwater and near Flinders Island, the release said. Flinders Island is south of mainland Australia and north of Tasmania.

The narrowbody handfish, for example, was first discovered by CSIRO in 1986 but was last seen in 1996. The species is known only from two specimens in the agency's Australian National Fish Collection.

Of the red handfish, only 100 adults are thought to remain, while the Ziebell’s hasn’t been spotted in the wild since 2007. The red handfish is currently only found on two small patches of ...