Diversity of fish - Quiz
A) Fused plate-like scales forming a carapace B) Long, thin needle-like scales C) Large, loose circular scales D) Soft and flexible skin
A) Because they are weak swimmers B) Because they are hunted by large predators C) Because of their heavy armour D) Because they have small fins
A) Venomous fish bite, sting, or stab to deliver toxins B) Poisonous fish use fangs to attack C) Poisonous fish are never found in tropical waters D) Venomous fish are always fatal when eaten
A) The venom is immediately absorbed into the bloodstream B) It is always lethal C) It may not cause poisoning as the digestive system often destroys the venom D) The venom becomes stronger in the stomach
A) Over 5000 B) Exactly 100 C) Around 500 D) At least 1200
A) Over 500 B) Over 1,000,000 C) Over 50,000 D) Over 10,000
A) In polar regions only B) In tropical waters C) In mountain streams D) In deep freshwater lakes
A) Killing bacteria that invade their skin B) Helping them float better C) Communicating with other fish D) Attracting mates
A) Applying pressure with a tourniquet B) Application of heat at about 45 °C C) Drinking cold water D) Application of ice packs
A) By glowing in the dark B) By emitting high-pitched sounds C) By using flamboyant colors D) By jumping out of the water
A) Venomous fish are rare compared to other vertebrates B) There are fewer venomous fish than venomous birds C) There are only 100 species of venomous fish D) There are more venomous fish than venomous snakes
A) Flying through the air for miles B) Walking along the bottom on their fins C) Slithering on land like snakes D) Burrowing through mud like worms
A) Spines, sharp fins, barbs, spikes or fangs B) Poisonous skin secretions only C) Releasing toxins through their gills D) Swallowing prey whole
A) A triangle B) A sphere C) A circle D) A cylinder
A) Tetrapod land vertebrates B) Chondrosteans C) Coastal fish D) Ray-finned fishes
A) Teleosts B) Holosteans C) Tetrapods D) Chondrosteans
A) Holosteans B) Teleosts C) Chondrosteans D) Lobe-finned fish
A) 58 percent B) 41 percent C) 96 percent D) 1 percent
A) Lobed paired fins B) Movable maxilla and premaxilla C) Homocercal caudal fins D) Modifications to the spine
A) 58 percent B) 41 percent C) 96 percent D) 78 percent
A) 41 percent B) 58 percent C) 1 percent D) 96 percent
A) 500 metres B) 1,000 metres C) 200 metres D) 100 metres
A) Cold and pitch black B) Shallow continental shelf C) Sunlit waters D) Twilight waters
A) 7 percent B) 78 percent C) 13 percent D) 44 percent
A) 500 B) 1,000 C) 100 D) 250
A) 40,200 B) 25,000 C) 34,800 D) 12,500
A) Arctic Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Indo-Pacific D) Mediterranean Sea
A) Danube B) Mississippi C) Nile D) Amazon
A) 10% B) 5% C) 2% D) 20%
A) Beak B) Proboscis C) Tentacles D) Oral sucker
A) No bony skeleton B) Hard scales C) Well-developed paired fins D) Complex jaws
A) Has a skull but no vertebral column B) Has lungs and gills C) Has a completely bony skeleton D) Has no skin
A) Venomous spines B) Electric shocks C) Noxious slime D) Changing colors
A) Gallbladder B) Pancreas C) Liver D) Leydig's organ
A) They have hard bony skeletons B) They cannot swim C) They lack swim bladders D) They have lungs
A) Hammerheads B) Rockfish C) Cardinalfish D) Gobies
A) Blue shark B) Rockfish C) Gobies D) Slingjaw wrasse
A) Echolocation B) Protusible jaws C) Bioluminescence D) Ultraviolet vision
A) Oviparous B) Ovoviviparous C) Viviparous D) Mouthbrooding
A) Blue sharks B) Hammerheads C) Catsharks D) Lamniformes
A) Hammerheads B) Ocean sunfish C) Cardinalfish D) Slingjaw wrasse
A) Protusible jaws B) Inflexible jaws C) Fixed bony plates D) Suction-only tubes
A) Catshark B) Slingjaw wrasse C) Blue shark D) Ocean sunfish
A) Filter feeder only B) Generalist/opportunist C) Strict herbivore D) Specialist jellyfish eater
A) Crustaceans B) Jellyfish C) Small fish D) Dead whales
A) Infrared B) Ultraviolet C) X-ray D) Radio waves |
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