The world's smallest, lightest fish with a backbone

[orangeBloke]

"Scientists in San Diego have described the earth's smallest, lightest animal with a backbone. H.J. Walker of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and William Watson of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, in La Jolla have identified the miniscule "stout infantfish," a new species no longer than the width of a pencil.
Found exclusively in the vicinity of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, only six specimens are known to exist"

The full story is at http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/article_detail.cfm?article_num=639

 

[Mr_Fish]

I only found out about it by chance after talking to a scientist at the Australian Museum.

Here is a link to the actual scientific paper describing Schindleria brevipinguis....

http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1429_complete.pdf

very neat little fishie indeed!