ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 26

[magpie in the 80's]

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

[custardarm]

1 squid
8 goldfish
9 sardine
11 shark

[magpie in the 80's]

1 squid
8 goldfish
9 sardine
11 shark

CORRECT CA

[FattyLumpkin]

12. salmon
13. sea horse??
16. on its back
17 gills
23 lungfish ??

[magpie in the 80's]

12. salmon
13. sea horse??
16. on its back
17 gills
23 lungfish ??...INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT FL

[LMA]

2. Europe
3. Mackerel
4. Eelet
6. Manta
14. Black
19. Flathead

[old moz]

4--elver

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Europe
3. Mackerel
4. Eelet
6. Manta
14. Black
19. Flathead..CLOSE ENOUGH

OTHERS CORRECT LMA

[magpie in the 80's]

4--elver

CORRECT OM

[brod]

21. Eel
22. Plankton

[MatteeG]

ALL ABOUT FISH

2 Which continent is the home of the electric eel? South America


5 Which popular tropical aquarium fish would light up your tank? Neon


7 Name the young salmon that has been to sea only once? Junior or Rookie


10 What is a female trout called? troutette


14 What colour are salmon eggs? Pink

15 What is the name of the paralytic agent found in Puffer Fish? venom

18 True or false, the tuna fish has to keep swimming otherwise it suffocates? True

20 True or false, an electric eel can produce 550 volts? True

21 Which fish has the scientific name 'Anguilla anguilla'? angel fish

22 What does the basking shark, the second largest fish in the world, feed on? fish

23 Which fish, thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was recognized by scientists in 1938? Coelecanth (spelling?)

24 Where do demersal fish live? Deep ocean

25 Which speckled freshwater fish belongs to the salmon family? Trout

[good ol' red and white]

14. Orange

[magpie in the 80's]

21. Eel
22. Plankton

CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

14. Orange

CORRECT GORAW

[magpie in the 80's]

ALL ABOUT FISH

2 Which continent is the home of the electric eel? South America


5 Which popular tropical aquarium fish would light up your tank? Neon


7 Name the young salmon that has been to sea only once? Junior or Rookie


10 What is a female trout called? troutette


14 What colour are salmon eggs? Pink

15 What is the name of the paralytic agent found in Puffer Fish? venom

18 True or false, the tuna fish has to keep swimming otherwise it suffocates? True

20 True or false, an electric eel can produce 550 volts? True

21 Which fish has the scientific name 'Anguilla anguilla'? angel fish

22 What does the basking shark, the second largest fish in the world, feed on? fish

23 Which fish, thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was recognized by scientists in 1938? Coelecanth (spelling?)

24 Where do demersal fish live? Deep ocean...CLOSE ENOUGH...ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

25 Which speckled freshwater fish belongs to the salmon family? Trout

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ALL OTHERS CORRECT MATTEE

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

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

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END FO QUIZ