Schindleria brevipinguis
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Schindleria brevipinguis is a fish art from the order of Grundelartigen . S. brevipinguis was briefly considered the smallest vertebrate in the world until Paedocypris progenetica was discovered. A German name has not yet been determined, in English the species is called stout infantfish (roughly: stout larvae). The first specimen wascaughton the Osprey Reef as early as 1979, but was not scientifically described until 2004.
Shape and build
Schindleria brevipinguis is narrow and stocky and weighs only 1 mg . It retains child-like, larva-like features even as an adult and is only about 2 months old. A female captive was 8.4 mm in length and a male was approximately 7 mm in length. Apart from their large eyes, the fish have no color pigments.
Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vortex number: 35 - 36.
habitat
As only six specimens have been caught so far, not much is known about their way of life. All specimens were caught at a depth of 15 to 30 meters. They come from the area around Lizard Island , on the Carter Reef of the Great Barrier Reef (14 ° 33.5 ′ S, 145 ° 35 ′ E) and from the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea .
Individual evidence
- ^ Watson W. and Walker HJ: The world's smallest vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis. (PDF) A new paedomorphic species in the family Schindleriidae. (No longer available online.) 2004, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 17, 2014 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stout Infantfish Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker, 2004
Web links
- Schindleria brevipinguis the Australian Museum (English)
- Schindleria brevipinguis on Fishbase.org (English)
- What is the smallest fish? (English)
- Schindleria brevipinguis inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Watson, W., 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2014.