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These bizarre, shy fish that walk instead of swim face a precarious future in the waters of southern Australia.

Red handfish (Thymichthys politus)

Photography by Matt Testoni 

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These bizarre, shy fish that walk instead of swim face a precarious future in the waters of southern Australia.

Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) have a long illicium, or “fishing rod” – visible here running diagonally up from the mouth – on the front of their head, but researchers aren’t exactly sure what they use it for.

Photography by Matt Testoni 

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Female spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) with eggs photographed in Tasmania 

by Matt Testoni.