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The small minnow-looking fish is the mosquito fish. This fish is not native to the waters of the eastern Sierra. Man brought this fish here to control mosquitos in ponds and lakes and it has since migrated into many other bodies of water. This fish eats the larvea of mosquitos fioating on the surface of the water.
