Bye Handfish :(

[Mr. Ugly]

Poor fish.

Farewell smooth handfish: What can we learn from the world's first marine fish extinction?

Earlier this month, a group of Australian scientists confirmed a depressing landmark for our blue planet: The first marine fish of modern times has been declared extinct on the IUCN RedList. The smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) was one of 14 (now 13) species of handfish, beautifully...

phys.org

RIP, smooth handfish. You were weird, and now you’re extinct.

These fish used to be commonly found off the Tasmanian coast.

www.livescience.com

Species Overview | Handfish Conservation Project

Learn more about the Handfish species, where they live and whats being done to protect them.

handfish.org.au

 

[sfsuphysics]

Evolution closing off any loose ends? Looks like something that would be the precursor to land animals there

 

[Mr. Ugly]

More like collateral damage from scallop overfishing. Bottom dredging destroyed the habit. And these fish don’t go through a larval pelagic stage. Would have been cool to try breeding them.

 

[sfsuphysics]

ah ouch... once again humanity's greed for desirable things strikes again.

 

[Oswaldo55]

Dammm But we will continue throwing our plastic in the ocean. Smh


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