Information about Stout Infantfish
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Schindleria brevipinguis is a species of marine fish in family Schindleriidae of Perciformes. Known as the stout infantfish, it is native to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and to Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea.
S. brevipinguis is the second smallest known fish and vertebrate. The species grows to a maximum total length of 8.4 mm (about one-third inch), with males being mature at a length of 7 mm (just over one-quarter inch); the smallest vertebrate species currently is the recently (Jan. 2006) identified Paedocypris progenetica, while the parasitic males of the anglerfish Photocorynus spiniceps are but 6.2 mm "long". S. brevipinguis is distinguished from the similar S. praematura by having its first anal-fin ray further forward, under dorsal-fin 4, rather than 7–11 in S. praematura.
The specific epithet, brevipinguis, derives from the Latin brevis (short) and pinguis (stout), in reference to the fish's shorter, thicker body, as compared with other Schindleria species.
The first specimen was collected by Jeff Leis in 1979, but the species was not formally described until a 2004 paper (Watson and Walker).
The discovery of S. brevipinguis relegated to second place the previous smallest known vertebrate, Trimmatom nanus, a dwarf goby of the western Indian Ocean.
References
- McGrouther, M., J. Leis, T. Trnski. "Stout Infantfish, Schindleria brevipinguis". Fishes: Australian Museum Fish Site. July 2004.
- "Schindleria brevipinguis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
- Watson, William, and H. J. Walker, Jr. "The World's Smallest Vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis, a New Paedomorphic Species in the Family Schindleriidae (Perciformes: Gobioidei)". Records of the Australian Museum 56: 139-142. On-line version (PDF format).
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The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes.
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Genus: Schindleria
Giltay, 1934
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Genus: Schindleria
Giltay, 1934
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Genus: Schindleria
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Genus: Schindleria
Giltay, 1934
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Schindleria, is a genus of marine fish.
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Genus: Schindleria
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Photocorynus spiniceps
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T. nanus
Binomial name
Trimmatom nanus
Winterbottom & Emery, 1981
Trimmatom nanus is a species of marine fish in family Gobiidae of Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus.
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Trimmatom nanus
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