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Paedocypris, tiny fish

2006/01/26 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

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In Sumatra, Indonesia, is the smallest fish in the world. Biologists have classified the genus Paedocypris. According to them, when adult reaches a maximum length of 7.9 mm. Nothing more to find fish realize that the species is in danger of extinction, since it lives in specific lakes and this ecosystem is on the way to extinction.