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ensemble des organismes aquatiques qui occupent, dans une « colonne d'eau », la profondeur la plus proche de la surface
Small epipelagic forage fish, such as this Atlantic herring, share similar body features as the predator fish described above.
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arter som lever i den fria vattenmassan
Large epipelagic predator fish, such as this Atlantic bluefin tuna, have a deeply forked tail and a smooth body shaped like a spindle tapered at both ends and countershaded with silvery colours.
ryba obývající pelagickou zónu
The camouflaged sargassum fish has evolved to live among drifting Sargassum seaweed.
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riba, ki živi v pelagičnem območju oceanskih ali jezerskih voda – ni niti blizu dna niti blizu obale
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Great barracuda accompanied by a school of jacks
Lines of Sargassum can stretch for miles along the ocean surface.
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Fish living in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters – being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore
Drifting Sargassum seaweed provides food and shelter for small epipelagic fish. The small round spheres are floats filled with carbon dioxide which provide buoyancy to the algae.
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Pelagic fish
Pélagos
Ikan bentopelagik
Pelagische vissen
Пелагічні риби
Пелагические рыбы