Havent been doing my homework lately..
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/smallestfish2004.html
They must have needed a really small hook, but Australian scientists say they have caught what they believe is the worlds smallest and lightest fish.
Researchers at Sydneys Australian Museum say the Stout Infantfish is so minuscule it would take a million of them to tip the scales at one kilogram (2.2 pounds) they are seeking to have it listed as the worlds smallest and lightest vertebrate.
The microscopic fish, first discovered by Australian scientists in 1979 but not classified until today, is formally identified as Schindleria brevipinguis. Males of the species are just 0.28 inches long while females average 0.33 inches.
The worlds current acknowledged smallest vertebrate is the dwarf goby fish. Males of that species reach 0.34 inches and females 0.35 inches.
The Stout infantfish, a wormlike thread with big comparatively speaking eyes but no teeth, scales or pigmentation, has only been found near one island off Australias east coast.
It was listed as a new species after two American researchers, William Watson of the National Marine Fisheries in La Jolla, California, and H.J. Walker of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, confirmed it was a separate species.
Some pics
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/smallestfish2004.html
They must have needed a really small hook, but Australian scientists say they have caught what they believe is the worlds smallest and lightest fish.
Researchers at Sydneys Australian Museum say the Stout Infantfish is so minuscule it would take a million of them to tip the scales at one kilogram (2.2 pounds) they are seeking to have it listed as the worlds smallest and lightest vertebrate.
The microscopic fish, first discovered by Australian scientists in 1979 but not classified until today, is formally identified as Schindleria brevipinguis. Males of the species are just 0.28 inches long while females average 0.33 inches.
The worlds current acknowledged smallest vertebrate is the dwarf goby fish. Males of that species reach 0.34 inches and females 0.35 inches.
The Stout infantfish, a wormlike thread with big comparatively speaking eyes but no teeth, scales or pigmentation, has only been found near one island off Australias east coast.
It was listed as a new species after two American researchers, William Watson of the National Marine Fisheries in La Jolla, California, and H.J. Walker of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, confirmed it was a separate species.
Some pics
