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Welcome to the Fish Quiz! This is a friendly quiz competition designed to test your general knowledge of fish. Any registered Wikipedians may answer this quiz's questions, but, only if you get them right may you post another one. Think of this quiz as a fun, interactive version of "Did you know...". The Fish Quiz is is associated with the Fish Portal, WikiProject Fishes as well as Wikipedia:Department of Fun.

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[edit] Rules

  1. Any registered Wikipedian can answer a quiz question, but to ask a question you must be the first person to answer the previous question correctly. Remember to sign your post with ~~~~.
  2. If you are the first person to post the correct answer, the asker will post a message below your answer confirming you gave the correct response. Then you will receive ONE point!
  3. You now have the baton and 24 hours to post a new question. If a new question is not posted by you within that time limit, anyone can volunteer and post a new question instead. You and the volunteer can't answer this question. The volunteer asker gets ONE bonus point for every three questions he or she posted this way in a tournament.
  4. Once someone has received the total of 10 points, a "tournament" is over, and that person is declared a winner.
  5. The winner moved all the questions and answers of that tournament to archieve and start a new tournament. All scores are reset to ZERO.

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Hall of Fame

various fish
 This user was the winner of Tournament VIII of The Fish Quiz.

[edit] Current Scoreboard - Tournament VIII

See scoreboards of previous tournaments here.

Have fun!
Have fun!
Score User name
3 Mathwhiz 29
4 Bibliomaniac15
3 Dwaink
2 Pro bug catcher
1 Cynops3

[edit] Questions - Tournament VIII

[edit] Question 1

'Campfire goblets' is an anagram of the vernacular name of this species of fish from the Atlantic. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 22:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC) There are eight genera in it's the family, and 'campfire goblets' likes shrimps. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 22:30, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah ha! "Chi la fa l'aspetti." (He who perseveres wins at last.) It's bigscale pomfret! mathwhiz29 22:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes! Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 22:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Oops, that quote was wrong...It means "What goes around, comes around." yep. :( It's actually "Chi la dura la vince."

[edit] Question 2

Which fish of the deep-sea has been (or might have been) named after a god, a saint, a hero, and a color, and yet the first part of its common name could not be more common? mathwhiz29 23:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

In a legend, a spot upon its side has been called "St Peter's fingerprint", while Wikipedia says the spot is used as an "evil eye" of warning. mathwhiz29 04:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it the John Dory? bibliomaniac15 Hey you! Stop lazing around and help fix this article instead! 04:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
yep :) your turn! mathwhiz29 23:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 3

How many species are still living in the Class Sarcopterygii? Name all existing species. bibliomaniac15 Hey you! Stop lazing around and help fix this article instead! 23:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Nine? These are the ones I found. ♦ Latimeria menadoensis ♦ Latimeria chalumnae ♦ Protopterus amphibius ♦ Protopterus annectens annectens ♦ Protopterus annectens brieni ♦ Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus ♦ Protopterus dolloi ♦ Lepidosiren paradoxa ♦ Neoceratodus forsteri ♦ mathwhiz29 03:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll give you the point. I was looking for eight, but you listed the two subspecies of Protopterus annectens. bibliomaniac15 04:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 4

This fish is the last surviving species of its family. It is a marine fish that migrates to estuaries and freshwater streams as a juvenile. Also a common food fish, especially in the Asiatic Pacific, it is know by multiple names in the Philippines. Name five. :) mathwhiz29 15:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There are 7 other extinct species of this family, and is solely found in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. mathwhiz29 00:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Milkfish,chanos chanos,bonuan bangus,dagupan bangus, bangos ?Dwaink (talk) 16:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Works for me :) mathwhiz29 02:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 5

Two fish are known for the fingerprints of a specific Saint, name the Saint and the two fish?Dwaink (talk) 04:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

St. Peter, whose fingerprints are supposedly on that of the John Dory and the Haddock. bibliomaniac15 04:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I will take this answer even though i was searching for Tilapia.Dwaink (talk) 12:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 6

What fish does the "fish fur" used by the Russian army come from? --Cynops3 (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Is there an actual fish that it refers to? Everything I find implies that it's called "fish fur" because the fur looks generic. mathwhiz29 02:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
It's artificial and supposedly looks like that of no other animal. [1]. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 03:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Good job. Point to Pro bug catcher. --Cynops3 (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 7

This apex predator has the name of its prey, but also feeds on squid, sablefish, and herring. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 02:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Mackerel sharks?Dwaink (talk) 01:22, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Well I'm looking for a species, but you're really close. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 14:58, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
salmon shark, Lamna ditropis mathwhiz29 16:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes.Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 16:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 8

As an adult, this fish is either male or a hermaphrodite - never female. It also has a variety of special traits, like the ability to physically change its gills and survive over two months out of water. :D mathwhiz29 18:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it the Mangrove killifish - Kryptolebias marmoratus? Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 01:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Right! mathwhiz29 00:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 9

This (funny) game has a fish name! Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 11:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Shark! Shark!?Dwaink (talk) 20:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's not what I was thinking about. But it definitely works. Dilemma here... The name has 'ar' once in it. And people have to do like the fish whose name is given to the game. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 03:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I gave the point to Dwaink, the game I was think thinking of was "Sardine" (a variant of Hide and seek). Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 13:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Question 10

Australia has no naturally occuring form of this fish, these fish dominate Asian and European types. Dwaink (talk) 19:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

What? You all got lives at the same time? :) If you walk in to any fish store a tank of these creatures will be in there somewhere...Dwaink (talk) 20:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I just don't understand what you mean by "these fish dominate Asian and European types". -Cynops3 (talk) 01:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Meaning that this family of fish is predominant in the numbers of fish found in these two areas...while is absent from Australia in a naturally found sense. These fish are present there now, but were imported.Dwaink (talk) 21:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Carp? bibliomaniac15 22:29, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Exactamundo!! Point Bibliomaniac!Dwaink (talk) 03:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 11

This elusive, eel-like shark has no close living relatives. bibliomaniac15 04:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Would that be the frilled shark? --Cynops3 (talk) 16:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes that would. bibliomaniac15 04:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 12

What Caribbean fish has three submarines named after it? (It's a perch) --Cynops3 (talk) 18:35, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Mojarra?Dwaink (talk) 15:16, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

No. Perhaps I should specify that they are US navy submarines. --Cynops3 (talk) 21:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Permit?Dwaink (talk) 21:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking of the Snook, but you get the point. --Cynops3 (talk) 17:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Question 13

What is the largest(most members)family of catfish?<lucky question 13 on Friday the 13th...>Dwaink (talk) 21:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Loricariidae. bibliomaniac15 22:33, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes!Point yours.Dwaink (talk) 15:10, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question 14

This island (which does not exist) was believed to be the island of the codfish. bibliomaniac15 20:53, 14 June 2008 (UTC)