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Pacific leaping blenny - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the scientific name of the Pacific leaping blenny?
A) Alticus blennius
B) Blenniidae alticus
C) Andamia arnoldorum
D) Alticus arnoldorum
  • 2. What family does the Pacific leaping blenny belong to?
A) Cichlidae
B) Blenniidae
C) Gobiidae
D) Pomacentridae
  • 3. What is another common name for the Pacific leaping blenny?
A) Rock hopper
B) Leaping rockskipper
C) Tide jumper
D) Pacific rock-climber
  • 4. What is the reproductive strategy of these blennies?
A) Ovoviviparous
B) Viviparous
C) Parthenogenic
D) Oviparous
  • 5. How do Pacific leaping blennies form pairs when mating?
A) Harems
B) Random grouping
C) Large groups
D) Distinct pairs
  • 6. What is the maximum total length males can reach?
A) 15 centimetres
B) 5 centimetres
C) 8 centimetres
D) 12 centimetres
  • 7. What is the maximum total length in inches for males?
A) 5.00 inches
B) 3.15 inches
C) 2.15 inches
D) 4.25 inches
  • 8. What do Pacific leaping blennies primarily feed on?
A) Small crustaceans
B) Coral polyps
C) Benthic algae
D) Zooplankton
  • 9. How do these fish consume their food?
A) Scraping off rocky surfaces
B) Sucking it from the water
C) Swallowing floating particles
D) Filter feeding
  • 10. What physical feature distinguishes male Pacific leaping blennies?
A) Prominent head crests and orange-red dorsal fins
B) Yellow bellies and bright stripes
C) Black fins and large eyes
D) Blue spots and long tails
  • 11. In which oceans are these tropical blennies found?
A) Eastern and northern Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Western and southern Pacific Ocean
  • 12. Which of the following locations is part of their distribution?
A) Australia
B) Hawaii
C) Samoa
D) Galapagos Islands
  • 13. Which island group is mentioned as part of their habitat?
A) Canary Islands
B) Marianas
C) Fiji
D) Bahamas
  • 14. Why do these blennies leap from hole to hole?
A) To hunt prey
B) To find shade
C) When disturbed
D) To escape predators in the water
  • 15. What type of rocks do these blennies inhabit?
A) Granite rocks
B) Limestone rocks
C) Basalt
D) Sandstone
  • 16. How long are they able to dwell on land at a time?
A) Only a few seconds
B) Several minutes
C) Several hours
D) Up to a full day
  • 17. Which activities have been reported while they are out of the water?
A) Building nests
B) Foraging and mating
C) Shedding skin
D) Sleeping and hiding
  • 18. During which tide condition are they able to survive on land?
A) Low tide
B) Spring tide
C) Midtide
D) High tide
  • 19. What happens if they remain out of water when the tide lowers too much?
A) They freeze
B) They dry out and suffocate
C) They overheat and melt
D) They burrow into the sand
  • 20. Who performed the study on how these blennies thrive on land?
A) Alticus arnoldorum
B) Augusta Foote Arnold
C) Tonia Hsieh
D) Curtiss
  • 21. At which university was Tonia Hsieh when performing the study?
A) Harvard University
B) Temple University
C) Stanford University
D) Yale University
  • 22. In which city is Temple University located?
A) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) New York, New York
  • 23. What unique physical ability allows members of A. arnoldorum to thrive on land?
A) Jumping five feet high
B) Twisting their tails axially at 90 degrees
C) Expanding their lungs
D) Walking on pectoral fins
  • 24. What action does the tail movement propel?
A) Eggs into holes
B) Water into their gills
C) Only their heads
D) Their bodies
  • 25. Besides genus Alticus, which other genus shares the unique tail-twisting behaviourism?
A) Omobranchus
B) Salarias
C) Andamia
D) Blennius
  • 26. How were the two genera (Alticus and Andamia) considered after this discovery?
A) Amphibious
B) Terrestrial
C) Abyssal
D) Pelagic
  • 27. Is the identity of the person commemorated in the specific name clear?
A) Named after Tonia Hsieh
B) Unclear
C) Known to be Augusta Foote Arnold
D) Very clear
  • 28. What is the surname of the author who named this blenny?
A) Arnold
B) Hsieh
C) Curtiss
D) Darwin
  • 29. What book is the author known to have read?
A) Fishes of the Western Pacific
B) The Origin of Species
C) The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide: A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tidemarks
D) Marine Life of the Pacific
  • 30. Who wrote the book read by the author Curtiss?
A) Tonia Hsieh
B) Rachel Carson
C) Charles Darwin
D) Augusta Foote Arnold
  • 31. What are the birth and death years of Augusta Foote Arnold as provided in the text?
A) 1844-1903
B) 1865-1940
C) 1830-1895
D) 1850-1920
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