What is the difference between pelagic and demersal fish?

Answer 1

Pelagic fishes are found mostly at shallow depths and there availability decreases with depth as food material became scarce ie oxygen and soil nutrients. like macrakel, herring etc Whereas demersal fishes lives in greater depth of oceans also called bottom feeders, like cod, halibut etc.

Answer 2

Pelagic fishes are found mostly at shallow depths and there availability decreases with depth as food material became scarce ie oxygen and soil nutrients. like macrakel, herring etc

Whereas demersal fishes lives in greater depth of oceans also called bottom feeders, like cod, halibut etc.

Answer 3

Demersal - fish like flounder, catfish, stingrays, soles. Any fish that lives near the bottom of the water column. Pelagic - tuna, mullet, trout, redfish, sheepshead, drum. Any fish that swims around in the "middle" of the water coulmn. Not strictly on the bottom.

Answer 4

Pelagic fish are fish that live in the water column of coastal, ocean, and lake waters, but not on the bottom. Demersal fish live on or near the bottom.