FishBrain Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 (edited) Well I thought this was very cool 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, researchers wrote in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, published Wednesday by the Royal Society in London. "This is one of the strangest fish that I've seen in my whole career,' said Ralf Britz, zoologist at the Natural History Museum in London, who helped analyze the fish's skeleton. "It's tiny, it lives in acid and it has these bizarre grasping fins. I hope we'll have time to find out more about them before their habitat disappears completely." Here is a link to the full story: Smallest Fish Another with a little bit different info tiny fish Edited January 25, 2006 by Canadbis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 very interesting, thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOSStile Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 (edited) Here is a picture of the little guy........Enjoy! BTW don't click it don't work. Edited January 25, 2006 by HOSStile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Where's the pic? :well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOSStile Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 OK here it is Magnified 500 times. Geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBrain Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 If you havent read the stories. Do so, they sound like fascinating fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 265. Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 cool. It's amazing that they can live in an environment that is so acidic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogled Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nature's very own sperm, if you don't mind me putting things into perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Wow, thats one tiny fish :shock: Thanks for posting that :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I think that might give some of the killie-guys, essentially inverse, penal envy. Pretty soon they'll be dumping their fish out in a quest to keep even tinier ones! You can't need more then a quarter gallon for these babies. :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I'd like to see the pics you get of that little guy Froggie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I'd like to see the pics you get of that little guy Froggie! They said 7.9mm right? I'd give it a shot, I have a few ideas of how I'd go about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_Frenzy Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Here are a few pics of the tiny fish I found on another site. Pretty cool little guys! My Webpage ][/url] http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1555027.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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