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1. This odd goggle-eyed fish is fully amphibious - able to survive for considerable periods out of water. What is its name?
2. This, as you may have guessed, is a catfish, so-called because of the whisker-like protrusions around its mouth. But what is the proper name for these organs?
3. This unsightly creature is a Pacific hagfish. What is its unusual defence mechanism when caught by a predator?
4. This fish is still the most popular species served up in British fish and chip shops, but over-fishing in the North Atlantic has led to serious concerns about the viability of the remaining population. What is its three-letter name?
5. This bizarre looking creature has retractable jaws, which when it is not attacking or feeding fold back inside its body under its long snout. What is its name?
6. While certainly no beauty, this South American river fish has a slightly unfair reputation as a voracious consumer of human flesh. What is its name?
7. Yes, that is actually a fish there. It is a member of the genus Synanceia, and takes its common name from its ability to camouflage itself to look like another object. What is it more normally known as?
8. This harmless-looking fish shares its name with a much derided hairstyle once favoured by 1980s pop performers and British football players. What is it?
9. The colourful red snapper, as shown here, is deadly poisonous and should not be eaten under any circumstances. True or false?
10. This nasty looking creature, laid out on a slab at the fish market in Bergen, Norway, is a monkfish (genus Lophius). What part of the fish is commonly eaten?
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