- The
pelagic zone
consists of the
water column of the open
ocean and can be
further divided into
regions by depth. The word
pelagic is
derived from Ancient...
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Pelagic fish live in the
pelagic zone of
ocean or lake waters—being
neither close to the
bottom nor near the s****—in
contrast with
demersal fish that...
- The
pelagic cod (Melanonus gracilis) is a
small deepwater fish
found in the
Southern Ocean. It is one of only two
species currently classified in the...
- The
pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is a
species of
stingray in the
family Dasyatidae, and the sole
member of its genus. It is characterized...
- The
pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus), also
known as Baird's
cormorant or violet-green cormorant, is a
small member of the
cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae...
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Pelagic sediment or
pelagite is a fine-grained
sediment that ac****ulates as the
result of the
settling of
particles to the
floor of the open ocean, far...
- The
pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a
species of
thresher shark,
family Alopiidae; this
group of
sharks is
characterized by the
greatly elongated...
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Vasilije "Vasa"
Pelagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије "Васа" Пелагић; 1833 – 25
January 1899) was a
Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman...
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Ocythoe tuberculata, also
known as the
tuberculate pelagic octopus or
football octopus, is a
pelagic octopus. It is the only
known species in the family...
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species of sea slug in the
family Glaucidae.
These sea
slugs live in the
pelagic zone (open ocean),
where they
float upside-down by
using the
surface tension...
