ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 26

ALL ABOUT FISH
1 What is the principal food of the sperm whale?
SQUID
2 Which continent is the home of the electric eel?
SOUTH AMERICA
3 Which fish can be horse, Spanish and king?
MACKERAL
4 What is the young of an eel called?
ELVER
5 Which popular tropical aquarium fish would light up your tank?
A NEON
6 Which is the largest of the ray family?
THE MANTA RAY
7 Name the young salmon that has been to sea only once?
THE GRILSE
8 What name is given to the ornamental form of the common carp?
GOLDFISH OR KOI
9 What name is given to a pilchard less than one year old?
SARDINE
10 What is a female trout called?
HEN
11 What kind of fish is a black-tipped whaler?
A SHARK
12 Which fish makes spectacular leaps to return to its birthplace?
THE SALMON
13 Which small fish hangs upright in the water, holding on to seaweed stems with its tail?
THE SEAHORSE
14 What colour are salmon eggs?
ORANGE
15 What is the name of the paralytic agent found in Puffer Fish?
TETRODOTOXIN
16 Where does a fish have its dorsal fin?
ON IT'S BACK
17 Fish get oxygen from the water by breathing through what?
THEIR GILLS
18 True or false, the tuna fish has to keep swimming otherwise it suffocates?
TRUE
19 The dab, plaice and Dover sole are examples of what type of fish?
THE FLATFISH
20 True or false, an electric eel can produce 550 volts?
TRUE
21 Which fish has the scientific name 'Anguilla anguilla'?
THE EEL
22 What does the basking shark, the second largest fish in the world, feed on?
PLANKTON
23 Which fish, thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was recognized by scientists in 1938?
THE COELACANTH
24 Where do demersal fish live?
BOTTOM OF THE SEA
25 Which speckled freshwater fish belongs to the salmon family?
THE TROUT
1 What is the principal food of the sperm whale?
SQUID
2 Which continent is the home of the electric eel?
SOUTH AMERICA
3 Which fish can be horse, Spanish and king?
MACKERAL
4 What is the young of an eel called?
ELVER
5 Which popular tropical aquarium fish would light up your tank?
A NEON
6 Which is the largest of the ray family?
THE MANTA RAY
7 Name the young salmon that has been to sea only once?
THE GRILSE
8 What name is given to the ornamental form of the common carp?
GOLDFISH OR KOI
9 What name is given to a pilchard less than one year old?
SARDINE
10 What is a female trout called?
HEN
11 What kind of fish is a black-tipped whaler?
A SHARK
12 Which fish makes spectacular leaps to return to its birthplace?
THE SALMON
13 Which small fish hangs upright in the water, holding on to seaweed stems with its tail?
THE SEAHORSE
14 What colour are salmon eggs?
ORANGE
15 What is the name of the paralytic agent found in Puffer Fish?
TETRODOTOXIN
16 Where does a fish have its dorsal fin?
ON IT'S BACK
17 Fish get oxygen from the water by breathing through what?
THEIR GILLS
18 True or false, the tuna fish has to keep swimming otherwise it suffocates?
TRUE
19 The dab, plaice and Dover sole are examples of what type of fish?
THE FLATFISH
20 True or false, an electric eel can produce 550 volts?
TRUE
21 Which fish has the scientific name 'Anguilla anguilla'?
THE EEL
22 What does the basking shark, the second largest fish in the world, feed on?
PLANKTON
23 Which fish, thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was recognized by scientists in 1938?
THE COELACANTH
24 Where do demersal fish live?
BOTTOM OF THE SEA
25 Which speckled freshwater fish belongs to the salmon family?
THE TROUT