Two recent scientific papers have described fish species that could—depending on the definition—be the world’s smallest vertebrate.
MINI FISH. A newly named species of minnow from peat swamps in Southeast Asia is shorter than the width of a fingertip. Proc. Royal Soc. B.; (fish on finger) M. Kottelat
A specimen of a mature female minnow, now named Paedocypris progenetica, from peat swamps in Sumatra measures only 7.9
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