AMAZING AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
FISH AND FISHERIES
An animal that dwells in the water for maximum
or all of its life is known as aquatic animals. These aquatic animals can be either
vertebrate or invertebrate animals. In the below section we have given amazing
and interesting facts about aquatic animals like fishes, shellfishes, etc
Fish Biodiversity
1. Most common fish in the sea: Bristlemouths (Gonostoma
elongatum)
2. World’s largest, heaviest, biggest and loudest aquatic animal: Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) maximum length of 29.9 meters (98 feet)
and weight of 173 tonnes (190 tons)
3. Fish swims vertically: Sea
horse, shrimp fish etc
4. Largest crab species in the world: Varanger king crab (Paralithodes Camtschaticus)
5. Smallest shark species: Dwarf
lanternshark
6. Most common and well known type of dolphin: Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
7. Fish without haemoglobin: crocodile icefish or
white-blooded fish (Channichthyidae)
8. World’s largest and the heaviest living bony fish: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
9. No. of taste buds in Catfish : More than 27,000 , Human have only 9000
10. Fish that have eyelids: Sharks
FASCINATING
AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT FISH AND FISHERIES
11. Women lipstick ingredient : Mainly fish scales
(pearl essence)
12. Fish can see above and below water
at the same time: Anableps,
four-eyed fish
13. A baby seahorse is knowns as– Fry
14. A country whose people used fish
as a sport max: USA
15. Only fish ever observed playing
with objects : Peters’
elephant-nose fish (Gnathonemus petersii)
16. Finding Nemo animated film was
based on which fish: clownfish
17. Fish plays dead when danger is near. Batfish
18. Longest lived invertebrates: Corals and Calms
19. Smallest invertebrates: wheel animals or wheel animalcules (Rotifera)
20. Longest invertebrate :
Ribbon worm (180 feet long)
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT FISH AND FISHERIES
21. Invertebrates live mouthparts of lobsters: Cycliophora
22. Some aquatic animals don’t age
: jellyfish
23. Aquatic animals have more than
one heart: Octopuses and hagfish
24. Turtles live on every continent in the world except: Antarctica.
25. Box jellyfish has: 64 anuses for excretion
26. Fish mate for life: Angelfish
pick a partner once in life. If one of them dies, the other one won’t breed or
mate with any other mate in their whole lifetime.
27. A tongue of blue whale is
heavier than : Elephant
28. The deepest part of the ocean: Challenger Deep (36,000 feet)
29. The name “Pacific Ocean” derived from Latin name Tepre Pacificum meaning: Peaceful Sea.
30. Over 95% of all animal species in the world are: Invertebrates
AMAZING AND INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT FISH AND FISHERIES