pelagic fish

collocation in English

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pelagic
adjective
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/pəˈlædʒ.ɪk/us
/pəˈlædʒ.ɪk/
relating to or living in areas of the sea away from ...
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fish
noun
uk
/fɪʃ/us
/fɪʃ/
an animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, and breathes by taking water in through its mouth, or the flesh of these animals eaten ...
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(Definition ofpelagicandfishfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, after locating a shoal (school) ofpelagicfish, fishers encircle this shoal by a net.
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In tropical waters, zooplankton are a dominant trophic link topelagicfish.
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Oceanographic conditions that vary with monsoons affect surface dwelling and migratory smallpelagicfishmore than bottom-dwelling demersal fish.
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Pelagicfishare those caught by drift nets.
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Marinepelagicfishcan be divided into pelagic coastal fish and oceanicpelagicfish.
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It is apelagicfish.
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It mostly feeds onpelagicfish.
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People have been fishing in these areas for generations for demersal andpelagicfish.
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The definitive hosts of this parasite are marine mammals such as seals, whales and dolphins, whilst the intermediate or paratenic hosts arepelagicfishor squid.
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The little tunny feeds primarily onpelagicfish.
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Of this total, about 45 percent werepelagicfish.
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Unusually for gobies, this species is almost apelagicfish.
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It is apelagicfishwith a worldwide distribution.
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Manypelagicfishswim in schools weighing hundreds of tonnes.
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The company has factories both forpelagicfishand whitefish.
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The pelagic fleet includes the purse seiner, the most efficient method of catchingpelagicfishyet devised.
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Many largepelagicfishare oceanic nomadic species which undertake long offshore migrations.
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They feed voraciously on smallerpelagicfish, crustaceans and small squid.
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Examples of largerpelagicfishare tuna, billfish, king mackerel and sharks and large rays.
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Mostpelagicfish, in their larval stages, feed directly upon the phytoplankton and zooplankton.
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