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- Mosquitofish abstract "The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a species of freshwater fish, also known commonly, if ambiguously, as simply mosquitofish or by its generic name, Gambusia, or by the common name gambezi. There is also an eastern mosquitofish (G. holbrooki).Mosquitofish are small in comparison to many other freshwater fish, with females reaching an overall length of 7 cm (2.8 in) and males at a length of 4 cm (1.6 in). The female can be distinguished from the male by her larger size and a gravid spot at the posterior of her abdomen. The name "mosquitofish" was given because the diet of this fish sometimes consists of large numbers of mosquito larvae, relative to body size. Gambusia typically eat zooplankton, beetles, mayflies, caddisflies, mites, and other invertebrates; mosquito larvae make up only a small portion of their diet.Mosquitofish were introduced directly into ecosystems in many parts of the world as a biocontrol to lower mosquito populations which in turn negatively affected many other species in each distinct bioregion. Mosquitofish in Australia are classified as a noxious pest and may have exacerbated the mosquito problem in many areas by outcompeting native invertebrate predators of mosquito larvae. Several counties in California distribute mosquitofish at no charge to residents with manmade fish ponds and pools as part of their mosquito abatement programs. The fish are made available to residents only and are intended to be used solely on their own property, not introduced into natural habitat. On 24 February 2014, Chennai Corporation introduced western mosquitofish in 660 ponds to control the mosquito population in freshwater bodies.Fertilization is internal; the male secretes milt into the genital aperture of the female through his gonopodium. Within 16 to 28 days after mating, the female gives birth to about 60 young. The males reach sexual maturity within 43 to 62 days. The females, if born early in the reproductive season, reach sexual maturity within 21 to 28 days; females born later in the season reach sexual maturity in six to seven months.".
- Mosquitofish binomialAuthority Spencer_Fullerton_Baird.
- Mosquitofish class Actinopterygii.
- Mosquitofish conservationStatus "LC".
- Mosquitofish conservationStatusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Mosquitofish family Poeciliidae.
- Mosquitofish genus Gambusia.
- Mosquitofish kingdom Animal.
- Mosquitofish order Cyprinodontiformes.
- Mosquitofish phylum Chordate.
- Mosquitofish thumbnail Mosquitofish.jpg?width=300.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageExternalLink mosquitocontrol_3.htm.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageExternalLink www.gambusia.net.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageExternalLink SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165878.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageID "227405".
- Mosquitofish wikiPageLength "21956".
- Mosquitofish wikiPageOutDegree "74".
- Mosquitofish wikiPageRevisionID "681515127".
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink About.com.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Actinopterygii.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Anal_fin.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Beetle.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Biocontrol.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Biological_pest_control.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Black_Sea.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Caddisfly.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink California.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1853.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_Mexico.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_North_America.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_the_United_States.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gambusia.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Invasive_fish_species.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Live-bearing_fish.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Frédéric_Girard.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Chennai_Corporation.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Class_(biology).
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Cuban_Spanish.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Cyprinodontiformes.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Detritus.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Dorsal_fin.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_mosquitofish.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Egg_cell.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Embryo.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Embryos.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink File:Culex_sp_larvae.png.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink FishBase.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Fish_fin.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Freshwater_fish.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Gambusia.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Gestation_period.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Gonopodium.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Guppy.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Sochi.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink ITIS.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Illinois.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Indiana.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Infraclass.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Internal_fertilization.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Invertebrate.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Malaria.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Mayfly.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Milt.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Mite.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Mosquitofish_in_Australia.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Nevada.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Oocyte.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Oocytes.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Ovum.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Photoperiod.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Photoperiodism.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Poecilia_latipinna.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Poecilia_reticulata.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Poeciliidae.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Ray_(fish_fin_anatomy).
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Russia.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Sailfin_molly.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Sexual_dimorphism.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Sexual_maturity.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Sochi.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink South_America.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Southern_platyfish.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Spencer_Fullerton_Baird.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Teleostei.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Ukraine.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Vitellogenesis.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Viviparous.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Vivipary.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink West_Nile_virus.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Xiphophorus_maculatus.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Yolk_sac.
- Mosquitofish wikiPageWikiLink Zooplankton.