The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic...

other mesopelagic fish when it bites them with its dagger-like teeth. Bigeye tuna cruise the epipelagic zone at night and the mesopelagic zone during...

zone refers to the greatest depths, deeper than the abyssal zone. Some twilight occurs in the mesopelagic zone, but creatures below the mesopelagic must...

most abundant organisms thriving into the mesopelagic zone are heterotrophic bacteria. Animals living in this zone include swordfish, squid, wolffish and...

mesopelagic (200–1,000 metres (656–3,281 ft) deep) zone as well. The mesopelagic zone is the disphotic zone, meaning light there is minimal but still measurable...

surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelagic is also known as the midnight zone because of the lack of sunlight;...

oceanic zone. The open ocean is vertically divided into four zones: the sunlight zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, and abyssal zone. The Mesopelagic (disphotic)...

to the epipelagic zone. From 200 to 1000 metres lies the dysphotic zone, or the twilight zone (corresponding with the mesopelagic zone). There is still...

side of a planetary body Mesopelagic zone, or twilight zone, at a depth of 200–1000m below the ocean surface Twilight Zone, a nightclub in Toronto Entertainment...

dysphotic zone (dysphotic means "poorly lit" in Greek). The dysphotic zone is also referred to as the mesopelagic zone, or the twilight zone. Its lowermost...