New candidates for smallest vertebrate

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