| Discoverer: |
Herre, 1927 |
| Distribution: |
a freshwater species that thrives in the Malabon river |
| Biology: |
It is the world's smallest known vertebrate. Size is about 7.5-11mm (females
are bigger then the male) |
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Smaller than many species of Zooplankton! Body, moderately elongate,
robust. Males dorsal profile little curved, the belly protruberant and the
ventral outline strongly arched. Head large, blunt, the upper and lower profiles
converging and pointer broad, rounded. Mouth very oblique, lower jaw and
chin projecting. |
| Other Names: |
Tabios (Tagalog) |
| Status: |
endemic |
| Comments: |
Smallest fish in the world |
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