Handfish are notoriously hard to find. These camera-shy creatures are coastal anglerfish with a narrow distribution in southeast Australia. There are 14 species, with seven endemic to Tasmania and the Bass Strait.
We believe the species is one that was last seen more than 25 years ago: a narrowbody handfish .
"Handfish have a very distinctive shape and features so I was pretty sure it was a handfish. But I was lucky to have my colleague Carlie, who is a handfish expert, onboard to confirm my suspicions." Over the past two decades, we have been actively conserving a more well-known species of handfish, the iconic spotted handfish.
"Despite reduced fishing pressure, fishers are not catching what they used to and stock abundances appear to be declining. And over-fished species that are under rebuilding plans are not recovering as expected." This is a key part of increasing our knowledge and understanding of the habitat, benthic fauna and fishes that occur in these areas, which cannot be sampled by any other means.Scientists found a tassled coffinfish at 500m deep. Credit: Rich Little, CSIRO
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