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n. - Mosquito fish.

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  • The water also has been stocked with minnowlike mosquito fish, also called gambusia, which eat mosquito larvae.
  • To treat the pool, the inspectors added gambusia fish, which feed on the larvae.
  • Specifically, he's looking for small fish such as killifish, gambusia and anchovies.
  • Gloucester County is stocking retention basins with gambusia affinis, a hardy freshwater fish that feasts on mosquito larvae.
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