31. Although the epipelagic zone is an exceptional area for variety in life, it too has its drawbacks. 32. Epipelagic fish can be broadly divided into small forage fish and larger predator fish which feed on them.33. The bluefin tuna is an epipelagic fish, meaning it roams the entire ocean, mostly near the surface. 34. The "'halfbeaks "'( family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. 35. The epipelagic ( euphotic ) zone, also called the sunlit zone, receives enough sunlight to support photosynthesis. 36. Granitethighs and Epipelagic have employed the time-honoured trick of muddying the waters by flinging lots of mud. 37. Zones which vary according to their depth include the epipelagic , mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic zones. 38. Since the continental shelf is generally less than 200 metres deep, this means that coastal waters are generally epipelagic . 39. This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Ays�n Region, in Chile. 40. The mesopelagic ( disphotic ) zone, where only small amounts of light penetrate, lies below the epipelagic zone.
