Smallest organisms with mature females measuring as little as in standard length. This fish, a member of the carp family, has a translucent body and a head unprotected by a skeleton. The one of world's smallest fish based on the minimum size at maturity is "Schindleria brevipinguis" from Australia,their females reach it at 7 mm (0.28 in) and males at 6.5 mm (0.26 in), Males of "S. brevipinguis" have an average standard length of , a gravid female was . This fish, a member of the goby family,its first anal-fin ray further forward, under dorsal-fin 4. Male individuals of the anglerfish species
Mid-Continent oil province Mid-Continent oil province The Mid-continent oil field is a broad area containing hundreds of oil fields in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The area, which consists of various geological strata and diverse trap types, was discovered and exploited during the first half of the 20th century. Most of the crude oil found in the onshore mid-continent oil field is considered to be of the mixed base or intermediate type (a mix of paraffin base and asphalt base crude oil types). The first commercially successful oil well drilled in what was to be called the Mid-continent Oil Field