Silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies

• Important in mosquito control

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control [syn: Gambusia affinis ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The western mosquitofish ( Gambusia affinis ) is a species of freshwater fish, also known commonly, if ambiguously, as simply mosquitofish or by its generic name, Gambusia , or by the common name gambezi . There is also an eastern mosquitofish ( G. holbrooki ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
mosquitofish \mosquitofish\ n. A silvery topminnow ( Gambusia affinis ) with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control. Syn: Gambusia affinis .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus (taxlink Gambusia genus noshow=1).