Glass Danio "Cerebrum" Danionella cerebrum

Micro Glass Danio cerebrum
Micro Glass Danio cerebrum
Micro Glass Danio cerebrum
Danionella cerebrum is one of several micro glassfish in its genus. It is one of the smallest freshwater fish in the world, growing to 10-13mm long, together with D. translucida, the Jorai Glassfish and Dracula "Minnow". A schooling fish, it is endemic to low altitude, small, slow-moving streams, creeks and canals in Myanmar and looks like a transparent larval fry.
Its properties have made it particularly useful to science: despite having the smallest brain of any fish, the workings of the active brain can be observed through the transparent skin. Moreover, males produce a noise with their swim bladder to alert mates/rivals in the murky water that is the loudest noise for its size (louder than an elephant relative to size), said to be like a gunshot or 140 decibels close to the fish.