According to studies, a male mosquitofish can eat 44 Aedes larvae in one day, and the male guppy comes a close second at 42. But these figures pale in comparison to the appetite of Taiwan's native paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis).
特別是被稱為「捕蚊魚」的大肚魚和孔雀魚，根據調查，一隻雄性大肚魚一天可以吞下四十四隻斑蚊幼蟲，雄性孔雀魚以四十二隻緊追其後。