Re: NANFA-L-- World's Smallest Fish?

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:06:21 -0600

I have no idea what you said or meant in the message below.

The report stated that the newly described species is the world's
smallest known fish, and in fact it is the world's smallest known
vertebrate. One individual female was measured-in-7.9 mm TL. No other
adult fish has ever been measured smaller. The individuals pictured do
not happen to be the smallest individuals measured. That's pretty
simple. No, the smallest individual would not have to be the largest.
The smallest individual would be the smallest. Who's on first?

David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dustin Smith <dsmith73-in-hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:16 pm
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- World's Smallest Fish?
> Well, for them to claim the smallest individual, would that not
> infer that
> the largest specimen was of that size? Otherwise, there could
> certainly be
> fish that could claim that adult fish which were simply not full
> grown,
> could well be smaller.
>
>
>
> Dustin Smith
> Lexington, SC
> At the convergence of the Broad, Saluda and Congaree
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
> Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- World's Smallest Fish?
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:09:18 -0600
>
> The picture doesn't have to be a picture of the smallest individual
> measured.
>
> David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
> Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
> Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
> telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
> home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
>
> "Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EELReprah-in-aol.com
> Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:15 pm
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- World's Smallest Fish?
> > In a message dated 1/26/06 2:57:12 PM, ichthos-in-comcast.net writes:
> >
> > << A PDF of the original description is available (for a limited
> > time) here:
> > >>
> >
> > Something does not ring true. They claim the word's smallest
> > vertebrate at
> > 7.9 mm and they show a picture of a male-in-9 mm and a female at
> > 8.8 mm?
> >
> > Lee Harper
> > Media, PA
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