A pelagic animal, houndfish can be found over lagoons and seaward reefs either as individuals or small groups, where they feed mainly on smaller fishes.
Onychodus was about 2 to 4 meters in length and was a pelagic animal.
Of the pelagic animals, some fish browse directly upon the plankton, as do the baleen whales, which concentrate upon the euphausiids and copepods.
The good news is that you'll probably see several pelagic animals including nurse sharks, black-tip reef sharks and eagle rays.
Like living pelagic animals they had preferences for particular water temperatures; different types of ammonoids were found in high or low latitudes.
Socorro Island is a popular scuba diving destination known for underwater encounters with dolphins, sharks, manta rays and other pelagic animals.
They can flush the transparent layer of their skin at will, and are pelagic animals, as with all other cirrate octopuses.
In recent centuries, fishing for pelagic animals has become increasingly important.
In turn they are hunted by larger pelagic animals such as tuna, billfish, sea lions, sharks and pelicans.
The adult snails prey upon (and live near to) one of several species of pelagic animals loosely known as jellyfish.