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Handfish
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<p>Handfish are marine <a href="/facts/Actinopterygii/3PNaXXmJ">ray-finned fishes</a> belonging to the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> Brachionichthyidae, a group which comprises five <a href="/facts/Genera/m8EFjSms">genera</a> and 14 extant species and which is classified within the suborder Antennarioidei in the order <a href="/facts/Anglerfishes/oTpyBSjS">Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes</a>. These <a href="/facts/Benthic/N3lM6P7I">benthic</a> marine fish are unusual in the way they propel themselves by walking on the sea floor rather than swimming. </p>