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Partly right.

Depending on who you ask, the mosquitofish is causing huge amounts of ecological damage to areas where it has been introduced. The damage is not just limited to the direct exclusion of native fish species, as the mosquitofish has been shown to harm to things like tadpoles and salamander larvae. If the mosquitofish has been documented to cause so many problems, why is it still available as a biological control agent?

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