Smallest fish...(more "Reef Porn")

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  1. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Was looking around web a bit ago trying to find resonable explanation of why so many reef fish are "spotted" with a wide range of colors...camouflage, attraction, differention of similar shaped fish...:confused:...

    Anyway as reading article (A Note About Fish) which claimed,

    "...The smallest fish is the Trimmatom nanus, a goby of the Indian Ocean, which grows to about 2/5 inch (1 centimeter) long..."

    Trimmatom nanus



    Thinking that was pretty darn small, got to looking around to see what it looked like, and found it is now the 3rd smallest fish...

    re:
    Trimmatom nanus
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Trimmatom nanus     is a species of marine fish in family Gobiidae of Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the fishes called dwarf gobies, it is native to the Chagos Archipelago and the Maldives in the western Indian Ocean.

    With adults growing to a total overall length of just over 10 mm (less than one-half inch), T. nanus was until 2004 the shortest known fish and vertebrate. The recent discovery of Schindleria brevipinguis (called the stout infantfish) relegated it to second place. After discovery of Paedocypris progenetica, Trimmatom nanus is on third place.

    Stout Infantfish - Schindleria brevipinguis




    Guess above was smallest till 2006...
    re:

    World's smallest fish found in Indonesia (MSNBC)
    (AP - updated 11:24 a.m. PT, Wed., Jan. 25, 2006)

    BANGKOK, Thailand - "...Scientists have discovered the world's smallest fish on record in an acidic peat swamp in Indonesia, with a see-through body and a head that is unprotected by a skeleton, researchers said Wednesday.

    Mature females of the Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family, only grow to 7.9 millimeters (0.31 inches) and the males have enlarged pelvic fins and exceptionally large muscles that may be used to grasp the females during copulation..."


    :eek:

    (Just in case you are looking for something to go into your "Mini Micro Pico" ;D)
     
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  2. cannedmulder

    cannedmulder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    What makes you think of these things? I don't think I would have ever wondered what the worlds smallest fish is.:confused:
     
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  3. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    Yeah, but at the next trivia night you go to, just think....if that question pops up you will probably be the only one in the room that knows that answer!!!!;D
     
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  4. cannedmulder

    cannedmulder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Like I am going to be able to remember that name.
     
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  5. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Thats pretty awesome. Think im gonna set up a shot glass for one! One LED for light and a single piece of Carbon for filtration! :p
     
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  6. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Well just in case you ever get to "wondering"....[​IMG]

    The largest fish is the whale shark, which may grow more than 40 feet (12 meters) long and weigh over 15 tons (14 metric tons).


    (now you know...;))


    PS:

    Ok...who knows how to use a calculator?

    Approximatly how many times larger is a whale shark then a Paedocypris progenetica...[​IMG]

    (one of you smart college guys/gals should be able to figure this out...)
     
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