Predatory Efficiency of Larvivorous Fish against Mosquito Larvae in Different Water Temperature Levels: Implication in Control Measure of Dengue Vector
Abstract
Background: Reduction of the Aedes aegypti population is the priority effort to control dengue virus transmission including the use of larvivorous fish. Biologically, the predatory efficiency of fish will slow down when the water acidity and temperature change from normal conditions. This study aimed to determine the predatory efficiency of three species of larvivorous fish against the Ae. aegypti larvae in different water temperatures.
Methods: Three well-known species of larvivorous fish namely Poecilia reticulata, Betta splendens, and Aplocheilus panchax were placed into 12 cm diameter jars with three water temperature ranges namely 20–21 ºC, 27–28 ºC, and 34–35 ºC, and allowed to three days acclimatization. As many as one hundred 4th-instars larvae of Ae. aegypti were gradually entered into each jar, and a longitudinal observation was made at 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, 240, 360, 480, 600, and 720 minutes. The predated larvae were recorded.
Results: In normal temperature ranges, the predatory efficiency of the larvivorous fish was 75%, 72.3%, and 32.8% for B. splendens. Aplocheilus panchax, and P. reticulata, respectively. The predation abilities decreased due to temperature changes. Betta splendens and A. panchax indicated the best predatory efficiency against Ae. aegypti larvae in different temperature conditions.
Conclusion: Betta splendens is the best larvivorous fish in the lower to normal, but A. panchax is the best in the normal to higher temperature ranges. This finding should be considered by public health workers in selecting larvivorous fish to control the Dengue vectors.
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2. WHO– World Health Organization (2020) Dengue and Severe Dengue. March 2nd 2020. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue
3. Brady OJ, Gething PW, Bhatt S, Messina JP, Brownstein JS, Hoen AG, Moyes CL, Farlow AW, Scott TW, Hay SI (2012) Refining the global spatial lim¬its of Den¬gue virus transmission by evi-dence-based consensus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 6(8): e1760.
4. Fan JC, Liu QY (2019) Potential impacts of climate change on Dengue fever dis-tribution using RCP scenarios in China. Adv Clim Chang Res. 10: 1–8.
5. Lozano-Fuentes S, Hayden MH, Welsh-Ro-driguez C, Ochoa-Martinez C, Tapia-San¬tos B, Bobylinski KC, Uejio CK, Ziel¬inski-Guiterez E, Monache LC, Monaghan AJ, Steinhoff DF, Eisen L (2012) The Dengue virus mosquito vec-tors Aedes aegypti at high elevation in Me’xico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 87(5): 902–909.
6. Sayono S, Nurullita U, Sumanto D, Handoyo W (2017) Altitudinal distribu-tion of Aedes indices during dry season in the Den¬gue endemic area of Central Java Province, Indonesia. Ann Parasitol. 63(3): 213–221.
7. Moyes CL, Vontas J, Martins AJ, Ng LC, Koou SY, Dufour I, Raghavendra K, Pinto J, Corbel V, David JP, Weetman D (2017) Contemporary status of insec-ticide resistance in the major Aedes vec-tors of arboviruses infecting humans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 11(7): e0005625.
8. Miraldo MC, Pecora IL (2017) Efficiency of Brazilian native ornamental fishes as mosquito larvae predators. Bol Inst Pes-ca. 43(special volume): 93–98.
9. Manna B, Aditya G, Banjere S (2011) Hab-itat heterogeneity and prey selection of Aplocheilus panchax: an indigenous lar-vivorous fish. J Vector Borne Dis. 48: 144–149.
10. Chandra G, Bhattacharjee I, Chatterjee SN, Gosh A (2008) Mosquito control by larvivorous fish. Indian J Med Res. 127(1): 13–27.
11. Lichak MR, Barber JR, Kwon YM, Fran-cis KX, Bendesky A (2022) Care and use of siamese fighting fish (Betta splen-dens) for research. Comp Med. 72(3): 169–180.
12. Manna B, Aditya G, Banerjee S (2011) Habitat heterogeneity and prey selection of Aplocheilus panchax: an indigenous larvivorous fish. J Vector Borne Dis. 48: 144–149.
13. Boltana S, Sanhueza N, Aguilar A, Gal-lardo-Escarate C, Arriagada G, Valdes JA, Soto D, Quinones RA (2017) Influ-ences of thermal environment on fish growth. Ecol Evol. 7: 6814–6825.
14. Satoto TBT, Sukendra DM, Hardiningsih I, Diptyanusa A (2019) The Influence of digestive tract length of larvivorous fish related to predation potential on Aedes aegypti larvae. Unnes J Public Health. 8(2): 139–144.
15. Sangeetha S, Devahita AA, Arathilal, Aiswarya T, Parvin MTS, Smitha MS, Anulal P, Afra A, Arun S, Asifa KP (2021) Comparative efficiency of Larvi-vorous fishes against Culex mosquitoes: Implications for biological control. Int J Mosq Res. 8(3): 16–21.
16. Lukas JL, Adrianto H, Darmanto AG (2020) Kemampuan Predasi Ikan Kepala Timah Aplocheilus panchax Jantan dan Betina Terhadap Larva Nyamuk Aedes aegypti. J Kesehat Andalas. 9(4): 387–391.
17. Mya MM, Kyi NTT, Oo NN, Aung ZZ, New CT, Myint YY, Thaung S, Maung YNM, Htun MM (2019) Pre- and Post-Intervention Study on Aedes Larvae in Water Storage Containers Adding of Na¬tive Larvivorous Fish Aplocheilus panchax in Hpa-an Township, Kayin State. Myanmar Health Sci Res J. 31(2): 99–104.
18. Revadekar JV, Hameed S, Collins D, Man¬ton M, Sheikh M, Borgaonkar HP, Kothawale DR, Adnan M, Ahmed AU, Ash¬raf J, Baidya S, Islam N, Jaya¬sing-hearachchi D, Manzoor N, Premalal KHMS, Shreshta ML (2013) Impact of altitude and latitude on changes in tem-perature extremes over South Asia dur-ing 1971–2000. Int J Climatol. 33: 199–209.
19. Permata SH, Yotopranoto S, Kusmartis-nawati K (2015) Effectiveness of Betta splendens as a biological predatory against Aedes aegypti larvae. Folia Med Indones. 51(4): 268–271.
20. Gupta S, Banerjee S (2013) Comparative as¬sessment of mosquito biocontrol effi-cien¬cy between Guppy (Poecilia reticu-lata) and Panchax minnow (Aplocheilus panchax). Bioscience Discovery. 4(1): 89–95.
21. Griffin L (2014) Laboratory evaluation of predation on mosquito larvae by Aus-tralian mangrove fish. J Vector Ecol. 39 (1): 197–203.
22. Chandrasegaran K, Sing A, Laha M, Quared S (2018) Playing it safe? Be-havioural re¬sponses of mosquito larvae encountering a fish predator. Ethol Ecol Evol. 30(1): 70–87.
23. Tuno N, Pong TV, Takagi M (2020) Cli-mate Change May Restrict the Predation Efficiency of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) on Aedes ae-gypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae. In-sects. 11 (5): 307.
24. Srikrishnan R, Hirimuthugoda N, Ra¬japak-she W (2017) Evaluation of growth per-formance and breeding habits of fighting fish (Betta splendens) under 3 diets and shelters. J Surv Fish Sci. 3(2): 50–56.
25. Morgan K (2020) Betta fish care guide: How to create the optimum environ-ment. Available at: https://modestfish.com/betta-fish-care/
26. Shah TK, Saini VP, Ojha ML, Raveeder B (2017) Effect of temperature on growth and survival of Guppy (Poecilia reticu-lata). J Exp Zool India. 20(1): 505–510.
27. Hernandez-Rodriguez M, Buckle-Ramirez LF (2010) Preference, tolerance and re-sistance responses of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Pisces: Poeciliidae) to thermal fluctuations. Lat Am J Aquat Res. 38(3): 427–437.
28. Kent M, Ojanguren AF (2015) The effect of water temperature on routine swim-ming behaviour of newborn guppies (Poe¬cilia reticulata). Biol Open. 4: 547–552.
29. Banrie (2013) Managing ammonia in fish ponds. The Fish Site. Available at: https://thefishsite.com/articles/managing-ammonia-in-fish-ponds
30. Silberbush A, Resetarits WJ (2017) Mos-quito female response to the presence of larvivorous fish does not match threat to larvae. Ecol Entomol. 42(5): 595–600.
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Tyagnes-Hanindia D, Sumanto D, Sayono S. Predatory Efficiency of Larvivorous Fish against Mosquito Larvae in Different Water Temperature Levels: Implication in Control Measure of Dengue Vector. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2023;17(2):120–127.
