A pair of mosquito-eating fish costs 5 yuan, which is very affordable. Mosquito-eating fish is shaped like a wicker, so it is also called wicker fish. Its tail is wide and long, the body is flat on the side, 2.5 to 5 cm long, the head is wide, the snout is pointed, the eyes are large, the teeth are small, and there is no beard. Male fish are brightly colored. Mosquito fish is a small warm-water fish, native to North America. It was introduced to my country from the Philippines in 1924, and was stocked in the West Lake of Hangzhou, and later introduced to Guangdong for stocking. Mosquito-eating fish is very popular because of its remarkable anti-mosquito effect.

The adult mosquito-eating fish becomes the natural enemy of mosquitoes because of swallowing the larvae. It is also used as ornamental fish and has no edible value. small fish. Live in the upper layers of ponds, rice fields or slow-flowing bodies of water. Body length up to 50mm. Ovoviviparous, the larvae are free to swim away from the mother. It has no edible value, and has a strong ability to swallow larvae. It can be used to kill mosquitoes. It originated in North America and was introduced to China in the 1930s. It is now distributed in various water bodies in the south.