Issue with entry #3

(Reader Contribution to 10 of the World's Smallest Animals)

"The title, however, is contested by 6.2 mm (0.2 in) long male anglerfish Photocorynus spiniceps (not technically a fish but a sexual parasite)..."

Just have to point out that 1. fish can be parasites and that 2. a case of extreme sexual dimorphism does not mean it's a separate species from the larger female.



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