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273 relations: Abyssal plain, Abyssal zone, Abyssobrotula galatheae, Acanthopterygii, Actinopterygii, Adaptation, Albacore, Alepisaurus ferox, Algae, Algal bloom, Ambush predator, Anchovy, Anglerfish, Anotopterus, Antarctic toothfish, Apex predator, Atheriniformes, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic herring, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic pomfret, Attenuation, Bait fish, Barracuda, Barracudina, Barreleye, Basking shark, Bathypelagic zone, Bathypterois grallator, Batoidea, Benthic zone, Benthos, Beryciformes, Bigeye tuna, Billfish, Bioluminescence, Biomass, Black scabbardfish, Black swallower, Blackfin tuna, Blue whiting, Bluefin tuna, Bobtail snipe eel, Bonito, Bony-eared assfish, Brachiopod, Brownsnout spookfish, Bullet tuna, Bycatch, Camouflage, ... Expand index (223 more) »
Abyssal plain
An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between.
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Abyssal zone
The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean.
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Abyssobrotula galatheae
Abyssobrotula galatheae is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae.
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Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii.
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Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
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Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
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Albacore
The albacore (Thunnus alalunga), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes.
Alepisaurus ferox
Alepisaurus ferox, also known as the long snouted lancetfish, longnose lancetfish, or cannibal fish, is a species of lancetfish found in the ocean depths down to 1,830 m (6,000 ft).
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Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
Algal bloom
An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems.
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Ambush predator
Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies utilizing an element of surprise.
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Anchovy
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae.
Anglerfish
The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes.
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Anotopterus
The daggertooths (genus Anotopterus) are a genus of marine mesopelagic fish in the order Aulopiformes, the sole genus of the family Anotopteridae.
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Antarctic toothfish
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), also known as the Antarctic cod, is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (subzero) waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.
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Apex predator
An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.
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Atheriniformes
The Atheriniformes, also known as the silversides, are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the Old World silversides and several less-familiar families, including the unusual Phallostethidae.
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Atlantic bluefin tuna
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.
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Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Atlantic pomfret
The Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), also known as Ray's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae.
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Attenuation
In physics, attenuation (in some contexts, extinction) is the gradual loss of flux intensity through a medium.
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Bait fish
Feeder Goldfish are common baitfish. Bait fish (or baitfish) are small-sized fish caught and used by anglers as bait to attract larger predatory fish, particularly game fish. Pelagic fish and bait fish are Ichthyology.
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Barracuda
A barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned fish known for its fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour.
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Barracudina
Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters.
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Barreleye
Barreleyes, also known as spook fish (a name also applied to several species of chimaera), are small deep-sea argentiniform fish comprising the family Opisthoproctidae found in tropical-to-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
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Basking shark
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark.
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Bathypelagic zone
The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface.
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Bathypterois grallator
The tripod fish or tripod spiderfish, Bathypterois grallator, is a deep-sea benthic fish in the family Ipnopidae found at lower latitudes.
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Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays.
Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
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Benthos
Benthos, also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone.
Beryciformes
The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species.
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Bigeye tuna
The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae.
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Billfish
The billfish are a group of saltwater predatory fish characterised by prominent pointed bills (rostra), and by their large size; some are longer than.
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms.
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Biomass
Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms.
Black scabbardfish
The black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) is a bathypelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 69°N and 27°N at depths between.
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Black swallower
The black swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a species of deep sea fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
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Blackfin tuna
The blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.
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Blue whiting
The blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) one of the two species in the genus Micromesistius in the family Gadidae, which also contains cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock.
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Bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna is a common name used to refer to several species of tuna of the genus Thunnus.
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Bobtail snipe eel
The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea eels in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
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Bonito
Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned predatory fish in the family Scombridae – a family it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish.
Bony-eared assfish
The bony-eared assfish (Acanthonus armatus) is a bathypelagic species of cusk-eel found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans at depths of from.
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Brachiopod
Brachiopods, phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs.
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Brownsnout spookfish
The brownsnout spookfish or brown-snout spookfish (Dolichopteryx longipes) is a species of barreleye in the family Opisthoproctidae.
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Bullet tuna
The bullet tuna (Auxis rochei) is a species of tuna, in the family Scombridae, found circumglobally in tropical oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea, in open surface waters to depths of 50 m (164 ft).
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Bycatch
Bycatch (or by-catch), in the fishing industry, is a fish or other marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for specific species or sizes of wildlife.
Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.
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Capelin
The capelin or caplin (Mallotus villosus) is a small forage fish of the smelt family found in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic oceans.
Carangidae
The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish that includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, trevallies, and scads.
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Carrion
Carrion, also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Cetomimidae
Cetomimidae is a family of small, deep-sea cetomimiform fish.
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Chimaera
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively.
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.
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Clupeiformes
Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae.
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Coast
A coastalso called the coastline, shoreline, or seashoreis the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
Coastal fish
Coastal fish, also called inshore fish or neritic fish, inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf.
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Commercial fishing
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. Pelagic fish and commercial fishing are fishing industry.
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Continental margin
A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters.
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Continental shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea.
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Copepod
Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat.
Coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.
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Coral reef fish
Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs.
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Coryphaena
Coryphaena is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known as the dolphinfishes, and is currently the only known genus in the family Coryphaenidae.
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Countershading
Countershading, or Thayer's law, is a method of camouflage in which an animal's coloration is darker on the top or upper side and lighter on the underside of the body.
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Cusk-eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order.
Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish, or cuttles, are marine molluscs of the order Sepiida.
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Cyclopteridae
The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes.
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Deep scattering layer
The deep scattering layer, sometimes referred to as the sound scattering layer, is a layer in the ocean consisting of a variety of marine animals.
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Deep sea
The deep sea is broadly defined as the ocean depth where light begins to fade, at an approximate depth of or the point of transition from continental shelves to continental slopes.
Deep-sea fish
Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. Pelagic fish and Deep-sea fish are Ichthyology.
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Demersal fish
Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone). Pelagic fish and demersal fish are fishing industry and Ichthyology.
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Detritus
In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material.
Devil fish
The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae.
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Diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.
Diel vertical migration
Diel vertical migration (DVM), also known as diurnal vertical migration, is a pattern of movement used by some organisms, such as copepods, living in the ocean and in lakes.
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Diffuse reflection
Diffuse reflection is the reflection of light or other waves or particles from a surface such that a ray incident on the surface is scattered at many angles rather than at just one angle as in the case of specular reflection.
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Dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).
Ecology
Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Edith Widder
Edith Anne "Edie" Widder Smith (born 1951) is an American oceanographer, marine biologist, author and the Co-founder, CEO and Senior Scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association.
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Eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species.
Eelpout
The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae.
El Niño–Southern Oscillation
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Eumecichthys
Eumecichthys fiski, the unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of the genus Eumecichthys.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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Exclusive economic zone
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. Pelagic fish and exclusive economic zone are fishing industry.
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Eye
An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information.
Fangtooth
Fangtooths are beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes spelled "Anoplogasteridae") that live in the deep sea.
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Filter feeder
Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matters, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a specialized filtering organ.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Pelagic fish and fish are Ichthyology.
Fish aggregating device
A fish aggregating (or aggregation) device (FAD) is a man-made object used to attract pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi (dolphin fish).
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Fish as food
Many species of fish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.
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Fish migration
Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Pelagic fish and fish migration are Ichthyology.
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Fish scale
A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish.
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Fish stocks
Fish stocks are subpopulations of a particular species of fish, for which intrinsic parameters (growth, recruitment, mortality and fishing mortality) are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors (immigration and emigration) are traditionally ignored.
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Fisheries acoustics
Fisheries acoustics includes a range of research and practical application topics using acoustical devices as sensors in aquatic environments.
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Fishery
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place (a.k.a., fishing grounds).
Fishing industry by country
This page lists the world fisheries' production. Pelagic fish and Fishing industry by country are fishing industry.
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Fishing vessel
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river.
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Flatfish
A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes.
Flying fish
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.
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Forage fish
Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on plankton and other tiny organisms. Pelagic fish and Forage fish are fishing industry and Ichthyology.
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Freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%.
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Game fish
Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish species pursued by recreational fishers (typically anglers), and can be freshwater or saltwater fish.
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Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.
Gill raker
Gill rakers in fish are bony or cartilaginous processes that project from the branchial arch (gill arch) and are involved with suspension feeding tiny prey.
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Gonad
A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes and sex hormones of an organism.
Gonostomatidae
The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes, or anglemouths.
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Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, predatory ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world.
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Greeneye
Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae.
Grenadiers (fish)
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae.
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.
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Hadal zone
The hadal zone, also known as the hadopelagic zone, is the deepest region of the ocean, lying within oceanic trenches.
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Hagfish
Hagfish, of the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes, are eel-shaped jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels).
Halfbeak
Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish.
Hammerhead shark
The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, named for the unusual and distinctive form of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a cephalofoil (a T-shape or "hammer").
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Hammerjaw
The hammerjaw, Omosudis lowii, is a small deep-sea aulopiform fish, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) depth.
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Haplophryne
Haplophryne mollis, the ghostly seadevil or soft leftvent angler, is a species of anglerfish in the family Linophrynidae and is the only species in the genus Haplophryne.
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Hermaphrodite
A hermaphrodite is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes.
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Herring
Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
Humboldt Current
The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.
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Hypoxia (environmental)
Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions.
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Incidental catch
In fishing, incidental catch refers to the portion of the catch that was unintentionally caught but retained.
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Inner ear
The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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International waters
The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.
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Ipnopidae
The Ipnopidae (deepsea tripod fishes) are a family of fishes in the order Aulopiformes.
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Irish Sea
The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.
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IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
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Jellyfish
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria.
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Juvenile fish
Fish go through various life stages between fertilization and adulthood. Pelagic fish and Juvenile fish are Ichthyology.
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King mackerel
The king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) surmayi or kingfish, is a migratory species of mackerel of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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Kuroshio Current
The, also known as the Black Current or is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin.
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Lake Tanganyika sardine
The Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Dorosomatidae which was endemic to Lake Tanganyika but which has now been introduced to other lakes in Africa as a food source.
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Lamniformes
The Lamniformes (from Greek lamna "fish of prey") are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae).
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Lampriformes
Lampriformes is an order of ray-finned fish.
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Lanternfish
Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ myktḗr, "nose" and ophis, "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Lateral line
The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.
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Law of the sea
Law of the sea is a body of international law governing the rights and duties of states in maritime environments.
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Little tunny
The little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus), also known as the false albacore, little tuna, bonita, or erroneously as the blue bonito, is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.
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Littoral zone
The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore.
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Mackerel
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae.
Mahi-mahi
The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.
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Mandible
In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).
Marine hatchetfish
Marine hatchetfishes or deep-sea hatchetfishes are small deep-sea mesopelagic ray-finned fish of the stomiiform subfamily Sternoptychinae.
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Marine snow
In the deep ocean, marine snow (also known as "ocean dandruff") is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column.
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Marlin
Marlins are fish from the family Istiophoridae, which includes 11 species.
Mesopelagic zone
The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones.
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Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
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Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Mobula
Mobula is a genus of rays in the family Mobulidae that is found worldwide in tropical and warm, temperate seas.
Molidae
The Molidae comprise the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unusual fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-fish" appearance.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Nekton
Nekton or necton (from the) refers to aquatic organisms that can actively and persistently propel themselves (i.e. swim) through a water column.
Neoteny
Neoteny, also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989).
Neritic zone
The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately in depth.
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North Equatorial Current
The North Equatorial Current (NEC) is a westward wind-driven current mostly located near the equator, but the location varies from different oceans.
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North Pacific Current
The North Pacific Current (sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift) is an ocean current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet) is a national consultative research institute which is owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.
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Ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.
Ocean bank
An ocean bank, sometimes referred to as a fishing bank or simply bank, is a part of the seabed that is shallow compared to its surrounding area, such as a shoal or the top of an underwater hill.
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Ocean current
An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.
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Ocean sunfish
The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is one of the largest bony fish in the world.
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Ocean Tracking Network
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a global network research and monitoring effort using implanted acoustic transmitters to study fish migration patterns.
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Oceanic whitetip shark
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas.
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Oily fish
Oily fish are fish species with oil (fats) in soft tissues and in the coelomic cavity around the gut. Pelagic fish and oily fish are fishing industry.
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Opah
Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).
Orange roughy
The orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), also known as the red roughy, slimehead and deep sea perch, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).
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Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes, also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.
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Otolith
An otolith (ὠτο-, ōto- ear + λῐ́θος, líthos, a stone), also called statoconium, otoconium or statolith, is a calcium carbonate structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular system of vertebrates.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Oyashio Current
The, also known as the Okhotsk Current or Kurile Current, is a cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific bluefin tuna
The Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is a predatory species of tuna found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean, but it is migratory and also recorded as a visitor to the south Pacific.
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Pacific hagfish
The Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) is a species of hagfish.
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Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project
The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST) is a field project of the Census of Marine Life that researches the behavior of marine animals through the use of ocean telemetry and data management systems.
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Pancake batfish
The pancake batfish (Halieutichthys aculeatus), Atlantic pancake batfish, Louisiana pancake batfish or spiny batfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes or seabats.
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Patagonian toothfish
The Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), also known as Chilean sea bass, mero, icefish, and Antarctic cod, is a species of notothen found in cold waters between depths of in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and Southern Ocean on seamounts and continental shelves around most Subantarctic islands.
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Pelagic sediment
Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine-grained sediment that accumulates as the result of the settling of particles to the floor of the open ocean, far from land.
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Pelagic zone
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.
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Perciformes
Perciformes, also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha.
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Peruvian anchoveta
The Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) is a species of fish of the anchovy family, Engraulidae, from the Southeast Pacific Ocean.
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Pheromone
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
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Phosichthyidae
Lightfishes are small stomiiform fishes in the family Phosichthyidae). --> The earliest fossils of lightfishes are from Oligocene-aged Paratethyan marine strata in the Czech Republic. They are very small fishes found in oceans throughout the world: most species grow no longer than 10 cm, while those in the genus Vinciguerria only reach 4 cm or so.
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Photic zone
The photic zone (or euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone) is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton to perform photosynthesis.
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Photophore
A photophore is a glandular organ that appears as luminous spots on various marine animals, including fish and cephalopods.
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Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
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Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.
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Pilot fish
The pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish of the trevally, or jackfish family, Carangidae.
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Piscivore
A piscivore is a carnivorous animal that primarily eats fish.
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Plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).
Pomfret
Pomfrets are perciform fish belonging to the family Bramidae.
Porbeagle
The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.
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Predatory fish
Predatory fish are hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish or aquatic animals, with examples including shark, billfish, barracuda, pike/muskellunge, tuna, dolphinfish, walleye, perch and salmon. Pelagic fish and Predatory fish are Ichthyology.
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Protist
A protist or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus.
Refuge (ecology)
A refuge is a concept in ecology, in which an organism obtains protection from predation by hiding in an area where it is inaccessible or cannot easily be found.
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Remora
The remora, sometimes called suckerfish or sharksucker, is any of a family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes.
Requiem shark
Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes.
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Ridgehead
Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek melanos and amphi) of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish.
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Rod cell
Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells.
Round ribbontail ray
The round ribbontail ray or blotched fantail ray, (Taeniurops meyeni) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found throughout the nearshore waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific, as well as off islands in the eastern Pacific.
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Sabertooth fish
Sabertooth or sabretooth fish are small, fierce-looking deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the family Evermannellidae.
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Saccopharynx
Saccopharynx is a genus of deep-sea eels with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long, scaleless bodies.
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Sailfish
The sailfish is one of two species of marine fish in the genus Istiophorus, which belong to the family Istiophoridae (marlins).
Salmon
Salmon (salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.
Salmonidae
Salmonidae (lit. "salmon-like") is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes (lit. "salmon-shaped"), consisting of 11 extant genera and over 200 species collectively known as "salmonids" or "salmonoids".
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Sardine
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae.
Sardinops
Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Alosidae.
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Sargassum
Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales of the Phaeophyceae class.
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Sargassum fish
The sargassum fish, anglerfish, or frog fish (Histrio histrio) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes, the only species in the genus Histrio.
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Saury
The saury (Cololabis adocetus) is a species of fish that is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family.
Scalloped hammerhead
The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) is a species of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scomberesocidae
Sauries are fish of the family Scomberesocidae.
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Scombridae
The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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Sea turtle
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira.
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Sea urchin
Sea urchins or urchins, alternatively known as sea hedgehogs, are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea.
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Seabed
The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean.
Seabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.
Seamount
A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without reaching the water surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet, or cliff-rock.
Secchi disk
The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water.
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Seine fishing
Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Pelagic fish and seine fishing are fishing industry.
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Sense of smell
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Pelagic fish and Shark are Ichthyology.
Shark fin soup
Shark fin soup is a soup or stewed dish served in parts of China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.
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Shark finning
Shark finning is the act of removing fins from sharks and discarding the rest of the shark back into the ocean.
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Shoaling and schooling
In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are shoaling, and if the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are schooling. Pelagic fish and shoaling and schooling are Ichthyology.
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Skeleton
A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.
Skipjack tuna
The skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is a perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only member of the genus Katsuwonus.
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Sloane's viperfish
Sloane's viperfish, Chauliodus sloani, is a predatory mesopelagic dragonfish found in waters across the world.
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Sonar
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.
Southern bluefin tuna
The southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is a tuna of the family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S.
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Spawn (biology)
Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. Pelagic fish and Spawn (biology) are Ichthyology.
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Species diversity
Species diversity is the number of different species that are represented in a given community (a dataset).
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Sprat
Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae.
Squid
A squid (squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida.
Stingray
Stingrays are a group of sea rays, a type of cartilaginous fish.
Stoplight loosejaw
The stoplight loosejaws are small, deep-sea dragonfishes of the genus Malacosteus, classified either within the subfamily Malacosteinae of the family Stomiidae, or in the separate family Malacosteidae.
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Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).
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Swim bladder
The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to expend energy in swimming.
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Swordfish
The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill.
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Tagging of Pacific Predators
Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) began in 2000 as one of many projects formed by Census of Marine Life, an organization whose goal is to help understand and explain the diversity and abundances of the ocean in the past, present, and future.
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Telescopefish
Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Thermocline
A thermocline (also known as the thermal layer or the metalimnion in lakes) is a distinct layer based on temperature within a large body of fluid (e.g. water, as in an ocean or lake; or air, e.g. an atmosphere) with a high gradient of distinct temperature differences associated with depth.
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Threatened species
A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Trawling
Trawling is an industrial method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net, which is heavily weighted to keep it on the seafloor, through the water behind one or more boats. Pelagic fish and Trawling are fishing industry.
Trophic level
The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web.
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Tuna
A tuna (tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family.
Turbidity
Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.
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U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils
The eight U.S. regional fishery management councils are the primary forums for developing conservation and management measures for U.S. marine fisheries.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international treaty that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities.
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Upwelling
Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves wind-driven motion of dense, cooler, and usually nutrient-rich water from deep water towards the ocean surface.
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Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
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Viperfish
A viperfish is any species of marine fish in the genus Chauliodus.
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Water column
The (oceanic) water column is a concept used in oceanography to describe the physical (temperature, salinity, light penetration) and chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrient salts) characteristics of seawater at different depths for a defined geographical point.
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Whale shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species.
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Wild fisheries
A wild fishery is a natural body of water with a sizeable free-ranging fish or other aquatic animal (crustaceans and molluscs) population that can be harvested for its commercial value. Pelagic fish and wild fisheries are fishing industry.
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Yellowfin tuna
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
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Zooplankton
Zooplankton are the animal (or heterotrophic) component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from), having to consume other organisms to thrive.
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