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
Continent cases, there is no complete separation of these landmasses by water (disregarding the Suez Canal and Panama Canal, which are both narrow and shallow, as well as being artificial). Both these isthmuses are very narrow compared to the bulk of the landmasses they unite. North America and South America are treated as separate continents in the seven-continent model. However, they may also be viewed as a single continent known as America or the Americas. This viewpoint was common in the United States until World War II, and remains prevalent in some Asian six-continent models. This remains the more common vision