Image Bank - Fishes
Swordtail
Reference |
IB1251 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Mosquitofishes - POECILIIDAE |
Common Name |
Swordtail |
Scientific Name |
Xiphophorus helleri |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
The Mosquitofish was introduced in Australia in the 1920s as a means of controlling the aquatic larvae of mosquitos. The strategy has had the opposite effect, as it actually prefers to feed on the invertebrate predators of mosquito larvae. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |