Stout infantfish (species: Schindleria brevipinguis) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Schindleria brevipinguis
Stout infantfish

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Schindleriidae
Genus Schindleria
Species Schindleria brevipinguis

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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.

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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.

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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.