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Brachionichthyidae
Smooth handfish
Sympterichthys unipennis
Body covered in dendritic spiny scales
- Temperate
- Southern Hemisphere
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallSmooth handfish is a marine fish of Southwest Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 4.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Anglerfishes
- Family
- Brachionichthyidae
- Genus
- Sympterichthys
- Maximum length
- 4.4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: Endemic to Tasmania, Australia.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
