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ALTHOUGH the mosquito-destroying capacity of the small cyprinoid fishes known to the Spanish inhabitants of Barbadoes as milliones appears to have been considerably overestimated, naturalists in India are convinced that many of the smaller fresh-water fishes of that country play an important rôle in this respect. Experiments have been carried on for the last few years by officials of the Indian Museum with the view of procuring exact details on the subject, and the result is a report, published by order of the Trustees, on “Indian Fish of Proved Utility as Mosquito-destroyers,” drawn up by Capt. R. B. S. Sewell and Mr. B. L. Chandhuri, in which eleven species are scheduled with such descriptions andillustrations as render their identification easy. What, if any, practical results ensue from the investigation remain, to be seen.
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L., R. Biological Work in India . Nature 90, 685–686 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090685a0
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