Using its fins to walk, rather than swim, along the ocean floor in an undated picture, the pink handfish is one of nine newly named species described in a recent scientific review of the handfish family.
Only four specimens of the elusive four-inch (ten-centimeter) pink handfish have ever been found, and all of those were collected from areas around the city of Hobart (map), on the Australian island of Tasmania.
Though no one has spotted a living pink handfish since 1999, it's taken till now for scientists to formally identify it as a unique species.
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20 Foot Shark Found on Shore
20 Foot Shark Found on Shore...

The 20 Foot Basking Shark was found on shore in Long Island, NY, without any teeth. 20 feet may seem massive, but the basking fish usually eats plankton.

The 20 Foot Basking Shark was found on shore in Long Island, NY, without any teeth. 20 feet may seem massive, but the basking fish usually eats plankton.
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