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An . subpictus (94.6%) and An .
vagus (5.4%)

Cyprinus carpio ,
Ctenopharyngodon
idella , Catla catla ,
Labeo rohita and
Cirrhinus mrigala

Tamil Nadu, southern India,
rice fi elds

81% 3 weeks Victor et al. , 1994

An . subpictus Carassius auratus Hooghly, West Bengal, India,

unused reservoirs
Hooghly, West Bengal, India,
shallow ponds

>99% 7 days Chatterjee et al. , 1997

Gambusia affi nis and
Lebistes reticulata

98% 3 months Chatterjee and Chandra, 1997b

Aplochielus blocki Goa, India, water tanks 75% 18 months Kumar et al. , 1998

Culex Cx . tritaeniorhynchus Danio rerio

Oryzias melastigma

Rourkella, Orissa, India, rice
fi elds

>99%
100%

12 days Yadav and Das, 1994

Cx . tritaeniorhynchus Gambusia affi nis South Delhi, India, canal

system

64% 4 weeks Mathur et al. , 1981

Cx . tritaeniorhynchus (94.6%)
and Cx . vishnui (5.4%)

Cyprinus carpio ,
Ctenopharyngodon
idella , Catla catla ,
Labeo rohita and
Cirrhinus mrigala

Southern India, rice fi elds 83.5% 3 weeks Victor et al. , 1994

Cx . pipiens pallens Misgurnus mizolepis Busan, South Korea, ponds >90% 11 weeks Lee, 2002

Cx . pipiens Cnesterodon

decemmaculatus
and Jenynsia
multidentata

La Plata, Argentina, ditches 100% 17 days Marti et al. , 2006

Cnesterodon
decemmaculatus

Argentina, drainage ditches 99% 22 weeks Tranchida et al. , 2010

Cx . quinquefasciatus Anabas testudineus ,

Clarias batrachus
and Heteropneustes
fossilis

West Bengal, India, ditches 60%

90%
99%

30 days
30 days
21 days

Bhattacharjee et al. , 2009

Nothobranchius
guentheri

Island of Panay, the Philippines,
experimental ponds

100% 7 days Matias and Adrias, 2010

Aphanius dispar Gujarat, India, water tanks 98% 3 weeks Haq and Yadav, 2011