In fact, it is not only paradise fish that have disappeared from our lives-most of Taiwan's native freshwater fish are now gone. Only if the overall environment can also be gradually improved will the paradise fish be able to spread out from the small number of places where they are released and survive in the long term, and only then will they have any chance of exercising their "talent" for hunting mosquitoes.
事實上，相較於過去，從我們生活周遭消失的不只是蓋斑鬥魚，大部分的淡水生物已芳蹤杳然，因此，唯有整體大環境也同時改善，蓋斑鬥魚才能從少數放流據點擴延出去，族群得以長久綿延，也才可能有效發揮捕蚊「專長」。