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Is the Guppy the World’s Smallest Fish?

June 24, 2020 by Karen Hill

Tropical fish owners may think that the tiny, colorful guppy must be the smallest fish on earth. But there’s a fish that’s even smaller than the guppy, and its name sounds almost the same, the goby.

The tiny goby, a very rare fish, lives in lakes in the Philippines. Even the full-grown adult gobies, which are transparent, are never more than a half-inch long, and most are only about a quarter-inch long.

It would take about 8,500 gobies to weigh just one ounce!

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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