Nine new species for disappearing handfish family

6:59 AM Thu 19 Aug 2010 GMT

'The Zeibell’s handfish is restricted to isolated populations off eastern and southern Tasmania.' Andrew Maver

Nine new species of handfish have been described by CSIRO in research that highlights an urgent need to better understand and protect the diversity of life in Australia's oceans. The new species are described in a review of the handfish family by Hobart-based fish taxonomists from the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Daniel Gledhill and Peter Last. Supported by funding from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the review of the handfishes brings the family to 14 known species - six found only in Tasmania and one known from only one specimen possibly collected in Tasmania ...

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