Okay thanks for your word on this subject. I thought this thread had ended a
few weeks ago, looks like I was wrong.
Thanks,
Henry Deford
Owings Mills, MD - Where it is snowing presently but is supposed to melt
soon....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Mosquito fish
> Hi Henry.
> >Gambusia are given the name "Mosquito Fish" because they are introduced
into
> >steams and other bodies of water to control the mosquito population. They
> >eat mosquito larvae and therefor that reduces the population of
mosquitoes
> >in the area.
>
> Unfortunately they only do a mediocre job of mosquito control. People and
> agencies introduce them based on their common name, not the other way
> around. I'm guessing that's why BG is upset about the common
> name. Besides, Gambusia are responsible for an array of environmental
> problems resulting from unwise stocking for supposed mosquito control,
such
> as eating tadpoles and competing with native fishes and amphibians for
> food. There's a paper on the redlegged tree frog of California where the
> authors blame introduced mosquitofish on the decline of this rare
> species. I have that paper if anyone wants a copy.
>
> >I disagree with you that H. formosa should be named "mosquito fish". Even
> >though they maybe be very small the name "Least" Killifish suits them
just
> >fine.
>
> But they aren't a killifish either :-) as pointed out by Bob Muller and
> others.
>
>
> >I already have trouble enough with telling people about my Pygmy
> >Killies because they think I mean Least Killies (they are very different
> >from each other). Introducing the name Mosquito Fish to Least Killifish
will
> >just confuse people more. Please do me (or us) a favor and please not
call
> >Least Killes "Mosquito Fish".
>
> How about not calling any fish a mosquito fish because doing so only gives
> mosquito control agencies a reason to think exotic fish introductions are
> good and they're able to convince the public they are doing a "natural"
thing.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
>
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