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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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predacious mosquitoes) that eat larvae and pupae; however, the most commonly used biological control adjuncts are mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis and G.
Pesticides and Public Health: Integrated Methods of Mosquito ... by Rose, Robert I. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Purchase fish that feed on mosquito larvae for ponds on your property, such as Gambusia fish.
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Aims to Educate and Inform; ... by Business Wire
Abnormal expression of secondary sex characters in a population of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis holbrooki, evidence for environmentally-induced masculinization.
Reproductive disruption in wild longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) ... by Cheek, Ann Oliver / Environmental Health Perspectives
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