deep sea unknown | deep sea octopus Deep Sea Fish Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is under the epipelagic or photic area of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep sea fishes include the flashlight fish, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths, anglerfish, viperfish, and some species of eelpout. Only about 2% of known marine species inhabit the pelagic environment. This means that that they live in the water column as opposed to the benthic organisms that live in or on the sea floorboards.|1| Deep-sea creatures generally inhabit bathypelagic (1000-4000m deep) and abyssopelagic (4000-6000m deep) zones. However , characteristics of deep-sea organisms, including bioluminescence can be seen in the mesopelagic (200-1000m deep) zone too. The mesopelagic zone may be the disphotic zone, meaning light there is minimal but still consid...
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