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handfish

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hand´fish`    (hănd´fĭsh`)
n.1.(Zool.) The frogfish.


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On the upper Derwent River, the issues are loss of vegetation, pesticide and nutrient runoff from agriculture, salinity, erosion and the resulting decline of native species all along the river, down to the critically endangered spotted handfish in its estuary.
The Tasmanian spotted handfish nears extinction, its habitat and food supply lost to water pollution and marine pest invasions.
There's the odd handfish that uses its fins to walk and the cute-as-a-button Californian sea otters.
 
 
 
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