Author: Jennifer Rodriguez

A new study has discovered the ability of tiny fish to make massive sounds.Danionella cerebrum is 10 to 12 millimeters, or about 0.4 to 0.5 inches, long and lives in shallow, dark waters in Myanmar, according to a statement from the Senckenberg Natural History Museum.Ralf Britz, an ichthyologist at the museum, and an international research team recently examined the species in a study published February 26 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They found that the fish can produce noise levels of more than 140 decibels, which is unusual for an animal of its size.The fish,…