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Smooth Handfish
Sympterichthys unipennis
The smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) is an extinct species of handfish formerly endemic to waters off the coast of Tasmania, mainly the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. It was declared extinct by the IUCN Red List, marking the first entirely marine fish classified as such.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 529603.