1.

Which group of fish is often called "live fishes" due to

their ability to withstand low oxygen conditions?
Answer: Catfishes

2.What percentage of total Carp production in India is

contributed by Indian Major Carps (IMC)?
Answer: 60%

3.Which carp species is native to the Indus-Ganges River

Systems and is one of the Indian Major Carps?
Answer: Rohu

4.What type of fish are Silver Carp, Grass Carp, and

Common Carp in India referred to as?
Answer: Exotic Carps

5.Which fish species is characterized by prominent barbels

resembling a cat's whiskers?
Answer: Catfishes

6.What is the term for fish that grow to a maximum size of

25-30 cm in their adult stage and are found in various
freshwater habitats?
Answer: Small Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS)
7.In which region of India is the highest diversity of Small
Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS) found?
Answer: North East Region

8.What do Snakeheads use for breathing air when out of

water?
Answer: Air-chambers (suprabranchial cavity)

9.Which fish family do Snakeheads belong to?

Answer: Channidae

10.What type of diet do Snakeheads generally have during

their early life stages?
Answer: Plankton, aquatic insects, and mollusks

11.Which Tilapia species is considered native to the African

continent?
Answer: Nile Tilapia

12.What is the primary continent where natural resources

of Tilapias are found?
Answer: Africa

13.Approximately how much of the global aquaculture

production of Tilapias comes from Asia?
Answer: 80%
14.Which Tilapia strain is often referred to as an
"international fish" due to its widespread cultivation?
Answer: Nile Tilapia

15.What type of waters are Featherbacks adapted to?

Answer: Flowing conditions in rivers, beels, reservoirs, and
ponds

16.Which Featherback species is known to enter brackish

water?
Answer: Bronze Featherback

17.Which carp species are included in the Indian Major

Carps (IMC)?
Answer: Catla, Rohu, Mrigal

18.What kind of fish are air-breathing catfishes like Magur

and Singhi?
Answer: "Live fishes" marketed live and withstanding low
oxygen conditions

19.What percentage of aquaculture production in India do

carps contribute to?
Answer: Over 85%

20.Which exotic carp species is known as the "Amur

Common Carp"?
Answer: Cyprinus carpio

21.Which Tilapia species is referred to as "GIFT Strain"?

Answer: Oreochromis niloticus

22.What type of waters are Snakeheads adapted to?

Answer: Swampy waters

23.Which carp species are included in the group of Minor

Carps?
Answer: Reba, Bata, Fringe-lipped Carp, Calbasu, White
Carp, Cauvery Carp

24.What is the term for fish that can survive out of water
for up to four days if wet?
Answer: Snakeheads

25.Which group of fish is characterized by their heavy,

bony heads and being bottom feeders?
Answer: Catfishes

26.What is the primary diet of Featherbacks?

Answer: Aquatic insects, mollusks, shrimps, and small
fishes

27.Which Small Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS) are

categorized as food fish?
Answer: Mola, Climbing Perch, Barbs, Bata, etc.

28.Which Snakehead species is also known as the "Flower

Murrel"?
Answer: Channa marulius

29.What is the primary characteristic of Snakeheads' gills

that allows them to breathe air?
Answer: They have a pair of air-chambers (suprabranchial
cavity)

30.Which Tilapia species is referred to as "Red Tilapia"?

Answer: Oreochromis niloticus

31.Which type of waters are Small Indigenous Fish Species

(SIFS) typically found in?
Answer: Rivers, tributaries, floodplains, ponds, tanks, lakes,
beels, streams, lowland areas, wetlands, and paddy fields

32.Which Tilapia species is referred to as "Mozambique

Tilapia"?
Answer: Oreochromis mozambicus

33.What is the primary diet of Snakeheads during their

early life stages?
Answer: Plankton, aquatic insects, and mollusks
34.What is the primary diet of Snakeheads as they grow?
Answer: They become predatory and cannibalistic

35.Which group of fish is referred to as "international fish"

due to their widespread cultivation?
Answer: Tilapias

36.Which Tilapia species is considered the most important

aquaculture species of the 21st century?
Answer: Tilapias

37.Which Small Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS) are

categorized as ornamental fish?
Answer: Some cultivable SIFS are Mola, Climbing Perch,
Barbs, Bata, etc.

38.What is the term for fish that are rich in nutritive value
and command higher market prices despite the presence
of a large number of intramuscular spines?
Answer: Featherbacks

39.Which group of fish is known for their prominent

barbels resembling a cat's whiskers?
Answer: Catfishes

40.Which Snakehead species is also known as the "Dwarf

Murrel"?
Answer: Channa gachua

41.Which Tilapia species is known as the "Nile Tilapia"?

Answer: Oreochromis niloticus

42.What type of waters are Snakeheads adapted to?

Answer: Swampy waters

43.Which carp species are included in the group of Minor

Carps?
Answer: Reba, Bata, Fringe-lipped Carp, Calbasu, White
Carp, Cauvery Carp

44.What is the primary diet of Featherbacks?

Answer: Aquatic insects, mollusks, shrimps, and small
fishes

45.Which Small Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS) are

categorized as food fish?
Answer: Mola, Climbing Perch, Barbs, Bata, etc.

46.Which Snakehead species is also known as the "Flower

Murrel"?
Answer: Channa marulius

47.What is the primary characteristic of Snakeheads' gills

that allows them to breathe air?
Answer: They have a pair of air-chambers (suprabranchial
cavity)

48.Which Tilapia species is referred to as "Red Tilapia"?

Answer: Oreochromis niloticus

49.What is the scientific name of the Catla, a prominent

Indian Major Carp?
Answer. Catla catla

50.Which fish species is referred to as the "Amur Common

Carp"?
Answer. Cyprinus carpio

51.What is the scientific name of the Rohu, another Indian

Major Carp?
Answer. Labeo rohita

52.Which fish species is known as the "GIFT Strain"?

Answer. Oreochromis niloticus

53.What is the scientific name of the Magur, also known as

the Walking Catfish?
Answer. Clarias magur

54.Which family does the Bronze Featherback belong to?

Answer. Notopteridae
55.What is the scientific name of the Featherback known
for entering brackish water?
Answer. Notopterus notopterus

56.Which fish species is characterized by prominent

barbels resembling a cat's whiskers?
Answer. Catfishes

57.What is the scientific name of the Snakehead known as

the "Flower Murrel"?
Answer. Channa marulius

58.Which family does the Giant River-Catfish, "Sperata

seenghala," belong to?
Answer. Bagridae

59.What is the scientific name of the Nile Tilapia, a well-

known Tilapia species?
Answer. Oreochromis niloticus

60.Which fish species is considered the most important

aquaculture species of the 21st century?
Answer. Tilapias

61.What is the scientific name of the Climbing Perch

among Snakehead species?
Answer. Anabas testudineus

62.Which family does the Pabda Catfish, "Ompok pabda,"

belong to?
Answer. Bagridae

63.What is the scientific name of the Striped Catfish, an

exotic carp species?
Answer. Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

64.Which fish species is native to the Indus-Ganges River

Systems and contributes to Indian Major Carps?
Answer. Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala)

65.What is the scientific name of the Mola Carplet, a Small

Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS)?
Answer. Amblypharyngodon mola

66.Which family does the White Carp belong to?

Answer. Cyprinidae

67.What is the scientific name of the Chital, a Featherback

species?
Answer. Chitala chitala

68.Which fish species is known for their ability to

withstand low oxygen conditions and is marketed live?
Answer. Air-breathing catfishes like Magur and Singhi
(Clarias magur and Heteropneustes fossilis)

69.Which Small Indigenous Fish Species (SIFS) are

categorized as ornamental fish?
Answer. Some cultivable SIFS are Mola, Climbing Perch,
Barbs, Bata, etc.

70.What is the scientific name of the Pool Barb, a

Snakehead species?
Answer. Puntius sophore

71.What is the scientific name of the Dwarf Murrel among

Snakehead species?
Answer. Channa gachua

72.Which fish species is often referred to as "live fishes"

due to their ability to withstand low oxygen conditions?
Answer. Catfishes

73.What is the scientific name of the Spotted Murrel,

another Snakehead species?
Answer. Channa punctata
74.Which family does the Freshwater Shark, "Wallago
attu," belong to?
Answer. Siluridae

75.What is the scientific name of the Red Tilapia, one of

the Tilapia species?
Answer. Oreochromis niloticus

76.Which fish species is rich in nutritive value and

commands a higher market price despite intramuscular
spines?
Answer. Featherbacks

77.What is the scientific name of the Small Indigenous Fish

Species (SIFS) known as Climbing Perch?
Answer. Anabas testudineus