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So, we've had the fastest fish, which is the slowest?

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Asked in nature, natural world asked on: 05/26/2006 09:09am

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3 minutes after the question was opened (05/26/2006 09:11am)

According to guinness world records, the sea horse is:

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51348 copy

At 0.016kph (0.01mph) it is agonisingly slow!

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27 minutes after the question was opened (05/26/2006 09:35am)

Yes they swim only a foot a minute.

Not bad, great for bath races - I just measured mine, I make it 5.2 minutes
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3 days after the question was opened (05/28/2006 03:21pm)

technically, it's the miniature seahorse: "Smaller species like the dwarf sea horse (Hippocampus zosterae), which is just 4.2 cm (1.7 in) in length, probably never attain speeds of more than 0.016 km/h (0.001 mph)."

from the link supplied by ndm.

(this is only if you're being pedantic lol)

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So, we've had the fastest fish, which is the slowest?

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