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149:7.9 mm (0.31 in), female
95:List of smallest fish in the world
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18:List of smallest fish in the world
410:McGrouther, M. (15 August 2011).
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759:Retrieved September 17, 2011
412:"What is the smallest fish?"
152:10.3 mm (0.41 in)
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231:9.5 mm (0.37 in)
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726:10.1038/s41598-021-97600-0
442:Retrieved February 3, 2006
438:The World's Smallest Fish?
366:10 mm (0.39 in)
315:10 mm (0.39 in)
312:10 mm (0.39 in)
288:11 mm (0.43 in)
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667:. September 2017 version.
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496:. September 2017 version.
657:Schindleria brevipinguis
653:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
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458:New spineless species...
353:Schindleria brevipinguis
89:Schindleria brevipinguis
76:Schindleria brevipinguis
46:Schindleria brevipinguis
1824:Glossary of ichthyology
1386:Diel vertical migration
514:Ichthyological Research
486:Paedocypris progenetica
436:Scholastic news online:
139:Paedocypris progenetica
56:Paedocypris progenetica
37:Paedocypris progenetica
1190:Surface wave detection
1155:Hydrodynamic reception
829:Diseases and parasites
684:Roberts, T.R. (2013).
326:Photocorynus spiniceps
167:Danionella translucida
51:Photocorynus spiniceps
1922:Lists of superlatives
1328:Undulatory locomotion
1145:Ampullae of Lorenzini
1556:Genetically modified
708:Britz, Ralf (2021).
550:(January 31, 2001).
462:Retrieved January 25
440:by: Ezra Billinkoff-
379:List of largest fish
1361:Aquatic respiration
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1200:Weberian apparatus
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384:Smallest organisms
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1054:Root effect
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390:References
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145:Cyprinidae
133:Dwarf goby
1759:chimaeras
1646:Predatory
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1581:Whitefish
1571:Poisonous
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281:Gobiidae
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219:fittkaui
206:12.6 mm
108:Species
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1742:hagfish
1737:Jawless
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1688:sardine
1683:herring
1678:anchovy
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