handfish

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Brachionichthyidae

Etymology

From hand +‎ fish.

Noun

handfish (plural handfish or handfishes)

1. Any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 69:

     An astonishing exception, however, is a single fossil of a handfish, so-named because they ʻwalkʼ on fin-like hands.

Derived terms

• smooth handfish