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Scientists Describe the World's Smallest, Lightest Fish

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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - Scientists Describe the World's Smallest, Lightest Fish Rare, tiny specimen in Scripps fish collection is the smallest animal with a backbone on the planet...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego
Scientists in San Diego have described the earth's smallest, lightest animal with a backbone. H.J. Walker of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and William Watson of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, in La Jolla have identified the miniscule "stout infantfish," a new species no longer than the width of a pencil.

Found exclusively in the vicinity of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, only six specimens are known to exist...

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