In 1916, Japan released American mosquitofish to control disease-carrying mosquitoes; they spread across much of the country, attacking Medaka and eating their young

In 1916, Japan brought the American mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, into the country as a way to control mosquitoes and the diseases they carried. The first introduction took place in Nara Prefecture after the fish arrived via Taiwan.

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