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Gambusia

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Gambusia
small, 1 inch long, pale fish which eat mosquito larvae and are used in their control.


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The fisheries department can rear fish fingerlings of Gambusia variety that prey on denguespreading mosquito larvae," Dr G.
If you're fly fishing, try inch-long, dark-colored streamers to imitate the gambusia minnows they feed on.
Up till now, 70 lakh Gambusia fishes have been removed from the lake.
 
 
 
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