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By Khalil Goodman There is only one mosquito that can transmit malaria in Barbados and thankfully it is only found in one area on the island. The mosquito, Anopheles aquasalis is one species of the 400 variants of the Anopheles mosquito. Of these only 40 can transmit the four different species of parasites known to cause malaria. Ronald Chapman, Environmental Health Specialist with the Epidemiology Department in the Ministry of Health, explained yesterday that the Anopheles aquasalis prefers to live in water with a higher than average salt density in the water. Thus, for years they have only lived in the brackish water of the Graeme Hall Swamp. Referencing Jamaica where over 100 cases were reported in the last month, Chapman noted that it is unclear what type of anopheles mosquito has caused the outbreak there, but noted that the species Anopheles gambiae is the type that is most known to transmit the dangerous malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum. He disclosed that the few cases of