relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
Examples of 'benthopelagic' in a sentence
benthopelagic
Silent auchenipterids are derived and pelagic, while all vocal genera are basal and benthopelagic.
Ingrid M. KAATZ, Donald J. STEWART, Aaron N. RICE, Phillip S. LOBEL 2010, 'Differences in pectoral fin spine morphology between vocal and silent clades of catfishes(Order Siluriformes): Ecomor-phological implications', Current Zoologyhttp://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11451. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pelagic and benthopelagic copepods were the most numerous prey, but did not contribute much on a weight basis.
Odd Aksel Bergstad, Guro Gjelsvik, Christoffer Schander, Åge S. Høines 2010, 'Feeding Ecology of Coryphaenoides rupestris from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0010453. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)