Tropical Fish
Fishy Facts
Miscellaneous
Ocean Life
Sea Critters
100
Many tropical fish live where?
The coral reef
100
What fish can change color to match their surroundings?
zebrafish
100
Some tropical fish swim together in big groups. What is this called?
schools
100
Starfish are not fish. What are they?
echinoderms
100
Name one of. the fastest moving mollusk
octopus and squid
200
What is a plantlike animal with flowing tentacles?
Anemone
200
What fish moves backward or forward, up or down.
electric eel
200
This fish hides and lives and dines head down among the urchins' spines.
shrimpfish
200
Name one echinoderm, besides the starfish.
sand dollars, urchins, and lumpy sea cucumbers
200
Name one of the critters with legs and arms and knees called arthropods.
lobster, amphipod, crab, and shrimp
300
Some butterflyfish have big spots on their tails. What are the spots called?
false eyes
300
What fish lives in the depths of the sea during the day, but rises to the surface at night.
Lantern Fish
300
Where is the world's biggest coral reef?
It is off the north-east coast of Australia.
300
What is a sea animal with holes called Porifera?
Sponges
300
What are some kinds of worms that live in the sea
purple flatworm, giant bristle worm and Christmas tree worms
400
What is the fish that can travel hundreds of feet through the air?
Flying Fish
400
What fish has tiny side fins , a little tail, and is a very slow swimmer.
cowfish
400
What creatures can survive at great ocean depths?
Viperfish, Hatchetfish, Gulper eels and anglerfish
400
Name one stinger in the group called the cnidaria.
jellyfish, corals anemones
400
What sea critter carries its house on its back?
hermit crab
500
What are tiny sea creatures that float in oceans and lakes?
What is plankton.
500
What fish when it is afraid, swallows lots of water or air and blows itself up into a prickly ball too large for most other fish to swallow?
puffer fish
500
What is the world's largest mollusc?
the giant squid
500
What is the humpback whales', baby called?
calf
500
Name one of the stiff-backed sea creatures called chordates.
salp, sea squirt, amphioxus
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