Cold and brackish water fishes

1.Which group of fish has greatly reduced gills adapted for

cold temperatures?

Answer: Coldwater fish

2.Which fish species belong to the Mahseer category in
India?

Answer: Tor putitora, Tor tor, Tor khudree, Tor mosal

3.What are the characteristics of brackishwater bodies in

India?

Answer: Fluctuating water levels, wide salinity range

4.Where did traditional brackishwater fish and shrimp

farming practices originate in India?
Answer: Bheries of West Bengal and Pokalli paddy fields of
Kerala

5.Which Indian states are the chief producers of shrimp in

the brackishwater culture?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
6.What are the commonly cultured high-value euryhaline
marine fish species in brackishwater ponds and cages?
Answer: Mullets, Milkfish, Seabass, Pompano, Grouper

7.How many species of Mullets are commercially

significant in India?
Answer: Eight

8.Which species of Mullet are cultivable in brackishwater?

Answer: Mugil cephalus and Mugil parsia

9.What is the popular name for the Green Chromide

Pearlspot in Kerala?
Answer: Karimeen

10.How many species of groupers are found in Indian

waters?
Answer: More than 64

11.What is the major constraint to the rapid expansion of

Seabass culture?
Answer: Inconsistent supply of fry collected from the wild

12.What are the two basic color morphs of Spotted Scat?

Answer: Green Scat and Ruby or Red Scat

13.What is the common name for Mystus gulio?

Answer: Long Whiskers Catfish

14.Which family does Silver Pompano (Trachinotus blochii)

belong to?
Answer: Carangidae

15.Which region is the Milkfish (Chanos chanos) widely

distributed in?
Answer: Tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian and
the Pacific Oceans

16.Which fish species is known for its high protein and

vitamin content in its muscle tissue?
Answer: Mullets

17.What does "ppt" stand for in the context of salinity

range?
Answer: Parts per thousand

18.What is the state fish of Kerala?

Answer: Pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis)

19.Which state accounts for about 80% of shrimp

production in India?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
20.What is the economical value of Asian Seabass (Lates
calcarifer)?
Answer: High

21.What is the scientific name of the Brown Trout?

Answer: Salmo trutta

22.What type of environment does Spotted Scat

(Scatophagus argus) live in?
Answer: Coastal muddy areas, including estuaries,
mangroves, harbors, and the lower courses of rivers.

23.Which fish species is known for its calm behavior and

colorful appearance?
Answer: Spotted Scat (Scatophagus argus)

24.What type of feed do Mullets primarily consume?

Answer: Plant detritus and algae

25.Which family does Grouper belong to?

Answer: Serranidae

26.What is the distribution range of the Silver Pompano

(Trachinotus blochii)?
Answer: Indo-Pacific Region
27.Which fish is known for having roe (ripe ovaries) that
are a delicacy in many countries?
Answer: Mullets

28.What is the primary habitat of the Crescent Bass or

Tiger Bass (Terapon jarbua)?
Answer: Indo-Pacific coastal waters

29.What is the primary habitat of the Asian Seabass (Lates

calcarifer)?
Answer: Tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and the
Pacific

30.Which fish is considered the sole living representative of

the family Chanidae?
Answer: Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

31.Which type of water body lies between the freshwater

and marine regimes in India?
Answer: Brackishwater bodies

32.What is the primary habitat of the Green Chromide

Pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis)?
Answer: Euryhaline, compatible for polyculture

33.Which fish is known for its high market value and

attractiveness for aquaculture enterprises?
Answer: Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer)

34.What is the primary habitat of the Spotted Scat

(Scatophagus argus)?
Answer: Coastal muddy areas

35.What is the common name for Mugil cephalus?

Answer: Grey Mullet

36.What is the scientific name and family of the Common

Snow Trout?
Scientific Name: Schizothorax richardsonii
Family: Cyprinidae

37.What is the scientific name and family of the Golden

Mahseer?
Scientific Name: Tor putitora
Family: Cyprinidae

38.What is the scientific name and family of the Asian

Seabass?
Scientific Name: Lates calcarifer
Family: Latidae

39.What is the scientific name and family of the Grey

Mullet?
Scientific Name: Mugil cephalus
Family: Mugilidae

40.What is the scientific name and family of the Milkfish?

Scientific Name: Chanos chanos
Family: Chanidae

41.What is the scientific name and family of the Striped

Dwarf Catfish?
Scientific Name: Mystus vittatus
Family: Bagridae

42.What is the scientific name and family of the Green

Chromide Pearlspot?
Scientific Name: Etroplus suratensis
Family: Cichlidae

43.What is the scientific name and family of the Spotted

Scat?
Scientific Name: Scatophagus argus
Family: Scatophagidae

44.What is the scientific name and family of the Silver

Pompano?
Scientific Name: Trachinotus blochii
Family: Carangidae
45.What is the scientific name and family of the Brown-
lined Reef Cod?
Scientific Name: Epinephelus undulosus
Family: Serranidae

46.What is the scientific name and family of the Chocolate

Mahseer?
Scientific Name: Neolissocheilus hexagonolepis
Family: Cyprinidae

47.What is the scientific name and family of the Rainbow

Trout?
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
Family: Salmonidae

48.What is the scientific name and family of the Long

Whiskers Catfish?
Scientific Name: Mystus gulio
Family: Bagridae

49.What is the scientific name and family of the Greasy

Grouper?
Scientific Name: Epinephelus tauvina
Family: Serranidae

50.What is the scientific name and family of the Orange-

spotted Grouper?
Scientific Name: Epinephelus coioides
Family: Serranidae

51.What is the scientific name and family of the Goldspot

Mullet?
Scientific Name: Mugil parsia
Family: Mugilidae

52.What is the scientific name and family of the Tiger

Bass?
Scientific Name: Terapon jarbua
Family: Terapontidae

53.What is the scientific name and family of the Roe-

featured fish known for delicacy?
Scientific Name: Mullets (e.g., Mugil cephalus)
Family: Mugilidae

54.What is the scientific name and family of the sole living

representative of Chanidae?
Scientific Name: Chanos chanos
Family: Chanidae