. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 N. J. EXPERIMENT StAT'OX, BuLLETIX 348 caping them is infinitesimal. Any waters to which these fishes have free access will be searched in vain for mosquito ;* In the years 1914 and 1915 Dr. F. E. Chidester undertook and car- ried out an intensive study of the fish enemies of the salt-marsh. Fig. 25. Nature of breeding pool—Surface view. mosquitoes. The investigations showed clearly that the common killy (Fundulus hetcroclitus) is by far the most important fish ene- my of the salt-marsh mosquito but that the fresh-water killy {
. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 N. J. EXPERIMENT StAT'OX, BuLLETIX 348 caping them is infinitesimal. Any waters to which these fishes have free access will be searched in vain for mosquito ;* In the years 1914 and 1915 Dr. F. E. Chidester undertook and car- ried out an intensive study of the fish enemies of the salt-marsh. Fig. 25. Nature of breeding pool—Surface view. mosquitoes. The investigations showed clearly that the common killy (Fundulus hetcroclitus) is by far the most important fish ene- my of the salt-marsh mosquito but that the fresh-water killy {Fun- dulus diaphanous Le Seur), the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus Lacipede), and the top minnow (Gambusia affinis) are commonly associated with it and play a strong secondary part. Dr. Chidester's studies showed that this common killy migrated to *Smith, J. B., 1904, N. J. Agr. Exp. Sta. Report on Mosquitoes, p. 93, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. [New Brunswick, N. J. ] : The Station
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