Giving the handfish a hand

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Dec 31, 2015, 2:20 am137 pts
The handfish is a curious creature. A type of anglerfish in the Brachionichthyidae family, most species of handfish live in the waters around Tasmania. But unlike many oceangoing critters, handfish often “walk” along the ocean floor instead of swimming. Handfish usually dwell on sand and silt substrates at…

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