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Quiz about Recognize Your Seafood Before Battering
Quiz about Recognize Your Seafood Before Battering

Recognize Your Seafood Before Battering Quiz


Most of us eat fish and other seafood regularly. Can you recognize that seafood before it is coated in batter or breadcrumbs, though?

A photo quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
5 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
367,998
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. We start with the largest freshwater fish found in North America. Reaching a maximum length of 20 feet and weighing as much as 1,800 pounds, these are truly enormous. What type of fish is pictured here? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Sometimes called a 'squaretail' or 'coaster', this is the official state fish of eight U.S. states: Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. What type of fish is pictured here? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Native to temperate regions except in Africa, our next exhibit is not one found on many menus these days, although Queen Elizabeth II's coronation pie was made from them in 1953. Royalty should beware, though, as at least one monarch (King Henry I) apparently died from eating too many. What type of fish is this? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Also known as 'silver seabream' or 'squirefish', this fish is native of coastal waters from China to Australia. By what name would you find the pictured fish on an Antipodean menu? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The pictured fish is one of four species in a family of flatfish that are commonly found on the dinner table. What type of fish is this? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The pictured fish is also known as the itajara or the jewfish. Found primarily in shallow tropical waters it is native the Florida Keys, the Caribbean and the Brazilian coast. Which type of large saltwater fish is this? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Popular both as a food and as a game fish, the pictured species is found in all temperate and tropical oceans except the Mediterranean. A member of the mackerel family, which type of fish is pictured here? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. From some seriously large fish to some very small ones, although there are numerous species of this oily, salt-water, prey fish. The pictured species grows to about ten inches in length and weighs about two ounces. Which type of fish is this? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Also known as St Pierre or Peter's Fish, this strange-looking creature has a flat, olive-yellow body with a large dark spot in the middle, and long spines on the dorsal fin. Found near the seabed at depths of anything from 15 feet to 1,200 feet, what fish is this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Also known as goosefish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish and sea-devils, this is one of the ugliest fish you could come across, but one of the most delicious to eat. Native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, what is this fish that looks to be almost all head and little else? Hint



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1. We start with the largest freshwater fish found in North America. Reaching a maximum length of 20 feet and weighing as much as 1,800 pounds, these are truly enormous. What type of fish is pictured here?

Answer: Sturgeon

There are more than 25 species of sturgeon worldwide. The beluga (also known as the European sturgeon), native to the Caspian and Black Seas and famous for its caviar, is the world's largest carnivorous fish (defining 'fish' as bony rather than cartilaginous, and thus excluding sharks).
The slightly smaller kaluga, or river beluga, found in the Amur River basin in Asia, is the world's largest freshwater fish. The third largest sturgeon, commonly called the white sturgeon but also known by various other names (Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, California white sturgeon) is North America's largest freshwater fish.
One of the world's oldest fish, dating back 175 million years, anatomically they are actually more like a shark than a bony fish. They live primarily at the bottom of slow-moving rivers or estuaries, living on a diet of fish (live or dead), eels, crustaceans and mollusks.
2. Sometimes called a 'squaretail' or 'coaster', this is the official state fish of eight U.S. states: Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. What type of fish is pictured here?

Answer: Trout

The pictured fish is the eastern brook trout, also sometimes called a speckled trout. Technically a member of the char family, the eastern brook trout is not that closely related to species of freshwater, river trout.
Native to a wide area of eastern U.S.A., they are most common in the Appalachian Mountain and in the Great Lakes. Their diet is highly varied, ranging from insects such as mayflies, beetles, grasshoppers and ants to crustaceans, frogs, mollusks and even small mammals such as voles.
3. Native to temperate regions except in Africa, our next exhibit is not one found on many menus these days, although Queen Elizabeth II's coronation pie was made from them in 1953. Royalty should beware, though, as at least one monarch (King Henry I) apparently died from eating too many. What type of fish is this?

Answer: Lamprey

Although lampreys have a reputation as 'vampire fish', most species are not parasitic and do not even eat other fish. Sometimes called "nine-eyed eels" (from counting the seven gills, one eye and one nostril on each side), the German name for lampreys is Neunauge, meaning 'nine-eye'. When King Henry I of England died in 1135, the reported cause of death was "a surfeit of lampreys".

These days in Britain, lampreys are most often used as bait for catching pike, perch or chub. Elsewhere, though, notably Scandinavia, Portugal, Russia, Japan and New Zealand, Lampreys are commonly found on menus.
4. Also known as 'silver seabream' or 'squirefish', this fish is native of coastal waters from China to Australia. By what name would you find the pictured fish on an Antipodean menu?

Answer: Snapper

Although they share a common name, the Australian snapper is not closely related to the red snapper common to America's eastern coast. They live mostly in rocky areas and reefs, and can be caught off any New Zealand coast and off the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. They are also common in the waters surrounding the Philippines and Indonesia and off the southern coast of China.
5. The pictured fish is one of four species in a family of flatfish that are commonly found on the dinner table. What type of fish is this?

Answer: Plaice

The four species are American plaice, Alaskan plaice, scale-eye plaice and, pictured here, the European plaice. A right-eyed flounder, the European place lives predominantly at the sandy bottom of the ocean from the Barents Sea south to the Mediterranean.
Whilst in Britain battered plaice is generally served accompanied by chips (French fries), in Denmark and Germany it comes pan-fried and battered and then served hot or cold with remoulade sauce in an open sandwich.
6. The pictured fish is also known as the itajara or the jewfish. Found primarily in shallow tropical waters it is native the Florida Keys, the Caribbean and the Brazilian coast. Which type of large saltwater fish is this?

Answer: Grouper

Stout-bodied fish with large mouths, groupers are members of the same fish family as the sea bass. They have few teeth along their jawline but have crushing tooth plates further back, since they usually swallow their prey whole rather than biting pieces off. They dine on a mixture of smaller fish, octopus, crustaceans and even young turtles and sharks.
The pictured species is the large Atlantic goliath grouper which grow to 10-feet in length and can weigh in at up to 800 pounds (although they average about half that weight).
7. Popular both as a food and as a game fish, the pictured species is found in all temperate and tropical oceans except the Mediterranean. A member of the mackerel family, which type of fish is pictured here?

Answer: Tuna

There are fifteen species of tuna ranging in size from the small bullet tuna which grows to a length of around 18 inches and weighs about four pounds, to the 15-foot long Atlantic bluefin tuna which can weigh in at as much as 1,500 pounds. Many of these species are seriously endangered and some, such as the Southern bluefin tuna, have been over-fished almost to the point of extinction. The pictured fish is the bigeye tuna, a deep-bodied fish with large head and eyes with particularly long pectoral fins.

They grow to a length of around eight feet and can weigh as much as 400 pounds. Capable of diving much deeper than most members of the tuna family, the bigeye feeds mostly on squid, octopus and cuttlefish found in deep waters. They also eat a selection of crustaceans.
8. From some seriously large fish to some very small ones, although there are numerous species of this oily, salt-water, prey fish. The pictured species grows to about ten inches in length and weighs about two ounces. Which type of fish is this?

Answer: Anchovy

There are more than 140 species of anchovy divided into 17 genera. Usually green that reflects as blue because of a silver horizontal stripe, they vary from 1-15 inches in length. Although they live on a diet of plankton and recently hatched fish, they have remarkably sharp teeth.
The pictured species in the California anchovy, also called the northern anchovy, which is native to the Pacific coast from British Columbia in the north to as far south as Mexico. They can usually be found within about twenty miles of the coastline.
9. Also known as St Pierre or Peter's Fish, this strange-looking creature has a flat, olive-yellow body with a large dark spot in the middle, and long spines on the dorsal fin. Found near the seabed at depths of anything from 15 feet to 1,200 feet, what fish is this?

Answer: John Dory

The John dory is native to the shores of Africa, southeast Asia, Japan and Australasia. They grow to a length of two feet and weigh in at around seven pounds.
The large spot on the side of the John dory confuses prey, which are then scooped up in a large tube-like mouth that sucks in fish and water together. The John dory feeds on small fish that school in large numbers as well as squid and cuttlefish. Its main predators are sharks and humans.
10. Also known as goosefish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish and sea-devils, this is one of the ugliest fish you could come across, but one of the most delicious to eat. Native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, what is this fish that looks to be almost all head and little else?

Answer: Monkfish

The huge head of a monkfish is broad and flat and its body seems to just trail in its wake like an elongated tail. The wide mouth, armed with banded of vicious-looking, inward-facing, pointed teeth, extends around almost the entire circumference of the head.

The fins of a monkfish act almost like feet, enabling it to walk along the seabed where it hides in the sand or seaweed awaiting passing prey. Just for good measure, the monkfish can also change color to blend into its surroundings. The monkfish also has a distensible stomach, enabling it to swallow prey not much smaller than itself.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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