Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1908 — A Foe to Malaria. [ARTICLE]

A Foe to Malaria.

That most animals have some specific function to perforin is w’ell known. Now scientists claim that a species of -fish exists in Australian waters which feeds on the larvae of mosquitoes and so reduces the prospects of malaria. It belongs to a family of carnivorous or flesh eating fish which is frequently found in the temperate and tropic zones and usually In shallow water. Very sthall In size, being only about one and a half to two inches in length. It has, in the male, yellow and black striped fins, while the eye is of a bright blue. The Bus during certain seasons of the year acquire great brilliancy.