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    Aug 23, 2015, 04:04 AM
    Which species of Tilapia fish is used for mosquito control?
    Which species & which type (juvenile or adult) of Tilapia fish is used for mosquito control? Are they effective as mosquito fish( Gambusia affinis)?

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    Aug 23, 2015, 09:07 AM
    It would be any tilapia reaching maturity. They eat the mosquito larvae, there reducing the malaria outbreaks. However it has only been tested in Kenya.

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