FB-63599 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63599 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Aulopiformes Paralepididae Macroparalepis Macroparalepis longilateralis Post, 1973 Australian spotted handfish Brachionichthys sp. Not applicable Brachionichthys sp. 2 Not applicable 2008-01-25 2021-10-29 Last, P.R., E.O.G. Scott and F.H. Talbot0 Fishes of Tasmania. Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority. Hobart. 563 p. (Ref. 26498) Hutchins, B. and R. Swainston0 Sea fishes of southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Swainston Publishing. Perth. 180 p. (Ref. 27296) Gomon, M.F., C.J.M. Glover and R.H. Kuiter (eds.)0 The fishes of Australia's south coast. State Print, Adelaide. 992 p. (Ref. 33839) Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes0 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill0 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-GeneralDescr-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-01-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 This species is recorded from depths of 18 m to at least 210 m, commonly at about 40-150 m depth, but may occur deeper; one specimen was taken by a trawler fishing in 123-277 m, but the depth of capture cannot be determined. Newly hatched young and egg capsule diameter unknown; egg diameter 1.7-1.9 mm (Ref. 72490). Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) FB-DiagnosticDescr-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-05-23 00:00:00 2008-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 This species possess the following set of characters: esca small, 8-24% (mean 14%) of illicium length (including esca); illicium elongate, no dermal spinules, length 23-28% SL, 1.8-2.1 times in head length; eye large, mainly less than 5.4 times in head; body entirely covered with close-set, non-imbricate scales; scale bases subcircular with long unicuspid spinules (except for those closely associated with pores of the acoustico-lateralis system); spinules originating from middle of scale base, variable in length over body; second dorsal-fin rays 16-18 (mean 17), fin base 55-61% (mean 58%) SL; length of first ray of first dorsal fin 1.1-1.4 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; anal-fin rays usually 9-10; pectoral-fin rays 7; upper body lightly covered with longitudinal streak-like markings not spots; caudal fin with sparse coverage of large dark spots, not forming a broad submarginal bar (Ref. 72490). Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) FB-Morphology-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-05-23 00:00:00 2008-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11 Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) FB-Distribution-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 Southern Indian to Pacific: Australia. Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) FB-Uses-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-01-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-01-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 82446)) Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill 2009 A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref. 82446) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-63608 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-01-29 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=63608 demersal; marine; depth range 18 - 277 m (Ref. 72490), usually 40 - 150 m (Ref. 72490) Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490) Last, P.R., D.C .Gledhill and B.H. Holmes 2007 A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepède). Zootaxa 1666:53-68. (Ref. 72490)