| Noteably, all epipelagic, midwater, and deepsea medusae have very simple, reduced, or absent ocelli. |
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| The assemblage is characterized by the co-occurrence of epipelagic, mesopelagic and benthopelagic taxa together with neritic taxa. |
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| It is an epipelagic oceanic and coastal pelagic species ranging from far offshore to close inshore, sometimes entering lagoons of coral atolls. |
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| They are the top carnivores in the epipelagic zone of tropical and subtropical zones. |
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| Additional comments are made below regarding the distribution of epipelagic, mesopelagic, and benthopelagic elasmobranchs and teleosts in the upwelling assemblages. |
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| Description: North Pacific, Sea of Japan and Bering Sea, locally abundant, epipelagic at night, mesopelagic in day, 2.8-3.1mm. |
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| Zones which vary according to their depth include the epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic zones. |
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| High-seas fish species can be broken into epipelagic species and deep-water species. |
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| Oceanic epipelagic fish can be true residents, partial residents, or accidental residents. |
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| The huge ocean sunfish, a true resident of the ocean epipelagic zone, sometimes drifts with the current, eating jellyfish. |
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| It is an oceanic, epipelagic and littoral, tropical shark, found near the edge of continental and insular shelves, as well as far from land in the open sea. |
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| Skipjack is the predominant species under FADs where it is caught in association with juvenile yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and with other species of epipelagic fauna. |
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| A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes and is usually found well offshore. |
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| The primary productivity of the epipelagic waters above the submerged peak can often be enhanced by the hydrographic conditions of the seamount. |
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| The epipelagic zone is the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres. |
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| This depth depends on how turbid the water is, but in clear water can extend to 200 metres, coinciding with the epipelagic zone. |
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| Most epipelagic fish have streamlined bodies capable of sustained cruising on migrations. |
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| As a group, epipelagic fishes form the most valuable fisheries in the world. |
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| Bigeye tuna cruise the epipelagic zone at night and the mesopelagic zone during the day. |
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| Metabolic rate of epipelagic marine zooplankton as a function of body mass and temperature. |
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| Primary production and decomposition of organic matter in the epipelagic zone of the Gulf of Gdansk, an estuary of the Vistula. |
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| In the shallower epipelagic waters, the mirrors must reflect a mixture of wavelengths, and the fish accordingly has crystal stacks with a range of different spacings. |
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| Most epipelagic predator fish and their smaller prey fish are countershaded with silvery colours which reduce visibility by scattering incoming light. |
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| Though the number of species is limited, epipelagic fishes are abundant. |
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| The pelagic part of the photic zone is known as the epipelagic. |
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| In the deep ocean, the waters extend far below the epipelagic zone, and support very different types of pelagic fishes adapted to living in these deeper zones. |
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| The giant whale shark, another resident of the ocean epipelagic zone, filter feeds on plankton, and periodically dives deep into the mesopelagic zone. |
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| The epipelagic zone is vast, and is the home for most pelagic fish. |
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| This includes both mesopelagic species and epipelagic schooling species. |
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| Epipelagic fish generally move long distances between feeding and spawning areas, or as a response to changes in the ocean. |
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| Epipelagic fish can be broadly divided into small forage fish and larger predator fish which feed on them. |
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