Inspired by an aquarium of vibrantly colored fish, I'm leaving the art world behind to better understand those who inhabit the world of water.
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Devils Hole Pupfish
Rarest Fish on the Planet
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What is considered the rarest fish in the world? The Devils Hole Pupfish lives in the smallest, most unique habitat of any known vertebrate species on Earth: a water-filled cavern called Devils Hole in the Death Valley region of Nevada. The Devils Hole Pupfish is about 3/4" long. In 2022, marine biologists estimated there were only a few hundred left, making them critically endangered. In 1952, Devils Hole was designated a National Monument, and in 2013, the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility was built to help maintain the fish's population.
Who would've guessed that the rarest fish in the world lives in the Mohave Desert?
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Bristlemouth
Most Common Fish
on the Planet
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What is considered the most common fish in the world? The Bristlemouth, also known as the Lightfish. It's a small fish, about the size of a minnow, that lives in the deep ocean at depths over 1,000 feet.. It is considered the most abundant vertebrate on Earth, with an estimated population of thousands of trillions. Bristlemouths glow in the dark and have a mouth full of bristle-like teeth.
Researchers estimate the number of worldwide fish species between 25,000 to 35,000. Either way, this amounts to more than all of the species of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles combined.
Fun Fact: We purportedly share our world with around 130 billion other mammals, up to 428 billion birds, 3.5 trillion fish, and an estimated 10 quintillion insects. What does 10 quintillion look like in actual numbers? 10, 000,000,000,000,000,000. That's a lot of bugs!
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