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World's Tiniest Fish (7.9mm) Found (Link)

The smallest animal with a backbone known to science, a fish from the carp family, has been discovered in the peat swamps of Indonesia. Females grow no bigger than 7.9mm (0.31in) and the male measures up to 10.3mm.

Biologists discovered the fish during an expedition to explore remote forest swamps on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where the peat water is a hundred times more acidic than rainwater.

Scientists had thought that little if anything could survive in such peat swamps but have been astonished to discover several species of small fish including the latest specimen, named Paedocypris progenetica.

Read Also:
The world's tiniest fish (all 7.9mm of it) is found (The Independent)
Scientists find world's tiniest vertebrate: it's a real tiddler (Times Online)
Scientists Discover World's Smallest Fish (ABC News)
World's tiniest fish identified (BBC News)

posted by Fahad Al Mahmood @ 02:25 UAE Local Time| Permanent Link

Isinya kira2 seperti ini, bahwa hewan terkecil yang mempunyai tulang belakang adalah sebuah ikan yang ditemukan di rawa2 di Sumatra yang mana keasaman airnya lebih tinggi daripada air hujan. Yah, memang negara kita tuh negara yang kekayaan alamnya luar biasa deh...