Talk:Mosquitofish
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Updated a bit and reformatted with taxobox etc.; moved to conform to FishBase name. —Tkinias 10:17, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I've removed a line that someone added "some of this info comes from websites with false information" which does not back up its claims. In the future if you'd like to fix the inaccuracies of this article please include references so we know what's wrong and why you changed them. 208.26.45.85 14:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- I know it's been a long time since the comment above, but my philosophy is to take anything from about.com with a large grain of salt. Probably what the previous editor was referencing is that the Gambusia genus is considered an introduced species to most of the world and has documented consequences (as noted in the second URL listed in Links). That same site says that the claim of the ability of the fish to significantly control mosquito populations is dubious. I'm assuming the claim in this article ("where it has long been known that they feed readily on the aquatic larval and pupal stages of mosquitoes") comes from the about.com article, but I don't know since I make a point to not visit about.com.68.88.66.217 (talk) 02:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I dont mean to be crude....
...but isn't this the fish that has the largest penis to body size of any animal? --Ebz 18:25, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think so, a quick google search seems to point to the barnacle for that particular honor. Norvy 05:56, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
