Virgil Warfield posted an update in the group Animal 3 years, 8 months ago
A Modern Day Marine Fish, The Smooth Handfish, Has For The First Time Gone Extinct, After Not Been Seen For Almost After Two Centuries. Handfish Are Said Not To Be Abundant, But They Are Diverse, With 14 Species Occupying Different Ecosystems. The Remaining Species Are Threatened By Sediment Run-Off In Australia And Climate Change.
A Handfish Species Has Been Declared Extinct, Setting A Grim Marine Precedent | IFLScienceThe smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) is officially no more, declared extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Al