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Agriculture · Q489

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 489

Q489

Fundulus sp. is an example of

A.
Squirrel pest of coconut
B.
Mosquitocidal fish
Answer
C.
Pest of cattle
D.
Vector of cattle diseases

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Fundulus sp. is an example of Mosquitocidal fish.
Fundulus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the superfamily Funduloidea, family Fundulidae. It belongs to the order toothcarps, and therein the large suborder Cyprinodontoidei.
Fundulus have evolved to occupy a wide range of aquatic ecosystems, including marine, estuarine, and freshwater, making it a good comparative model system for studying evolutionary divergence between marine and freshwater environments.