FB-65246 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65246 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Leuciscidae Scardinius Scardinius plotizza Heckel & Kner, 1858 Moulton's handfish 2010-01-07 2016-05-02 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) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65256 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-13 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65256 This species is characterized by the following combination of characters: large esca, size variable, about 56% of illicium length; thick illicium, fleshy, with some dermal spinules on basal half, length 16-21% SL, 2.1-3 times in head length; esca with similar thickness to rest of structure; body entirely covered with close-set, non-imbricate scales; scale bases rudimentary, margins irregular, with long bifurcate spinules (except for those closely associated with pores of the acoustico-lateralis system); mainly adpressed spinules, originating from posterior region of scale base, apical spines moderately divergent; second dorsal fin rays 15-16, fin base 61-66% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 0.8-0.9 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; anal-fin rays 7-8; pectoral-fin rays 7-8; upper body is uniformly pale pink; membranes between distal portions of rays of dorsal, caudal and pelvic fins dark (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-Morphology-65256 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-13 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65256 Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8 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-Distribution-65256 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-11 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=65256 Southwest Pacific: Australia. 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-Size-65256 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-11 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65256 4.5 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-65256 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-01-11 00:00:00 2010-01-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65256 demersal; marine; depth range 105 - 150 m (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)