Photostomias guernei
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Photostomias guernei is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Photostomias. P. guernei is a scaleless, ray-finned fish found in deep oceans. The species has been documented in the Atlantic and
Photostomias guernei in adult stage.
Photostomias guernei
Sample diet for Photostomias guernei.
Pelagic zone
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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 Greek πέλαγος 'open sea'. The pelagic zone ca
Some representative ocean animals (not drawn to scale) within their approximate depth-defined ecological habitats. Marine microorganisms also exist on the surfaces and within the tissues and organs of the diverse life inhabiting the ocean, across all ocean habitats. The animals rooted to or living on the ocean floor are not pelagic but are benthic animals.
The yellow bellied sea snake as it glides across the surface of the ocean.
The pelagic wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) ranges over huge areas of ocean and can circle the globe.
Pelagic food web