Fish Triva!

[timmystood]

OK, so no cheating by using Google etc.
Here's some questions to test your knowledge! Answers will be posted tommorow! Post your replies and I'll tell you who got the answers right!

Question 1 -
What is a person who studies fish called?

a. A fisholigist
b. An oceanologist
c. An ichthyologist
d. A fesorologist

Question 2 -
What is a lateral line?

a. The part of the brain which a fish uses for balance
b. The row of scales most fish have along their sides
c. The slime producing membrame
d. The small pigment of the fishes eye

Question 3 -
What family do Angelfish belong too?

a. Cichlids
b. Catfishes
c. Cyprinids
d. Livebearers

Just answer...

EXAMPLE - a, d, c

And i'll tell you whos right!
B)

 

[prankster705]

c,b,a

 

[rdd1952]

c
Neither, he's a mod on the forum
a

Actually my understanding is that the lateral line is an organ that helps fish sense movement in the surrounding water. I guess it's "b" in your group of answers as it is usually visible as faint lines running down the side.

 

[The-Wolf]

Question 1 -
What is a person who studies fish called?
c. An ichthyologist


Question 2 -
What is a lateral line?
none of the above
it is a sensory organ/a serise or sensory pores that most fish have
used to dectect movement or electrical current.
it is also a moderator on this forum

Question 3 -
What family do Angelfish belong too?

a. Cichlids

 

[prankster705]

Just answer the qeustion 2 in the way he thought it is right...

 

[OohFeeshy]

CBA, although Q2 is misleading...

I agree with

Actually my understanding is that the lateral line is an organ that helps fish sense movement in the surrounding water. I guess it's "b" in your group of answers as it is usually visible as faint lines running down the side.

 

[andywg]

The lateral line of fish provides a ferntastsinn, or "distant touch", sense (Dijkgraaf 1962). By means of mechanoreceptors similar to those in the auditory and equilibrium systems, water movements around the fish can be detected. The receptors are called neuromasts, and each consists of individual hair cells with attached cupula

The above is from p. 175 of "Fishes, An introduction to Icthyology" Fifth Edition by Peter B. Moyle and Joseph J Cech, Jr.

 

[Annastasia]

Question 1 - C
Question 2 - B, I'd guess, though I agree with Wolf.
Question 3 - A

 

[rdd1952]

and each consists of individual hair cells with attached cupula

The above is from p. 175 of "Fishes, An introduction to Icthyology" Fifth Edition by Peter B. Moyle and Joseph J Cech, Jr.

I must have missed the hair on my fish. I hope I don't have to start taking them to Petsmart to get groomed too.

 

[fishing4exotics]

c,b,a

 

[CroNiC]

C
to the
B
to the
A

-Ez questins ask harder ones. So far every1 got them right i think

 

[timmystood]

Damm! I guess your all right. I was trying to catch you out!

Well Done! Your more clever than you look! he he

 

[andywg]

Here's one for you all then, What's the difference between a shoal of fish and a school of fish?

 

[fishing4exotics]

A school of fish is a group of fish species that in nature swim in schools for defense purpose. A shoal of fish is a group of fish ( not necessarily of the same species ) that do not normally school in nature. The shoal of fish will form a group for defensive purposes. A group of tetras is a school of tetras. Tetras normally swim in schools in nature. A group of guppies is a shoal of guppies. Guppies are territorial and do not normally swim in groups. But, they may form a shoal in a fish tank for defensive purposes. Many species of fish that do not form a shoal in nature will form a shoal in an aquarium. The artificial aquarium environment can stress a group of fish into a shoal.

 

[andywg]

Not a bad effort, but wrong.

Any others?