[GSAS-Member] The worlds smallest fish

["Paul Winchester" <bravo454@hotmail.com>]

Yahoo news is reporting that scientists have found the world's smallest fish 
in Thailand. It wins the prize by 0.1 mm, being 7.9 mm in length. The fish 
has other unique qualifications: it lives in acidic water (ph 3), the males 
have fins that appear to be able to grasp objects, and have a head that is 
unprotected by a skeleton." From the article: "[Maurice Kottelat] said the 
record of finding the world's smallest fish was not important, preferring to 
focus on what he said was "scientifically significant." "What's important is 
finding a complete vertebrae in a body so small," he said.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1555027.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_on_sc/indonesia_tiny_fish


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