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DURING investigations on the food of migrating fish in the Tanganyika region, a species of fish (Varicorhinus tanganicæ Boulenger) was found to feed on algæ, diatoms and insect larvæ covering stones and bottom in streams. Simulium larvæ proved to be the principal item of the food of Varicorhinus.
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MARLIER, G. Fish Feeding on Simulium Larvæ. Nature 170, 496 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170496b0
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