Critically endangered red handfish hatched in conservation breeding program | ABC News

Twenty-one critically endangered red handfish have hatched in a captive breeding program.

The tiny fish species is only found in two small 50 metre stretches of reef in Frederick Henry Bay in Tasmania’s south-east, and their habitat is facing a growing number of threats.

Before they are released into the wild, the juveniles will attend “school” to make them “street smart”, a researcher says.

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