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''Schindleria brevipinguis'' is a species of marine fish in family Schindleriidae of Perciformes. Known as the stout infantfish, it is native to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and to Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. ''S. brevipinguis'' is the second smallest known fish. The species grows to a maximum total length of , with males being mature at a length of ; the smallest vertebrate species currently is the recently (Jan 2006) identified ''Paedocypris progenetica'', while the parasitic males of the anglerfish ''Photocorynus spiniceps'' are but long. ''S. brevipinguis'' is distinguished from the similar ''S. praematura'' by having its first anal-fin ray further forward, under dorsal-fin 4, rather than 7–11 in ''S. praematura''. The specific epithet, ''brevipinguis,'' derives from the Latin ''brevis'' (short) and ''pinguis'' (stout), in reference to the fish's shorter, thicker body, as compared with other ''Schindleria'' species. The first specimen was collected by Jeff Leis in 1979, but the species was not formally described until a 2004 paper (Watson and Walker). The discovery of ''S. brevipinguis'' relegated to second place the previous smallest known vertebrate, ''Trimmatom nanus,'' a dwarf goby of the western Indian Ocean. == References == * McGrouther, M., J. Leis, T. Trnski. "(Stout Infantfish, ''Schindleria brevipinguis'' )". ''Fishes: Australian Museum Fish Site.'' July 2004. * * (Picture of Stout Infantfish ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schindleria brevipinguis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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