FISHERIES BIOLOGY

1.Logistic model was developed by

a) Schaefer b) Daniel pauly c) Gulland d) None

2.Chlorophyll estimation forms a major input data in

a) Logistic model b) Box model
c) Stochastic model d) Analytical model

3.Which of the constant is referred as growth coefficient

a) K b) c) d) Lt

4.Lm/L is an index to
a) Reproduction b) Reproductive stress
c) Reproductive capacity d) None

5.Exploitation of a fish stock at right age is called as

a) Under fishing b) Over fishing c) Eumetric fishing d) None of these

6.Which ELEFAN system is used to study length frequency data

a) ELEFAN 5 b) ELEFAN 4 c) ELEFAN 3 d) ELEFAN 0

7.The curve used to show income distributions of people

a) Indifference curve b) Philips curve c) Lorenz curve d) None of these

8.Fish eggs with a small amount of yolk are called as

a) Oligolecithal b) Alecithal c) Isolecithal d) Telolecithal

9.The yolk sac is segmented in

a) Sciaenids b) Clupeids Serranids d) Flat fishes

10. Larval stage capable of reproducing is known as

a) Parthernogenesis b) Hermaphrodites c) Paedogenesis d) None of these

11. In tropical countries, the fish matures:

a) Early b) Late c) Seasonally d) At the given time

12. Reproductive function can be controlled by

a) Hypothalamus b) Insulin c) Thyroxin d) Adrenalin

13. Gonodotropic hormone with low carbohydrate content induces

a) Maturation and ovulation b) Vitellogenesis c) Spawning d) Hatching ratio

14. Vitellogenesis in decapod crustaceans is controlled by

a) Hormones b) Environmental condition c) Temperature d) Tide

15. Maturation process is inhibited by

a) Gonodotropin b) Environmental conditions c) GIH d) Temperature

16. Abalation of eyestalk in crustaceans

a) Accelerate vitellogenesis b) Retard maturation
c) Increase fecundity d) Promote mortality

17. The following hormones induces maturation and ovulation

a) LH and HCG b) GIH c) Crustecdysone d) Thyroxine

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18. Complete extraction of Gonodotropin is done by
a) Saline solution b) Trichloro acetic acid
c) Distilled water d) Alcohol

19. Pituitary extract injection is usually given

a) Near anal fin b) Base of pectoral fin
c) Base of Anterior part of dorsal fin d) Near pelvic fin

20. Fishes are usually

a) Ureotelic and uricotelic b) Ureotelic
c) Amminotelic and ureotelic d) Uricotelic

21. Sense organs found in fishes as unique feature

a) Auditory sense organs b) Olfactory sense organs
c) Lateral line organs d) Semi circular canals

22. Scales of elasmobranch are

a) Ctenoid b) Ganoid c) Cycloid d) Placoid

23. Petromyzon is not a true fish because of

a) Absence of operculum b) Absence of median fins
c) Absence of paired fins and true jaws d) Presence of gills

24. Heart in fishes

a) Two-chambered b) Four chambered c) Three chambered d) Six chambered

25. Gills are pouch-like in

a) Amphibia b) Pisces c) Cyclostomes d) All of these

26. Which of the following scales are present on the body of a lamprey?
a) Ctenoid b) Placoid c) Cycloid d) None of these

27. Which one of the following is a fish?

a) Sea urchin b) Sea horse c) Sea pen d) Sea lion

28. Air bladder is

a) Hydrostatic organs of bony fish b) Excretory organ of fish
c) Excretory organs of mammals d) Respiratory organs of cephlopids

29. Peculiarity of fish heart is that it has

a) No blood at all b) All venous blood
c) All arterial blood d) Partly arterial blood & Partly venous blood

30. A fish has no

a) Tail b) Head c) Neck d) Trunk

31. Which one of the following fishes can produce electricity?

a) Scoliodon b) Torpedo c) Hilsa d) All

32. Climbing fish is

a) Anguilla b) Labeo c) Scoliodon d) Anabas

33. Living fossil is

a) Dodo b) Dogfish c) Coelacanth (Latimeria) d) Flying fish

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34. In fishes respiration takes place by
a) Gills, lungs and fins b) Gills
c) Lungs d) Gills and accessory respiratory organs

35. In adult fishes the kidney is

a) Opisthonephros b) Mesonephros c) Pronephros d) Metanephros

36. In fishes heart comprises

a) One auricle and one ventricle b) Two auricles and one ventricles
c) Two ventricle and one auricle d) Two auricles and no ventricles

37. Which fins are paired in fishes?

a) Adipose fin b) Dorsal fin c) Pelvic fins or ventral d) Anal fin

38. The sucker fish is technically called

a) Labeo b) Saccobranchus c) Echeneis d) Anabas

39. Gambusia is
a) A mosquito spreading yellow fever b) Parasitic fish
c) Fish predator of mosquito larvae d) Pest of fishes

40. Lateral line system is present in

a) Fish b) Crustacean c) Mollusc d) Marine mammals

41. The fish famous for parental care is

a) Hippocampus b) Scoliodon c) Gambusia d) Labeo

42. Which of the following animal is a poikilotherm

a) Snakes b) Fish c) Frog d) All the three

43. Pristis is a member of class

a) Elamobranchii b) Teleostomi c) Dionoi d) Holocephali

44. In which of the following groups the operculum is present?

a) Holocephali b) Elasmobranchii c) Dipnoi d) Teleostomi

45. Fishes able to breath in air

a) All Estuarine fishes b) All fresh water fishes
c) All marine fishes d) All land fishes

46. Golden age of fishes is

a) Silurian period b) Devonian period c) Ordovician period d) None of the above

47. Electric organs of fishes are highly modified Masses of

a) White fibres b) Muscle cells c) Nerve cells d) Elastic fibres

48. Which of the following is a flat Fish

a) Remora b) Pleuronectus c) Antennarius d) Scoliodon

49. Fish change its direction suddenly by

a) Pelvic fins b) Pectoral fins c) Caudal fins d) All the above

50. Dipnoi fishes are

a) Skin breathing b) Gill breathing c) Air breathing d) None

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51. In fishes the teeth are of
a) Pleurodont type b) Homodont type c) Heterodont type d) Thecodont type

52. Among fishes two internal nostrils are seen in

a) Dipnoi b) Teleosti c) Elasmobranchi d) Holocephali

53. In fishes the jaws are adapted for

a) Manipulating food b) Defence c) Grasping d) All

54. In fishes the axial skeleton is made up of

a) Cartilage only b) Skeletal bones only c) a & b d) None

55. Latimeria chalumnae is the zoological name of

a) Coelacanth b) Flute fish c) Hydranth d) Sucker fish

56. Fighting Fishes (Belontiidae) have a fixed spawning temperature. What is it?
a) 50C b) 26C c) 12C d) 42C

57. Fishes have kidney of

a) Metapheric b) Mesonephric type c) Protonephric type d) None

58. Please indicate the correct answer

a) Pectoral fins are balancing organs b) Lateral lines of fish have no function
c) Dorsal fins are primary sensory organs d) Pectoral fins of fish are locomotory organs

59. Among following which is the true fish?

a) Cuttle fish b) Flying fish c) Devil fish d) Cray fish

60. Most pelagic fish eggs can be found where?

a) Suspended in open water b) Stagnant water only
c) On the sand at the bottom of the water d) On the shallow shelves of the coast

61. Heart pumps only impure blood in case of

a) Shark b) Lizard c) Whale d) Frog

62. Which is the most poisonous fish in the world?

a) Common Stingray (Dasyatis) b) Red Neon (Cheirodon axelrodi)
c) Japanese Puffer Fish (Arothron tetraodon) d) Deepsea Fish (Argyropelecus affinis)

63. Number of branchial arches present in Scoliodon is

a) 5pairs b) 8 pairs c) 6 pairs d) 7 pairs

64. Which is the most powerful electric fish in the world?

a) Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
b) Electric Catfish (Malapterurus electricus)
c) Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus)
d) Black Torpedo Ray (Torpedo nobiliana)

65. Male Scoliodon is distinguished from female Scoliodon by the presence of

a) Cloacal aperture b) Claspers c) Pelvic fin d) Dorsal fin

66. Which are the slowest moving marine fishes?

a) Icefish (Salangidae) b) Cod fish (Gadiformes)
c) Sea Horses (Syngnathidae) d) Bombay Ducks (Harpodontidae)

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67. Which fish lays the most eggs?
a) Mutton Fish (Macrozoares americanus) b) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
c) Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) d) Pearl fish (Carapus acus)

68. In fishes the blood circulation is called

a) Double circulation b) Arterial circulation
c) Venous circulation d) Arterial and venous circulation

69. Which is the largest fish in the world?

a) Grey Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) b) Japanese Horn Shark (Heterodontus japonicus)
c) Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) d) Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

70. In elasmobranches the axial endoskeleton is of

a) Hyeline cartilage and bone b) Cartilage
c) Ossified cartilage d) Bone

71. In a sucker fish, the sucker is a modification of

a) Dorsal fin b) Ventral fin c) Mouth d) Gill slit

72. Which is the smallest Shark (Selachii)?

a) Dogfish (Scylirhinidae) b) Grey Shark (Carcharhinidae)
c) Carpet shark (Orectolobidae) d) Angular Rough Shark Oxynotidea)

73. Which of the following is a scale less fish

a) Scoliodon b) Clarius c) Amia d) Labeo

74. Group of Jelly fish is called

a) Shoals b) Smack c) Siege d) None

75. Group of Herring in called

a) Siege b) Shoal c) Smack d) None

76. Larvae of Sea cucumber

a) Doliolaria b) Aruicularia c) Branchiolariad) Bipinaria

77. Larvae of Mollusc

a) Trochopore b) Tornaria c) Alima d) Alevin

78. Scientific name of Ten pounder is

a) Megalops cyprinoids b) Elops machnata
c) Nematalosa nasus d) None

79. Larva of Freshwater bivalve

a) Veliger b) Glochidium c) Trochopore d) Ammocetae

80. Scientific Name of Big eye tuna is

a) Auxis thazardb) Thunnus obesus
c) Euthynnus affnis d) Thunnus tonggol

81. Pelvic fin absent in

a) Ilisha b) Opisthopterus c) Coilia d) Esculosa thoracata

82. Ribbon fish also called as

a) Sea fish b) Hairtails c) Sea hare d) None

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83. Gonad somatic Index is measured by
Gw
a) GSI = ------------------- x 100
Weight of fish

b) GSI = Wt of Gonad x weight of fish x100

Weight of fish
c) GSI = ---------------------- x 100
Weight of Gonad

84. Hard parts used for age determinator one

a) Otoliths b) Vertebraltentra c) Scales d) All the above

85. Crassostrea gigas commonly called as

a) Flat oyster b) Cup oyster c) Edible oyster d) None

86. Scientific name of freshwater pearl

a) Pernaviridis b) Pinctata fucata c) Lamellidens marginalis d) None

87. Larvae of star Fish

a) Bipinaria b) Tornaria c) Tholichthys d) Echinopluteus

88. Two pairs of barbells present in

a) Wallago attu b) Goat Fish c) Mrigal d) Singhi

89. Male organ present on the body of shark

a) Testis b) Claspers c) both d) None
90. Cured skin of shark is commercially called
a) Shagreen b) Pearl essence c) Finrays d) None

91. Air-bladder is absent in

a) Sardine b) Shark c) Sciaenids d) None

92. Fertilization in shark is almost always

a) Internal b) external c) Both d) None

93. Numbers of gill slit present in shark

a) 5-7 b) 7-8 c) 9-10 d) 4-6
94. Maltse cross-(Calcified cartilage alternating with uncalcified region) present in
a) Shark Trunk Vertebra b) Catfish c) Ray Trunk vertebra d) None

95. Shape of Stomach in shark

a) J shape b) S shape c) C shape d) L shape

96. Blind sac (at junction of cardiac & pyloric stomach) is present in
a) Shark b) Whale c) Sawfish d) None

97. Heart in shark is

a) Venous heart b) branchial heart
c) Venous heart or branchial heart d) None

98. Dipnoi are also called as

a) Lung fishes b) Silver sides c) Scorpion fish d) None

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 99. In the lung fish which organ is acts as lung is
a) Claspers b) Air-bladder c) Intestine d) Skin

100. Lungfish which has two lungs is

a) Protopterus b) Lepidosiren c) Neoceratodus d) a & b

101. Lungfish which has one lung is

a) Neoceratodus b) Protopterus c) Lepidosiren d) None

102. Oldest & most primitive lung Fish

a) Dipterus b) Trigon c) Zyganea d) Echenies

103. Living fossils

a) Latimeria chalumnae b) Chimaera monstrosa
c) Chirocentrus dorab d) None

104. Amia calva is also called as

a) Bow fin fishes b) Yellow Eel c) Flying fish d) None

105. Bow fin fishes lives in lake & river of

a) N. America b) S.America c) N.Africa d) S.Africa

106. Lepidosteus sp are also called

a) Garpike b) Eurasian catfish c) Topminnow d) None

107. For spawning male prepare crude nest by crushing vegetables

a) Amia calva b) Latimeria chalumnae c) Remora d)Amphiprion

108. In Cypriniformes, the apparatus connecting ear and air bladder is called
a) Optic lobe b) Endolymph c) Weberian Ossicle d)None

109. Flying fish can fly up to an altitude of

a) 1 m b) 2m c) 1.5m d) 2.5m

110. Flying fish can fly and cover a distance

a)150m b) 100-150 c) 100 meter d)75m

111. Mosquito fish (Gambusia) are

a) Viviparous and live bearer b) Oviparous
c) Ovoviviparous d) None

112. Circulatory system in fish is

a) Closed system b) Open system c) Vertical d) None

113. Volume of blood in fishes varies from (%of body weight)

a) 1.5 3% b) 1-1.5% c) 1.5-2.0% d) 1.5-3.5%

114. Fish haemoglobin is

a) Monomeric b) Tetrameric c) Isomeric d) Monomeric & Tetrameric

115. Monocytes produces

a) Antibodies b) Antigen c) Immunoglobulin d) None

116. Respiratory pigment in fishes is

a) Haemoglobin b) Haemocyanin c) Erythrocyanin d) None

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117. Fish which doesnt have haemoglobin is
a) Antartic ice fish b) Artic icefish c) Tropical fish d) None

118. Fishes which have 4 kinds of haemoglobin

a) Sawfish b) Goldfish c) Sardine d) Rainbow trout

119. Fishes which have 3 kinds of haemoglobin

a) Gold fish b) Rainbow trout c) Silverbellies d) None

120. More gill area, & large nos. of gill lamella/mm of gill filament
a) Fast swimming fishes b) Slow swimming fishes
c) Tropical fishes d) Temperate fishes

121. Complete cartilaginous gill ray present in

a) Rita rita b) Clown fish c) Lamprey d) Toad fish

122. External gills is present in

a) Polypterus larvae b) Eel larvae c) Shark d) None

123. Fishes which use air bladder as respiratory

a) Polypterus b) Amia c) Notopterus d) All the above

124. Function of Webrian ossicle

a) Pressure register b) Auditory c) Localization of sound d) All the above

125. Most important function of kidney

a) Excretion of nitrogenous waste b) Maintaining salt & water balance
c) a&b d) None

126. Kidney type in Salmon & Trout

a) Completely fused b) Completely separated c) a & b d) None

127. Fishes which do not drink water

a) Hag fish (cyclostomes) b) Sardine c) Shark d) None

128. Average urea content in blood of elasmobranch

a) 500-1000mg% b) 1000-2000 mg% c)1500mg% d) None

129. Average urea content in urine of elasmobranch

a) 230 mg % b) 250mg% c) 200mg% d) 225mg%

130. Types of kidney is given by

a) Linneaus b) Schafer c) Ogawa d) Lamark

131. First scientific classification of lower vertebrate is given by

a) J. Muller b) Berg c) Aristotle d) None

132. Earliest known jawless vertebrate

a) Placoderm b) Agnatha c) Cephalaspids d) Selachii

133. The only eagle ray found in chilka lake is

a) Aetobatus flagellum b) Dasyatis imbricate
c) Torpedo marmorata d) None

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134. It is commonly called as Sturgeon
a) Amia b) Pristis c) Acipencer d) Exocoetus

135. The eggs of which fish are known as mermaid purse

a) Shark b) Stickleback c) Scorpionfish d) None

136. Kidney type in Mystus, Arius, Dactylopterus

a) Completely separated b) Completely fused
c) Anterior part fused d) None

137. Kidney type in cyprinids

a) Completely fused b) Middle & posterior part fused
c) Anterior part fused d) a & b

138. Tail is used as breathing organ

a) Periopthalmus b) Anguilla c) Channa d) Protopterus

139. A male mate with several female

a) Monogamy b) Polygamy c) polyandry d) None

140. Breeding phase of eel

a) Silver eel b) Yellow eel c) Golden eel d) White eel

141. The type specimen selected subsequent to the original description from one of the same types
a) Zeo type b) Syn type c) Holotype d) None

142. Leptocephalus larvae metmorphosized to elver or glass eel when they are
a) 2 yrs old b) 1 yrs old c) 3 yrs old d) 6 month

143. It is the study of fish by description, numbers and morphology of chromosomes

a) Syntype b) Holotype c) Neotype d) Karyotypes

144. A biochemical technique which is used to evaluated the protein pattern

a) Electrophoresis b) Kjeldhal c) Soxhlet d) Chromatography

145. The study of living fossil

a) Ethology b) Paleantology c) Ichthyology d) None

146. Principal organ for removal of NH3 & Urea

a) Gill b) Skin c) Dorsalfin d) Pectoralfin

147. A female mate with several males

a) Monogamy b) Polygamy c) Polyandry d) None

148. The biggest fish in the world

a) Rhinocodon typus (20-25 m) b) Goby
c) Coila d) None

149. Based on the position of mouth of fishes it can be divided into

a) Termial b) Upterminal (Superior)
c) Subterminal (inferior, Protrusible) d) All the above

150. Eyes are present on the dorsal surface

a) Skates b) Rays c) Sardine d) a & b

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151. Cycloid scales are present in
a) Carps b) Shark c) Perches d) None
152. General characters of clupeiformes (Sardine like fish)
a) Lateral line generally absent b) Most of the fish have belly scutes
c) Pectoral situated below mid line of the body d) All the above

153. Barbells originate above snout/head is called

a) Mental barbells b) Nasal barbells
c) Mandibular barbells d) None

154. General characteristics of fishes are

a) Gill, operculum is present in Teleost b) Dorsal, caudal & Anal fin are Unpaired
c) Gill, operculum is absent in Elasmobranch d) All the above

155. This is the direct method for age & growth determination of fish
a) Petersen method b) Integrated method of pauly
c) Length frequency methods d) Tagging or marking

156. Disadvantage of Peterson method

a) Suitable only for species which has a life span 2-4 years
b) For older age group, the separation of modes will not be clear
c) Parts of the same age class may grow differently under variable condition
d) All the above

157. Purpose of Tagging is

a) To study the population parameter b) Growth & Age determination
c) To study the migratory pattern d) All of the above

158. Sand spawner is also called as

a) Xerophils b) Phytophils c) Psammophils d) Speleophils

159. The fusion of male & female gemetes to form zygote is called
a) Ovulation b) Spermiation c) Fertilization d) Blastulation

160. Internal fertilization found in

a) Shark b) Guppy c) Molly d) All the above

161. Determinate cleavage mosaic cleavage found in

a) Mollusc b) Annelid c) Fish d) a & b

162. Diphycercal type caudal fin present in

a) Lamprey b) Hag fish c) a & b c) None

163. Glomeruelus kidney found in

a) Fresh water fish b) Most marine fish c) a & bd) None

164. Terminal part of the intestine is called

a) Duodenum b) Fluem c) Rectum d) None

165. Sensitive pigments contains in the Retina of fish is

a) Rhodopsin b) Porphyropsin c) a & b d) None

151. Single gill slit on each side covered with operculum is present in
a) Some teleosts b) All elasmobranchs
c) All teleosts d) Some elasmobranchs
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152. In fishes the exoskeleton is made up of
a) Scales b) Dermal denticles c) Bony plates d) All of the above

153. In elasmobranches the axial endoskeleton is of

a) Hyaline cartilage and bone both b) Cartilage
c) Ossified cartilage d) Bone

154. Which one is commonly called as King of Herrings

a) Chimaera b) Syngnathus c) Echenies d) Exocoetus

155. Which fishes are included in the order Rajiforms, along with Electric Rays, Stingrays and Skates?
a) Fingerfishes (Monodactylidae) b) Cornetfishes (Fistulariidae)
c) Guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) d) All of the above

156. Which catfish is of the family Siluridae, and has given the entire order its scientific name of Siluriformes?
a) Asian Bagrid Catfish b) North Americal freshwater catfish
c) Eurasian Catfish d) None of the above

157. Scaleless fish

a) Cat fish b) Torpedo c) Both d) None

158. Liver is bilobed in

a) Chondricthyes b) Osteochthys c) Both d) None

159. Sting ray is

a) Zyganea b) Trigon c) Torpedo d) Pristis

160. Scorpian fish is

a) Echeneis b) Pristis c) Exocoetus d) Remora

161. Agnatha are the animal without

a) Heart b) Teeth c) Kidney c) Jaws

162. Lampreys are

a) Fishes with a spherical mouth b) Jawless primitive vertebrates
c) Jawless fishes d) Jawed fishes

163. The group devoid of giliding / flying animal is

a) Mammals b) Cyclostomes c) Fishes d) Reptiles

164. Which of the following statements is not true for Agnatha?

a) They are known as cyclostomes b) They include hagfishes and lampreys
c) They have notochord throughout their lives d) They have bony skeletons

165. Which one of these fishes can swallow prey much larger than themselves without rupturing their gills or
blood vessels?
a) Deepsea Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) b) Shallow Water Cisco (Coregonus artedi)
c) Tschirr (Coregonus nasus) d) All the above

166. Latimeria species is a

a) Dipnoi b) Cyclostomes c) Osteichthyes d) Chondricthyes

167. Carp fish common in India is

a) Barbus b) Labeo c) Hilsa d) Wallago

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168. Salmon belongs to the group of
a) Bony fishes b) Trout fishes c) Cartilaginous fishes d) Cod fishes

169. The most Primitive Flyingfishes (Exocoetidae) are found in giant schools off Western India) Which
genus do they belong to
a) Exocoetus b) Cypselurus c) Parexocoetus d) Echinus

170. Midshipmen (Porichthys) even whistle like their namesakes, and are characterized by many pores on the
head and body) What order of fishes do they belong to
a) Trout-Perches (Percopsiformes) b) Toadfishes (Batrachoidiformes)
c) Clingfishes (Gobiesociformes) d) All the above

171. The Hilsa ilisha fish is one of the most prized table fishes in India, especially in West Bengal) What type
of fish is it, and what family does it belong to
a) Salmon b) Carp c) Herring d) None

172. Australian lung fish is

a) Amia b) Neoceratodus c) Labeo d) Hilsa

173. Americarn lung fish is

a) Cat fish b) Scoliodon c) Anguilla d) Lepidosiren

174. African lung fish is

a) Devil fish b) Protopterus c) Saw fish d) Cuttle fish

175. Scales only found in fossilised fish

a) Ganoid b) Cycloid c) Ctenoid d) Casmoid

176. The Lamprey (petromyzon) is included in the same taxonomic class as the
a) Lungfish (Neoceratodus) b) Hagfish (Myxine)
c) Chameleon (Anolis) d) Salmander (Ambystoma)

177. The larva of petromyzon is known as

a) Anadromous b) Catadromous c) Both d) None

178. The pectoral fins of which of the Rays (Batoides) stop short at the mouth giving it the alternate name of
Cow-nosed Ray?
a) Eagle Ray (Aetobatis narinari) b) Devil Ray (Mobula diabolus)
c) Sting Ray (Dasyatis uarnak) d) None

179. What is the tail fin, the most important of all the median fins, also known as?
a) Adipose fin b) Anal fin c) Caudal fin d) None

180. Dog fish is an example of

a) Bony fish b) Cartilagenous fish c) Lung fish d) Caelocanth

181. Dipnoi fishes are

a) Skin breathing b) gill breathing c) Air breathing d) None

182. One of the following is true fish

a) Jelly fish b) Silver fish c) Dog fish d) Cuttle fish

183. Which one of the following is not a part of the chordate body?
a) Urostyle b) Endostyle c) Pygostyle d) Anal style

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184. Oikopleura belongs to
a) Tunicata b) Cyclostomata c) Cephalochordata d) Hemichordata

185. The exclusively sedentary protochordate animals are found in the class
a) Thaliacea b) Pterobranchia c) Ascidiacea d) Larvacea

186. The carnivorous fish, Gambusia is introduced in the lakes, ponds to control a deadly disease in India,
feeds on the larvae of
a) Dragon fly b) Nephantis c) Anopheles d) All of these

187. Black fin shark is

a) Torpedo b) Labeo c) Scoliodon d) None

188. Pulp cavity is absent in

a) Placoid b) Ctenoid c) Both d) None

189. The egg case in Scyllium is horny and known as

a) Cocoon b) Mermaid purse c) Ootheca c) None

190. Ancestors of cyclostomes are

a) Urochordates b) Myxinoides c) Ostracoderms d) Arthropods

191. Which of the following scales are present on the body of a lamprey?
a) Ctenoid b) Placoid c) Cycloid d) None of these

192. How many nostrils are present in Ptetromyzon?

a) Single b) Many c) Double d) None

193. What is another name for the Humpbacked Rock Cod (Chromileptes altivelis)?
a) Grace Kelly Fish b) Marlene Dietrich Fish
c) Greta Garbo Fish d) None of the above

194. Which fish is popularly known as the Hilsa in India?

a) Hilsa hilsa b) Indian Shad c) Indian Tarpon d) White Bait

195. Which one of these is a cartilaginous fish?

a) Star fish b) Dog fish c) Cray fish d) Silver fish

196. Pharyngeal gill slits are found in

a) Silver fish b) Cray fish c) Flying fish d) Devil fish

197. A catadromous fish migrates from

a) Rivers to sea b) Sea to rivers c) Rivers to estuary d) None

198. Which one of the followings is a catadromous fish?

a) Eel b) Salmon c) Hilsa d) None

199. Which of the following is a chordate feature, not shared by the non-chordates?
a) Bilateral symmetry b) Triploblastic body
c) True coelom d) Pharyngeal gill- slits

200. Ammocoete larva occurs in the life history of

a) Lamprey b) Ascidian c) Sea urchin d) Balanoglossus

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201. Which of these does not belong to the Mackerel Shark family of Isuridae?
a) Basking shark b) Porbeagle shark
c) Great white shark d) Mako shark

202. Shagreen is obtained from

a) Labeo b) Scoliodon c) Hipocampus d) Cat fish

203. After extraction of fish oil, the remaining flesh of body of fish is
a) Isinglass b) Fish guano c) Shagreen d) Scutes

204. Heterocercal tail is founding

a) Elasmobranchi b) Teleostomi c) Both d) None

205. Which one is a true fish?

a) Silver fish b) Whale c) Cuttlefish d) Flying fish

206. Which of these animals is not a fish?

a) Lung fish b) Dogfish c) Silverfish d) Cat fish

207. The Indian carp is

a) Labeo b) Torpedo c) Scoliodon d) None

208. If a fish, taken out of water it will soon die because

a) It can not breath b) Its body gets more O2
c) Rapid evaporation from its skin takes place d) None

209. In India the best aquarium is located at

a) Tarapur, Bombay b) Vishakapatnum c) Madras d) ZSI Calcutta

210. Excretory products of fishes are

a) Ammonia b) Urea c) a & b d) None

211. Caudal fin of a shark is

a) Heterocercal b) Isocercal c) Homocercal d) Protocercal

212. Mermaids purse refers to

a) Egg capsules of sharks and skates b) Brood pouch of sea horse
c) A Colony of skates and rays d) All of these

213. The echinoderms, hemichordates and chordates had the following larva as common ancestral form
a) Dipleurula b) Trochophore c) Bipinnaria d) None

214. Which fish belongs to the family Pegasidae?

a) Flying Gurnad b) Flyingfish c) Dragonfish d) All the above

215. To which family do Tuna belong?

a) Carps (Cyprinidae) b) Perch (Percidae)
c) Mackerel (Scombridae) d) Salmon (Salmonidae)

216. Eye lids of fishes are

a) Movable b) Immovable c) Both d) None

217. Skull of fish is

a) Monocondylar b) Acondylar c) Dicondylar d) None

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218. Internal ear of fishes act as
a) Balancer b) Pressure detection c) Temperature detection d) Hearing

219. The term dermal denticles refer to

a) Ctenoid scales b) Placoid scales c) Cycloid scales d) All the above

220. Animals of sea bottom come to surface because

a) Larger sea animals will eat them b) They do not hae swimming organs
c) Pressure of water near surface is low d) They have to swim against gravitation

221. What is another name for Johnny Carp (Carassius auratus)?

a) Common Goby b) Goldfish c) Frogfish c) All of the above

222. Among following which is the true fish?

a) Cuttle fish b) Cat fish c) Devil fish d) Cray fish

223. Thermoreceptors of Scoliodon are

a) Lateral line system b) Olfactory sac
c) Neuromast organs c) Ampullae of Lorenzini

224. Which of the following fishes have homocercal tail?

a) Telcosts b) Sharks c) Torped d) None

225. What is found in the intestine of a shark?

a) Thebesian valve b) Bursa entiana c) Typhlosole d) Scroll valve

226. In which of the following periods the fishes originated?

a) Devonian b) Cambrian c) Ordovician d) Silurian

227. Which fish is not from the family of Billfishes (Istiophoridae)?

a) Spearfish b) Marlin c) Swordfish d) Sailfish

228. In which order are the Herrings (Harengula) Placed?

a) Beryciformes b) Cluperiformes
c) Gadiformes d) Cypriniformes

229. Tail fin acts as

a) Swimmer b) Balancer c) Rudder d) None

230. Gas in air bladder is

a) Carbon dioxide b) Oxygen
c) Nitrogen d) Mixture of all above

231. Number of aortic arches in cartilaginous fishes are

a) Four pairs b) Two pairs c) Five pairs d) None

232. R.B.C. of fishes are

a) Amoeboid b) Nucleated c) Non nucleated d) None

233. Anadromous fish move

a) From sea to fresh water b) From estuary to sea
c) From sea to estuary d) From river to sea

234. Cartilaginous fishes do not have

a) Operculum b) Pelvic fins c) Scales d) Gill slits

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235. Which is viviparous?
a) Frog b) Bony fish c) Lungfish d) Shark

236. Young one of a fish is called

a) Fry (Finger ling) b) Nymph c) Larva d) None

237. The tympanum (ear drum) is absent in

a) Bony fishes b) Rays c) Cartilaginous fishes d) All of the above

238. Majority of vertebrates are

a) Fishes b) Birds c) Mammals d) Insects

239. Scales are absent in

a) Catla b) Wallago c) Scoliodon d) Cirrhinus

240. To live in Hypertonic media of Sea water Elasmobranch store

a) Ammonia in Blood b) Urea in Blood
c) Guanine in Blood d) Uric acid in Blood

241. Placenta in shark is

a) Absent b) Chorionic c) Yolk sac d) Allantoic

242. Ising glass is obtained from

a) Air bladder b) Intestine c) Skin d) Cloaca

243. Association between suckerfish (Remora) and shark is

a) Predation b) Commensalism c) Symbiosis d) Parasitism

244. Branch of biology dealing with study of fishes is

a) Piscology b) Toxicology c) Ornithology d) Ichthyology

245. In sharks, the scales are

a) Placoid b) Rhomboid c) Cycloid d) Ctenoid

246. Teleost fishes are characterized by the presence of

a) Air bladder b) Placoid scales c) Claspers d) None

247. Torpedo fish is commonly known as

a) Electric ray b) Sucker fish c) Saw fish d) Sea fish

248. Gill cover is absent in

a) Shark b) All bony fishes c) Labeo d) Salmon

249. Sting rays carry a poison sting on their

a) Mouth b) Tail c) Head d) Fin

250. Which of the following is not a fish?

a) Sea horse b) Electirc ray c) Whale d) Scoliodon

251. How many living species of freshwater fish are there?

a) 2,300 b) 825 c) 6,400 d) 1,000

252. Diphycercal caudal fin is seen in

a) Neoceratodus b) Lepidosiren c) Protopterus d) All the above

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253. The fish that swims vertically
a) Syngnathus b) Hippocampus c) Scoliodon d) Exocoetus

254. A vertebrate having entire cartilaginous skeleton is

a) Labeo b) Dolphin c) Rana d) Scoliodon

255. Placoid scales occur in

a) Bony fishes b) Lizard c) Cartilaginous fishes d) Toad

256. In fishes the Kidney is

a) Holonephros b) Mesonephros c) Pronephros d) Metanephros

257. Which is a cold blooded animal?

a) Rabbit b) Shark c) Pigeon d) Kangaroo

258. Gill slit on each side covered with operculum is present in

a) Some elasmobranches b) All elasmobranches
c) All teleosts d) None

259. One of the following evolved first

a) Fishes b) Birds c) Amphibia d) Reptiles

260. Scales in dipnoi are

a) Placoid b) Ctenoid c) Cycloid d) None

261. Common name of fish Anguilla is

a) Eel b) Bombay duck c) Rohu d) Hilsa

262. Sea horse is an example of

a) Pisces b) Mammalia c) Reptila d) Aves

263. In scoliodon maltase cross is found in

a) Intestinal wall b) Centrum of vertebra c) Brain d) None

264. In which fish male shows parental care?

a) Synaptura b) Anabas c) Hippocampus d) Labeo

265. Fish is a good source of

a) Minerals b) Proteins c) Carbohydrates d) Fats

266. A fish differs from whale in having

a) Teethb) Blubber c) Lungs d) Gills

267. The generic name of the flying fish is

a) Remora b) Exocoetus c) Hippocampus d) Echeneis

268. How many species of living fish are there?

a) 10,000 b) 25,000 c) 15,000 d) 8,000

269. Light producing fish is

a) Torpedo b) Anamalops c) Amia d) Harpodon

270. Pupil of Scolidon is

a) Horizontal b) Vertical c) Circular (Rounded) d) None

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271. Lung fishes are found in
a) America b) Australia c) Africa d) All the above

272. Trimethyl amine is excreted by

a) Marine teleosts b) Amphibians c) Africa d) All the above

273. In fishes the cranial nerves are

a) 12 pairs b) 6 pairs c) 10 pairs d) 8 pairs

274. Oxygenated blood never goes to the heart in

a) Fishes b) Mammals c) Reptiles d) Birds

275. Cartilaginous fishes are generally

a) Hermaphrodites b) Marine c) Viviparous d) Fresh water

276. Which is a hydrostatic organ of fish

a) Utriculus b) Otosaccus c) Air bladder d) Internal ear

277. Ichthyology is the study of

a) Amphibians b) Fishes c) Birds d) Insects

278. Fish which eradicates mosquito larva is

a) Clarius b) Rohu c) Anabas d) Gambusia

279. Which of the following fish is famous for migration?

a) Salmon b) Ribbonfish c) Shark d) Carp

280. Ampulla of Lorenzini are found in

a) Scoliodon b) Rita c) Labeo d) None

281. Which of the following is an anadromous fish?

a) Yellow eel b) Anguilla c) Salmon d) Hilsa

282. Ampulla of Lorenzini in fishes is a

a) Thermoreceptor b) Photoreceptor
c) Phonoreceptor d) Rheoreceptor

283. Fistularia is
a) Saw fish b) Devil fish c) Flute fish d) Pipe fish

284. Sound producing fish is

a) Zyganea b) Balistes c) Scoliodon d) None

285. Viviparous fish is

a) Shark b) Bony fish c) Mud puppy d) None

286. In elasmobranches the axial endoskeleton is of

a) Cartilage b) Bone c) Ossified cartilage d) None

287. In a sucker fish, the sucker is a modification of

a) Dorsal fin b) Ventral fin c) Mouth d) Gill slit

288. Lateral line sensory system is well developed in

a) Larvae of fishes b) Labeo c) Scoliodon d) All elasmobranches and teleosts

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289. Which of the following is a lung fish
a) Neoceratodus b) Protopterus c) a & b d) None of these

290. Study of states, rays and sharks is called

a) Raylogy b) Ichthyology c) Torpedology d) Piscilogy

291. In elasmobranches the number of gill arches vary from

a) 10 to 12 b) 5 to 7 c) 1 to 2 d) None

292. In a fish aquarium green aquatic plants are grown primarily for
a) Oxygen b) Decoration c) Carbon dioxide d) Fish feed

293. Fishes are available in

a) Estuarine water b) Fresh water c) Marine water d) All of the above

294. The oldest living fish is

a) Sturgeon b) Coelacanth c) Anabas d) Diodon

295. Which one of these is a cartilaginous fish?

a) Star fish b) Dog fish c) Cray fish d) Silver fish

296. Pharyngeal gill slits are found in

a) Silver fish b) Cray fish c) Cuttle fish d) Flying fish

297. Amia or Bow fin possess

a) Homocercal tail b) Protocercal c) Heterocercal d) Dyphicercal

298. How many pairs of gill-slits are present in Scoliodon

a) 8 pairs b) 4 pairs c) 5 - 7 pairs d) 3 pairs

299. Scoliodon belong to

a) Elasmobranchi b) Crossopterygians c) Osteichthyes d) Dipnonans

300. Shooling habit of fishes can be seen in

a) Herrings b) Sticklebacks c) Porcupine fishes d) Sea horse

301. Fishes with sensory barbals are

a) Cat fishes b) Rat fishes c) Dog fishes d) None

302. An exo-and endoskeleton are found in

a) Frog and rabbit b) Lizards and frogs
c) Jellyfish and starfish d) Fishes and reptiles

303. Bony plates or scutes are found in addition to scales in

a) Eel b) Flying fish c) Hag fish d) Sea horse

304. Which one of the following is most venomous fish

a) King of Herrings b) Porcupine fish c) Electric fish d) Saw fish

305. Oxygenated blood never goes to the heart in

a) Fishes b) Mammals c) Reptiles d) birds

306. Mesenteries suspend

a) Alimentary canal b) Ovaries c) Liver d) All of these

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307. Neoceratodus is found in
a) Africa b) England c) Australia d) South America

308. Which of the following fishes have homocercal tail?

a) Sharks b) Lung fishes c) Rays d) Teleosts

309. Air bladder in a fish does not help in

a) Respiration b) Excretion c) Movement d) Sound production

310. Lung fishes are found in

a) America b) Australia c) Africa d) All

311. Elasmobranches contributing to fisheries comes under the order

a) Laminiformes b) Rajiformes c) Torpediniformes d) All

312. Elasmobranch is fairly abundance usually up to

a) 30meter depth b) 60meter depth c) 50meter depth d) None

313. Fragilaria oceanica in large number is the indication of abundance of

a) Oil sardine b) Mackeral c) Baracuda d) None

314. The egg of oil sardine are

a) Pelagic transparent b) Spherical about 1.4mm in dia
c) Has one spherical oil globule d) All

315. The oil sardines spawns in its lifetime

a) Only once b) Two year once c) Three year once d) None

316. Spawning season of oil sardines is

a) July to October b) June to October c) August to October d) None

317. The oil sardine is a prolific breeder and is estimated to liberate about
a) 70,000 80,000 eggs b) 60,000 80,000 eggs
c) 50,000 80,000 eggs d) 60,000 70,000 eggs

318. The maximum size of oil sardine on record is

a) 220 228 mm b) 220 229 mm c) 222 229 d) 230 - 240

319. The maximum landings of oil sardine are during

a) October to December b) October to February
c) October to January d) October to March

320. Craft employed in Kerala for oil sardine fishery

a) Dugout canoes b) Bigger Odam
c) Smaller vanchi d) All

321. Craft employed in Karnataka for oil sardine fishery

a) Out riggers b) dugout canoes c) a & b d) None

322. The fishery sector contributes ----------- percentage of share towards the gross Domestic Product (GDP)
a) 1.4% b) 1.5% c) 1.7% d) None

323. The fishery sector contributes ---------- percentage of share towards GDP from agriculture sector)
a) 4.6% b) 5.6% c) 6.6% d) 4.7%

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324. Peak spawning season of lesser sardine (Sardinella jussieu) is
a) February March b) February April
c) February May d) February June

325. The peak catches of Sardinella sirm in Tamil Nadu is

a) March and December b) March and April
c) March and November d) March and October

326. Peak spawning season of Kowala coval is between

a) November and December b) November and January
c) November and January d) All

327. The peak catches of sardinella sirm in Kerala is

a) September b) October c) December d) January

328. Mackerel fishing is carried out in neritic waters along the coasts generally up to
a) 26m depth b) 27m depth c) 25m depth d) None

329. Rampani net is used to catch

a) Mackerals b) Sardine c) Indian salmon d) None

330. The------------- method of capture of seer fish seems to be advantage than other method
a) Seine net b) Hooks and lines c) Trawl net d) None

331. Spawning season of seer fish is peak in

a) May June b) June July c) September October d) April May

332. Silver bellies are effectively caught by

a) Trawl net b) Bag nets c) Shore seines d) All

333. Ribbon fishes spawn

a) Twice in a year b) Once in a year c) Threes in a year d) None

334. Psettodes erumei spawns once in a year during

a) September to October b) November to December
c) December to January d) None

335. The catfishes breeds

a) Once in a year b) Two year once c) Three year once d) None

336. The most prevalent gear used for eel fishery in Gujarat and Maharastra is the
a) Long line b) Jig c) Seine d) None

337. Eating of barracudas may cause

a) Ciguatera toxin b) Histamine toxin c) a & b d) None

338. Peak fishing season of Sillago sihama is

a) June July b) June October c) June December d) June November

339. In Parapenaeus stylifera estuarine phase is absent as they complete their life cycle in
a) Marine environment itself b) Fresh water c) Brackish water d) None

340. Puerelus sewelli and Palinustus mossambicus, deep sea lobsters caught at depth of (off the Kerala coast)
a) 200-520m b) 200 530m c) 200 540m d) None

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341. Portunus sanguinolentus breeds during
a) February to March b) February to May c) February to April d) None

342. Portunus pelagicus breeds during

a) September to April b) September to March
c) September to May d) None

343. In chilka lake a special type of gill net used for catching crab called
a) Noli jal b) Padu jal c) Thuri jal d) None

344. Mussel spawning season is

a) September to April b) September November
c) September to May d) September to March

345. Fishing effort curve gives idea about

a) Fishing mortality b) Natural mortality c) Total mortality d) None

346. Indias contribution towards the world fish production is

a) 4.6% b) 4.7% c) 4.9% d) 4.5%

347. The potential marine fish resources is

a) 3.93million tonnes of India b) 3.92million tonnes of India
c) 2.93million tonnes of India d) 3.95million tonnes of India

348. The present marine fish landing of India is

a) 2.8 million tones b) 2.7 million tonnes
c) 3.7 million tones d) 2.9 million tonnes

349. GSI (Gastrosomatic Index) is for examining

a) Feeding b) Respiration c) Reproduction d) None

350. During spawning season Feeding intensity

a) Decrease b) Increase c) Moderate d) None

351. After spawning season Feeding intensity

a) Decrease b) Increase c) Moderate d) None

352. GSI shows maximum value during

a) Post spawning b) Prespawning c) a & b d) None

353. GSI shown minimum value during

a) Feeding b) Breeding season c) a & b d) None

354. Teeth are present in tongue in

a) Notepterus chitala b) N. notopterus c) a & b d) None

355. Gill raker is long, hard and teeth like in

a) Carnivorous fishes b) Herbivorous c) Omnivorous d) None

356. Oesophagus is short and narrow in

a) Carnivorous fishes b) Herbivorous c) Omnivorous d) b & c

357. Oesophagus is long and large found in

a) Carnivorous fishes b) Herbivorous c) Omnivorous d) None

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358. Stomach is thick and sac like in
a) Herbivorous b) Carnivorous fishes c) Omnivorous d) None

359. Stomach is thick and zig-zag like in

a) Hilsa ilisha b) Mugil c) Gadusia chapra d) All

360. Special feature of cyprinids

a) No true stomach b) True stomachc) a & b d) None

361. Stomach is also absent in

a) Holocephali b) Dipnoi c) a&b d) None

362. Intestine is short and straight

a) Carnivorous b) Herbivorous c) Omnivorous d) None

363. Intestine is long and coiled in

a) Carnivorous b) Herbivorous c) Omnivorous d) None

364. Amount of energy available in 1gm of protein

a) 3.0kcal b) 2.0kcal c) 3.5kcal d) 3.8kcal

365. Amount of energy available in 1gm of lipid

a) 9 kcal b) 8 kcal c) 6 kcal d) 7 kcal

366. Average pH of teleost stomach is

a) 5.7 b) 5. 8 c) 6.6 d) 5.6

367. pH of intestinal content is

a) 6.11 7.2 b) 6.13 - 7.2 c) 6.12 7.2 d) None

368. pH of bile juice is

a) 5.5 6.8 (slightly acidic) b) 5.5 6.9 (slightly acidic)
c) 5.6 6.8 (slightly acidic) d) None

369. Erythrocytes size in fishes varies from (in diameter)

a) 7 35 micron b) 7 - 36 micron c) 7 39 micron d) None

370. Nos. of erythrocytes in fishes(perm m3 of blood)

a) 20000 3000000 b) 2000 3000000
c) 20000 300000 d) 20000 4000000

371. Nos. of white corpuscles varies from(perm m3 of blood)

a) 20000 15000 b) 20000 150000 c) 30000 150000 d) None

372. Thrombocytes helps in

a) Blood clotting b) Bleeding c) a&b d) None

373. Fishes which use air bladder as respiratory

a) Polypterus b) Amia, c) Notopterus d) All

374. Swim bladder is absent/reduce in

a) Clarius b) Heteropneustes c) a&b d) None

375. Weberian ossicle is first describe by

a) Weber (1820) b) Victor c) Edward d) None

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 376. Volume of gas bladder in marine
a) 5% of total volume b) 5% of total volume c) 5% of total volume d) None

377. Volume of gas bladder in Teleost

a) 7-10% of total volume b) 7-11% of total volume
c) 7-12% of total volume d) None

378. Match the following

a) Living fossil - Torpedo nobiliana (c)
b) Sea lamprey - Lampetra planari (d)
c) Electric ray - Petromyzon marinus (b)
d) Freshwater Lamprey - Dipnoi (e)
e) Lung fish - Latimeria chalumnae (a)

379. a) Rohu - Surface feeder (d)

b) Catla - Bottom feeder (c)
c) Mrigal - Plankton feeder (b)
d) Silver carp - Column feeder (a)
e) Common carp - Bottom feeder (e)

380. a) King of Herrings - Neoceratodus forsteri (b)

b) Australian lung fish - Chimaera (a)
c) African lung Fish - Exocoetus (d)
d) Flying fish - Lepidosiren paradaxa (e)
e) S. American lung fish - Protopterus (c)

381. a) Eye lids of fish - Nucleated (e)

b) Skull of fish - Bilobed (c)
c) Liver of fish - Monocondylar (b)
d) Heart of fish - Immovable (a)
e) R.B.C found in fish - Two chambered (d)

382. Match the types of caudal fin present in fish

a) Heterocercal - Lung fish (d)
b) Homocercal - Bony fish (b)
c) Proterocercal - Shark (a)
d) Leptocercal - Lamprey (c)
e) Isocercal - Cod (e)
383. Types of reproduction
a) Protogynous hermaphroditism - Centropomidae (sea bass) (b)
b) Protandrous hermaphroditism - Labridae (a)
c) Synchronous hermaphroditism - Bisexual reproduction (d)
d) Gonochorism - Aerophils (e)
e) Terrestrial spawner - Serranidae (Grouper) (c)

384. Correctly match the larvae of species

a) Eel - Ammocoetes (b)
b) Lamprey - Phyllosoma (d)
c) Salmon - Leptocephalus (a)
d) Lobster - Alima (e)
e) Squilla - Alevin (c)

385. Types of migration

a) Potamodromous - Eel (b)
b) Catadromous - Trout (a)
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 c) Anadromous - Tuna (d)
d) Oceanodromous - Sword fish (e)
e) Vertical migration - Salmon (c)

386. Types of ovarian

a) Cytovarian type - Notopteridae (b)
b) Semi cytovarian type - Bony Fish (a)
c) Oviduct absent - Shark (d)
d) Gymnovarion type - Whale (e)
e) Alecithal - Trout (c)

387. a)Open thelycum - Egg case (b)

b) Nidamental gland - Aristeidae (a)
c) External fertilization - Bivalves (c)
d) Closed thelycum - Penaeidae (d)
e) Choroid gland - Oxygen supply (e)

388. a) Lateral line - Age determination (b)

b) Otolith - Sense of objects (a)
c) Ampullae of lorenzii - Light sensitive pigment (d)
d) Rhodopsin - Electro-receptor (c)
e) Sclerotic coat -Layer surrounding eyeball (e)

389. a) Dipnoi - 4 pairs of external gills (a)

b) Teleost - 5 pairs of gill arch (b)
c) Lamprey - 7 pairs of gill sac (c)
d) Hagfish - 5-15 pair of gill arch (d)
e) Shark - 5-7 gill slit (e)

390. Accessory respiratory organ

a) Tail - Anguilla anguilla (d)
b) Intestine - Periopthalmus (a)
c) Air bladder - Protopterus (c)
d) Skin - Channa sp (e)
e) Neomorphic organ - Loaches (b)

391. a) Protopterus - Stomach absent (c)

b) Neoceratodus - 2 lungs present (a)
c) Holocephali - 1 lungs present (b)
d) Agnatha - Pelvin fin absent (e)
e) Pisthopterus - Absence of jaw (d)

392. Kinds of migration

a) Alimental migration - Spawning (c)
b) Climatic migration - Water balance (d)
c) Gametic migration - Search of food (a)
d) Osmoregulatory migration - Adhesive eggs on plants (e)
e) Obiligatory plant spawner - Climatic condition (b)

393. Types of scales

a) Carp - Ctenoid (b)
b) Perches - Cycloid (a)
c) Shark - Scales absent (d)
d) Hag fish - Placoid (c)
e) Elasmobranch - Placoid (e)

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394. a) Carrolus linnaeus - Father of taxonomy (a)
b) Arthropoda - Haemocyanin (d)
c) Mollusc - Closed type circulatory system (c)
d) Chordata - Father of Ichthyology (e)
e) Aristotle - Open type circulation system (b)

395. a) CNS - 10 pairs of cranial nerve (b)

b) Teleost - Brain (a)
c) Apex - Posterior part of heart of prawn (d)
d) Base - Blood vessel (e)
e) Cardiovascular system - Anterior part of heart of prawn (c)

396. a) Pleopods - Half gill (b)

b) Holobranch - Swimming legs (a)
c) Periopods - Full gill (d)
d) Hemi branch - Three layer stomach (e)
e) Gizzard - Walking legs (c)

397. a) Sting ray - Aetomylacus narinari (b)

b) Eagle ray - Dasyatis uransx (a)
c) Spotted eagle ray - Aetobatus maculatus (c)
d) Devil ray - Ariomma indica (e)
e) Indian drift fish - Monta birostris (d)

398. a) Sturgeon - Lepisosteus asseus (b)

b) Gar fish - Acipenser sp (a)
c) Electric eel - Electrophorus electricus (c)
d) Electric ray - Remora (e)
e) Sucker fish - Torpedo nobiliana (d)

399. a) Ichthyology - Study of tissues (b)

b) Histology - Study of fishes (a)
c) Anatomy - Study of shark and rays (d)
d) Torpedology - Study of internal structure of organism (c)
e) Plaenotology - Study of living fossil (e)

400. a) Teleost - Saw shark (c)

b) Elasmobranch - Gill operculum present (a)
c) Pristiophoridae - Shovel nose shark (e)
d) Squantinidae - Gill operculum absent (b)
e) Rhinobatidae - Angel shark (d)

401. a) Herbivore - Grass carp (a)

b) Carnivore - Common carp (c)
c) Omnivore - Tuna (b)
d) Detritivore - Butterfly fish (e)
e) Corallivore - Freshwater prawn (d)

402. a) Chorion - Shark egg case (b)

b) Mermaid purse - Outer egg membrane (a)
c) Oval type egg - Clupeid, carangid (d)
d) Segmented yolk - Stolephorus (c)
e)Cave spawner - Speleophils (e)

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b) Female changes its sex in to male - Parthanogenis (c)
c) Development of young one without fertilization - Oviparous (d)
d) Reproduction by laying eggs - Protandrous hermaphroditism (a)
e) Rock and Gravel spawner - Lithophils (e)

404. a) Charles Darwin - Invertebrate classification (b)

b) Lamark - Origin of species (a)
c) Linnaeus - Biological classification (d)
d) Aristotle - Phylogeny study (e)
e) Hackel - Systema naturae (c)

405. a) Morphometry - Countable character (b)

b) Meristometry - Measurable character (a)
c) Linnaeus - Experimental taxanomy (d)
d) Myotaxonomy - Fiddle shark (e)
e) Trygonidae - Binomical system (c)

406. a) taxonomy - Arranging of species into natural system (b)

b) taxonomy - Characterization & naming of species (a)
c) taxonomy - Biological aspects of tax (c)
d) Classical taxonomy - Study of chromosomes (e)
e) Karyotaxonomy - Morphometry (d)

407. a) Carangids - Scutes on belly region (b)

b) Clupeids - Scutes on lateral line (a)
c) Sparidae - Scale present on check region (c)
d) Pleuronectiformes - Scutes on ventral side (e)
e) Engraulidae - Pelvicfin absent (d)

408. a) Orectolobidae - Dog fish shark (e)

b) Odontaspididae - Hammer headed shark (d)
c) Carcharinidae - Sand shark (b)
d) Sphyrinidae - Man eating shark (c)
e) Squalidae - Cat shark (a)

409. a) Chirocentrus dorab - Croakers (d)

b) Mullidae - Patella (e)
c) Carangids - Wolf herring (a)
d) Sciaenids - Horse mackerel / Scad (c)
e) Limpet - Goat fishes (b)

410. a) Leiognathids - Flounders (b)

b) Citharidae - Right eye flounders (c)
c) Pleuronectidae - Left eye flounder (d)
d) Bothidae - Turbots (e)
e) Psettodidae - Pony fish / Silverbellies (a)

411. a) Penaeus indicus - Red tail prawn (c)

b) P. merguiensis - Giant tiger prawn (d)
c) P. penicillatus - White shrimp (a)
d) P. monodon - Green tiger prawn (e)
e) P. semisulcatus - Banana shrimp (b)
412. a) Portunus pelagicus - Spiny lobster (e)
b) P) sanguinolentus - Sand lobster (d)
c) Puerulus sewelli - Deep sea lobster (c)
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e) Panulirus ornatus - Flower crab (a)

413. a) Trochus - Sea hare (d)

b) Haliotis - Fan shell (e)
c) Lambis lambis - Ear shell (b)
d) Aplysia - Top shell (a)
e) Pinna bicolor - Five fingered chank (c)

414. a) Perna viridis - Sea slugs (e)

b) Perna indica - Window pane oyster (d)
c) Crassostrea madrasensis - Green mussel (a)
d) Placuna placenta - Brown mussel (b)
e) Tritonia, - Edible oyster (c)

415. a) Tridacna maxima - Painted Spiny lobster (e)

b) Donax cuneatus - Giant clam (a)
c) Meretrix meretrix - Great clam (c)
d) Katelysia opima - Wedge shell (b)
e) Panulirus versicolor - Inflated clam (d)

416. a) Phytoplankton eater - Lm (d)

b) Gilsons fluid - Salmon (e)
c) Leptocephalus - Silvercarp (a)
d) Length at first maturity - Eel (c)
e) Semelparous - Fecundity (b)

417. a) Murrel - Otolith (b)

b) Age - Shark (c)
c) Mermaid purse - Carnivore (a)
d) Alecithal - Goldfish (e)
e) Tubercles - No yolk (d)

418. a) Alectis indicus - Cyanoglossidae (d)

b) Stolephorus indicus - Carangidae (a)
c) Coris formosa - Scrmbridae (d)
d) Thynnus thynnus - Labridae (c)
e) Cyanoglossous sp - Engraulidae (b)

419. a) Nemipterus japonicus - Mullidae (b)

b) Parupenaeus indicus - Serranidae (Grouper) (e)
c) Snapper - Clupediae (d)
d) Sardinella albella - Lutjanidae (c)
e) Epinephelus sp - Nemipteridae (a)

420. a) Hammer headed shark - Engralis spp (d)

b) Electric ray - Amia calva (e)
c) Indian mackerel - Zhygena sp) (a)
d) White bait - Rastrelliger kanagurta (c)
e) Bowfin - Narcine (b)

421. a) Mrigal - Saurida tumbil (d)

b) Scomberomorus sp - Lates calcarifer (c)
c) Sea bass - Seerfish (b)

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e) Silver pomfret - Cirrhinus mrigala (a)

422. a) Microvilli - Copper containery pigment (c)

b) Renal artery - Anal fin (d)
c) Haemocyanin - Small interline (a)
d) Gonopodia - Heart (e)
e) Pericardial carity - Kidney (b)

423. a) Bulbus arteriosus - Protopterus (e)

b) Cenus arteriosus - Fast swimming fish (d)
c) External gills - Teleost (a)
d) Ram ventrilation - Elasmobranch (b)
e) Double circulation - Dipnoi (c)

424. a) Dorsal aorta - Blood vessel carrying blood towards heart (d)
b) Podobranch - Complete gills (b)
c) Holobranch - Food gills (c)
d) Artery - Blood supply to all parts of the body (a)
e) Sea mice - Chitin (e)

425. a) Thyroid gland - Photoreceptor (b)

b) Pineal organ - Kidney (d)
c) Pancreatic Islets - Gill cavity (e)
d) Chromoffin - Control of Iodine metabolism (a)
e) Pseudo branch - Insulin (c)

426. a) Jinga shrimp - Puerulus sewelli (e)

b) Yellow shrimp - Metapenaeus monoceros (c)
c) Speckle shrimp - Meta penaeus breyicornis (b)
d) Kiddi shrimp - Meta penaeus affinis (a)
e) Whip lobster - Parapenaeopsis stylifera (d)

427. a) Euphausia - Shrimp (b)

b) Arthropoda - Sepia (c)
c) Cephalopoda - Krill (a)
d) Gastropoda - Mussel (e)
e) Bivalve - Abalone (d)

428. a) Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Rawas) - Monk fish (b)

b) Polydactylus indicus (dara) - Seven thread finned (c)
c) Polynemus heptadactylus (Shende) - 2.02million Km2 (d)
d) EEZ area - 859992 Km2 (e)
e) West coast - Indian salmon (a)

429. Contributions by different varieties to total catch

a) Pelagic - 561388 Km2 (e)
b) Demersal - 17% (c)
c) Crustaceans - 5% (d)
d) Others - 51% (a)
e) East coast - 27% (b)

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