Schindleria brevipinguis
Stout infantfish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Schindleriidae
Genus
Schindleria
Species
Schindleria brevipinguis
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 0.8 cm (Measured as the fork length of the fish: the length from the tip of the snout to the end of the middle caudal fin rays. This measure is appropriate for fishes in which it is difficult to tell where the vertebral column ends.) - applies to Schindleria brevipinguis is one of the World's smallest fish.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
Stout infantfish have only been found in protected coral reef lagoons around Lizard Island, in the Great Barrier Reef, although they could live elsewhere.
Web resources
References
- Watson, W. and H.J. Walker Jr. (2004). The world's smallest vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis, a new paedomorphic species in the family Schlindleriidae (Perciformes: Gobioidei), Records of the Australian Museum, 56: 139-142. LIRS catalog number 854.