Definition of bathypelagic in English:
bathypelagic
adjectiveˌbaθɪpɪˈladʒɪkˌbaTHəpəˈlajik
Biology (of fish and other organisms) inhabiting the deep sea where the environment is dark and cold, between about 1000 and 3000 metres (approximately 3300 and 9800 ft) down.
Example sentencesExamples
- Multicuspidate radular teeth are most prominent in nude incirrate octopods of the bathypelagic Bolitaenidae.
- The upper reaches of the deep ocean contain many bathypelagic fishes with a capacious, gas-filled swimbladder.
- Several bathypelagic fish species, whose occurrence has hitherto not been recorded in the Adriatic, were found among the catches.
- The eggs are bathypelagic, which means that they are free floating, but at depth.
- The behaviour of bathypelagic perch fry (BPF) was monitored during 21 May, 24 June, 8 August and 5 September 1996 along the longitudinal profile of Øímov reservoir (Czech Republic), using acoustic methods.