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<h2 id="list-of-smallest-fish-in-the-world">List of smallest fish in the world</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th>Common Name</th><th>Species</th><th>Family</th><th><a href="/facts/Standard_length/eFsVjjTu">Standard length</a> of smallest known mature individual</th><th>Maximum known standard length</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Paedocypris_progenetica/KdtkPxpy">Dwarf goby</a></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Paedocypris_progenetica/KdtkPxpy">Paedocypris progenetica</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Cyprinidae/jVQrgNht">Cyprinidae</a></td><td>7.9 mm (0.31 in), female<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>10.3 mm (0.41 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Danionella_translucida/M2t0wuQq">Danionella translucida</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cyprinidae/jVQrgNht">Cyprinidae</a></td><td>10 mm <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td>15 mm<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Danionella_cerebrum/77etqvfP">Danionella cerebrum</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cyprinidae/jVQrgNht">Cyprinidae</a></td><td>10 mm<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td>12.6 mm<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Leptophilypnion/wXXyxorH">Leptophilypnion</a> fittkaui</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Eleotridae/PnGqHrWS">Eleotridae</a></td><td>?</td><td>9.5 mm (0.37 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Leptophilypnion/wXXyxorH">Leptophilypnion</a> pusillus</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Eleotridae/PnGqHrWS">Eleotridae</a></td><td>?</td><td>9.1 mm (0.36 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dwarf_pygmy_goby/hQPNNst7">Dwarf pygmy goby</a></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Pandaka_pygmaea/hQPNNst7">Pandaka pygmaea</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Gobiidae/DVTzCgGI">Gobiidae</a></td><td>9 mm (0.35 in), male<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td><td>11 mm (0.43 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Midget_dwarfgoby/LPlXA9ha">Midget dwarfgoby</a></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Trimmatom_nanus/LPlXA9ha">Trimmatom nanus</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Gobiidae/DVTzCgGI">Gobiidae</a></td><td>10 mm (0.39 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td><td>10 mm (0.39 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Photocorynus_spiniceps/eWRHLcpx">Photocorynus spiniceps</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Linophrynidae/nHRqVKwc">Linophrynidae</a></td><td>6.2 mm (0.24 in), male<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td><td>50.2 mm (1.98 in), female far larger than male and species not among smallest by maximum standard length<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Stout_infantfish/5T0lf1eg">Stout infantfish</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Schindleria_brevipinguis/5T0lf1eg">Schindleria brevipinguis</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Gobiidae/DVTzCgGI">Gobiidae</a></td><td>6.5 mm (0.26 in), male<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td>10 mm (0.39 in)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_largest_fish/5FrwrjTu">List of largest fish</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Smallest_organisms/PXK7thKB">Smallest organisms</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>McGrouther, M. (15 August 2011). "What is the smallest fish?". Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2017. <a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish" target="_blank">https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Scholastic news online:The World's Smallest Fish? by: Ezra Billinkoff- Retrieved February 3, 2006 <a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11044" target="_blank">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11044</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Eyepod.org-Worlds Smallest Fish Discovered in Acidic Swamp.New spineless species...These pages are dedicated to explorer Julie "Brook" Thornton Retrieved January 25 <a href="http://www.eyepod.org/EA-NS-3-Wrlds-SmllstFish.html" target="_blank">http://www.eyepod.org/EA-NS-3-Wrlds-SmllstFish.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paedocypris progenetica". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>McGrouther, M. (15 August 2011). "What is the smallest fish?". Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2017. <a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish" target="_blank">https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Theodore W. Pietsch (2005). "Dimorphism, parasitism, and sex revisited: modes of reproduction among deep-sea ceratioid anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes)". Ichthyological Research. 52 (3): 207–236. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0286-2. S2CID 24768783. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Doughton, Sandi (January 31, 2001). "Catch of the day: Researcher stakes claim to tiny-fish title". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2006. <a href="/wiki/Sandi_Doughton" target="_blank">/wiki/Sandi_Doughton</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paedocypris progenetica". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pandaka pygmaea". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trimmatom nanus". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schindleria brevipinguis". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Roberts, T.R. (2013). Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Roberts, T.R. (2013). Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98. <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>McGrouther, M. (15 August 2011). "What is the smallest fish?". Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2017. <a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish" target="_blank">https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paedocypris progenetica". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paedocypris progenetica". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Britz, Ralf (2021). "The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 18942. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97600-0. PMC 8460714. PMID 34556691. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Britz, Ralf (2021). "The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 18942. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97600-0. PMC 8460714. PMID 34556691. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Britz, Ralf (2021). "The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 18942. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97600-0. PMC 8460714. PMID 34556691. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Britz, Ralf (2021). "The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 18942. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97600-0. PMC 8460714. PMID 34556691. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460714</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Roberts, T.R. (2013). Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98. <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Roberts, T.R. (2013). Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pandaka pygmaea". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pandaka pygmaea". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trimmatom nanus". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trimmatom nanus". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Theodore W. Pietsch (2005). "Dimorphism, parasitism, and sex revisited: modes of reproduction among deep-sea ceratioid anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes)". Ichthyological Research. 52 (3): 207–236. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0286-2. S2CID 24768783. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Theodore W. Pietsch (2005). "Dimorphism, parasitism, and sex revisited: modes of reproduction among deep-sea ceratioid anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes)". Ichthyological Research. 52 (3): 207–236. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0286-2. S2CID 24768783. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Scientists Describe the World's Smallest, Lightest Fish Retrieved September 17, 2011 <a href="http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=639" target="_blank">http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=639</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>McGrouther, M. (15 August 2011). "What is the smallest fish?". Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2017. <a href="https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish" target="_blank">https://australianmuseum.net.au/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schindleria brevipinguis". FishBase. September 2017 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>