#1. How do fish begin their lives?
Answer: They begin life as eggs.
#2. What do the eggs hatch into?
Answer: The eggs hatch into larvae.
#3. What feeds newly hatched fish for the first few days?
Answer: A yolk sac feeds them.
#4. What are young fish called?
Answer: A young fish is called a fry.
#5. What is the next stage of fish development called after fry?
Answer: They are then called juveniles.
#6. What fish becomes an adult the quickest?
Answer: The Coral Reef Pygmy Goby becomes an adult in just 4 to 5 weeks because they don’t live very long.
#7. How old are Greenland Sharks before they are considered adults?
Answer: They are 150 years old when they become adults.
#8. What happens after European Eels lay their eggs?
Answer: They die.
#9. How long do European Eel larvae float in the ocean currents before they
change into their juvenile bodies?
Answer: Three years!
#10. What life cycle stage do seahorses skip completely? Answer: The larvae stage.
#11. True or False: Female seahorses give birth. False. The males give birth!*
#12. How many fry can a large seahorse have?
Answer: They can give birth to more than 1,500 fry at a time.
13. Why do male anglerfish fuse to the females?
Answer: Because in such a dark place, it can be hard to find a mate, so fusing together makes sure the female will always have a male to fertilize her eggs.
#14. True or False: The male anglerfish loses its eyes and fins once fused to
the female.
Answer: True! Once fused, the male loses their eyes and fins, and livesoff the female’s blood.
#15. Why do anglerfish eggs float to the surface to hatch?
Answer: Because there’s more food for the babies to eat.
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