deep sea monsters | deep sea lyrics 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 area of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep marine fishes include the flashlight seafood, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths, anglerfish, viperfish, and some species of eelpout. Only about 2% of regarded marine species inhabit the pelagic environment. This means that that they live in the water column rather than the benthic organisms that live in or on the sea ground.|1| Deep-sea microorganisms generally inhabit bathypelagic (1000-4000m deep) and abyssopelagic (4000-6000m deep) zones. However , characteristics of deep-sea organisms, such as bioluminescence can be seen in the mesopelagic (200-1000m deep) zone as well. The mesopelagic zone may be the disphotic zone, meaning light there is minimal but sti...
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