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Pacific leaping blenny - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the scientific name of the Pacific leaping blenny?
A) Alticus blennius
B) Andamia arnoldorum
C) Blenniidae alticus
D) Alticus arnoldorum
  • 2. What family does the Pacific leaping blenny belong to?
A) Pomacentridae
B) Blenniidae
C) Cichlidae
D) Gobiidae
  • 3. What is another common name for the Pacific leaping blenny?
A) Rock hopper
B) Leaping rockskipper
C) Pacific rock-climber
D) Tide jumper
  • 4. What is the reproductive strategy of these blennies?
A) Oviparous
B) Parthenogenic
C) Ovoviviparous
D) Viviparous
  • 5. How do Pacific leaping blennies form pairs when mating?
A) Random grouping
B) Harems
C) Distinct pairs
D) Large groups
  • 6. What is the maximum total length males can reach?
A) 5 centimetres
B) 8 centimetres
C) 15 centimetres
D) 12 centimetres
  • 7. What is the maximum total length in inches for males?
A) 2.15 inches
B) 5.00 inches
C) 4.25 inches
D) 3.15 inches
  • 8. What do Pacific leaping blennies primarily feed on?
A) Zooplankton
B) Benthic algae
C) Small crustaceans
D) Coral polyps
  • 9. How do these fish consume their food?
A) Scraping off rocky surfaces
B) Filter feeding
C) Swallowing floating particles
D) Sucking it from the water
  • 10. What physical feature distinguishes male Pacific leaping blennies?
A) Prominent head crests and orange-red dorsal fins
B) Blue spots and long tails
C) Yellow bellies and bright stripes
D) Black fins and large eyes
  • 11. In which oceans are these tropical blennies found?
A) Eastern and northern Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Western and southern Pacific Ocean
  • 12. Which of the following locations is part of their distribution?
A) Galapagos Islands
B) Hawaii
C) Australia
D) Samoa
  • 13. Which island group is mentioned as part of their habitat?
A) Fiji
B) Canary Islands
C) Marianas
D) Bahamas
  • 14. Why do these blennies leap from hole to hole?
A) To find shade
B) To escape predators in the water
C) When disturbed
D) To hunt prey
  • 15. What type of rocks do these blennies inhabit?
A) Granite rocks
B) Basalt
C) Limestone rocks
D) Sandstone
  • 16. How long are they able to dwell on land at a time?
A) Several minutes
B) Up to a full day
C) Several hours
D) Only a few seconds
  • 17. Which activities have been reported while they are out of the water?
A) Shedding skin
B) Building nests
C) Sleeping and hiding
D) Foraging and mating
  • 18. During which tide condition are they able to survive on land?
A) Spring tide
B) High tide
C) Midtide
D) Low tide
  • 19. What happens if they remain out of water when the tide lowers too much?
A) They overheat and melt
B) They freeze
C) They dry out and suffocate
D) They burrow into the sand
  • 20. Who performed the study on how these blennies thrive on land?
A) Curtiss
B) Tonia Hsieh
C) Alticus arnoldorum
D) Augusta Foote Arnold
  • 21. At which university was Tonia Hsieh when performing the study?
A) Yale University
B) Harvard University
C) Temple University
D) Stanford University
  • 22. In which city is Temple University located?
A) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B) New York, New York
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) Chicago, Illinois
  • 23. What unique physical ability allows members of A. arnoldorum to thrive on land?
A) Expanding their lungs
B) Twisting their tails axially at 90 degrees
C) Jumping five feet high
D) Walking on pectoral fins
  • 24. What action does the tail movement propel?
A) Their bodies
B) Only their heads
C) Water into their gills
D) Eggs into holes
  • 25. Besides genus Alticus, which other genus shares the unique tail-twisting behaviourism?
A) Andamia
B) Omobranchus
C) Blennius
D) Salarias
  • 26. How were the two genera (Alticus and Andamia) considered after this discovery?
A) Amphibious
B) Terrestrial
C) Pelagic
D) Abyssal
  • 27. Is the identity of the person commemorated in the specific name clear?
A) Named after Tonia Hsieh
B) Unclear
C) Very clear
D) Known to be Augusta Foote Arnold
  • 28. What is the surname of the author who named this blenny?
A) Darwin
B) Arnold
C) Curtiss
D) Hsieh
  • 29. What book is the author known to have read?
A) Fishes of the Western Pacific
B) The Origin of Species
C) The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide: A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tidemarks
D) Marine Life of the Pacific
  • 30. Who wrote the book read by the author Curtiss?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Rachel Carson
C) Augusta Foote Arnold
D) Tonia Hsieh
  • 31. What are the birth and death years of Augusta Foote Arnold as provided in the text?
A) 1865-1940
B) 1850-1920
C) 1844-1903
D) 1830-1895
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