An unusual species of Australian fish which has hand-like appendages has been given official classification.
The CSIRO has published a new report into the 14 known species of handfish, creatures that crawl along the bottom of the ocean using their hand-shaped fins, according to ichthyologist Daniel Gledhill.
"We're still finding many species, often in areas you'd think we know quite a bit about," he said.
"The ocean is still a wild west — we're always making discoveries."
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