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    Question

    Which among the following fishes is not a surface water

    (pelagic) fish?
    A Anchovies Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Sardines Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Flatfish Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Mackerels Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Tuna Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Pelagic fish range in size from small coastal forage fish, such as herrings and sardines, to large apex predator oceanic fishes, such as bluefin tuna and oceanic sharks. Benthic fish which can bury themselves include dragonets, flatfish and stingrays. Flatfish are an order of ray-finned benthic fishes which lie flat on the ocean floor.

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