Fish species from mosquito breeding ponds in Nortwestern Colombia: evaluation of feeding habits and distribution

Torrente, Alberto; Rojas, William; Urán, Alberto; Kimura, Tadashi; Ordúz, Sergio

doi:10.1590/s0074-02761993000400022

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“…Martínez (1989) menciona que P. sphenops en el embalse Zicuirán, Michoacán, muestra hábitos alimentarios de tipo filtrador y ramoneador, debido a que su dieta está constituida por elementos del fitoplancton, así como de algas filamentosas del perifiton que contribuyen con una sexta parte de la dieta, también registró zooplancton (rotíferos y crustáceos) y un conjunto heterogéneo de organismos (protozoarios y larvas de insectos). Sin embargo, Torrente et al (1993) en un estudio realizado en charcas permanentes y semipermanentes en Uraba al noroeste de Colombia, registraron que la dieta de P. sphenops, estaba constituida por gran cantidad de larvas de mosquitos, por lo cual consideran a esta especie como carnívora-insectívora.…”

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“…Los resultados de Martínez (1989) y Torrente et al (1993) parecen contradictorios con los obtenidos en el presente estudio, donde, como ya se mencionó, se concluye que P. sphenops es detritívora. Sin embargo, más que opuestos son complementarios, ya que su interpretación conjunta parece indicar que es una especie de alta plasticidad, dado que dispone del alimento presente en los diferentes ecosistemas que habita.…”

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Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Trujillo-Jiménez¹,

Beto²

2007

RBT

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Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Trujillo-Jiménez¹,

Beto²

2007

RBT

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“…Consistent with present-day knowledge, such fishes possess a number of attributes that would make them good candidates for biological control because of their innate predatory characteristics. They are capable of significantly reducing natural populations of mosquito larvae and have a broad host range as well as a great potential for the long-term control of mosquitoes in the field since they survive and reproduce naturally in the fresh water (Bay, 1985;Torrente et al, 1993;Lee, 2000;Martinez-Ibarra et al, 2002;van Dam and Walton, 2007). Nevertheless, this great interest in mosquito fish as insect control agents is tempered by the concerns of ichthyologists and ecologists about the possible negative aspects on non-target organisms within natural ecosystems (Gratz et al, 1996).…”

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Use of the neotropical fish Cnesterodon decemmaculatus for long-term control of Culex pipiens L. in Argentina

Tranchida

Pelizza

Bisaro³

et al. 2010

Biological Control

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We released the native mosquito fish, Cnesterodon decemmaculatus, into suburban drainage ditches to evaluate its potential as a long-acting agent for the control of Culex pipiens larvae in natural breeding sites. The inoculation of predatory fish was conducted in 9 ditches at three densities: 1, 7, and 13 fish/m 2 during a 2-year period (2006)(2007)(2008).The number of immature stages of Cx. pipiens was recorded before and after release. On a monthly basis, the digestive-tract contents of some fish and the average number of offspring from the females was recorded. Fifteen weeks after release, a 99% reduction in the number of immature mosquito stages was recorded in the drainage ditches containing 13 fish/m 2 , while at 22 weeks, a 99% reduction was also observed in those with 7 fish/m 2 . The ditches with 1 fish/m 2 had lower densities of immature mosquito stages relative to the controls, but over the entire experiment these observations did not prove statistically significant. The number of offspring per adult C. decemmaculatus female ranged from 4 ± 1.4 (mean ± SD) to 7.4 ± 0.9. Larval remains were detected in the

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“…Use of several larvivorous ornamental fishes is an effective, sustainable and ecofriendly mosquito control strategy as compared to use chemical (insecticides). Several lines of data [8,9,10,11,12,13,14] reported that use of some indigenous larvivorous fishes have been very successful for controlling mosquito species population. Numerous data [15,16,17,18] suggested that biological control using larvivorous fishes have been also effectively used in malaria control programmes in the 20th century.…”

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Role of ornamental fishes to control Aedes albopictus larvae population

Banerjee¹,

Datta²,

Sen³

et al. 2022

Int. J. Mosq. Res.

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Aedes albopictus is a potential vector that is responsible for severe outbreaks of dengue and DHF. Implementing traditional methods such as insecticides and mosquito repellents are harmful to the environment and to human health. In the present study, the rate at which Aedes albopictus larvae were consumed as well as the other feeding preferences of five ornamental fishes (Guppy, Molly fish, Betta fish, Gold fish, and Angel fish) were noted and compared. While Molly fish, Fighter, and Guppy considerably prefer Aedes albopictus larvae over the other food item, Gold fish and Angel fish exhibit good efficacy toward both types of food. In the last decade of little works (use of ornamental fish) have been done to control Aedes mosquito population. Therefore, a preliminary attempt has been undertaken to include ornamental fishes as vector controlling agent.

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Fish species from mosquito breeding ponds in Nortwestern Colombia: evaluation of feeding habits and distribution

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Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Use of the neotropical fish Cnesterodon decemmaculatus for long-term control of Culex pipiens L. in Argentina

Role of ornamental fishes to control Aedes albopictus larvae population

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