pelagophil

pelagophil
1) a reproductive guild (q.v.) of a pelagic spawner with numerous buoyant eggs, not guarded, none or poorly-developed embryonic respiratory organs, little pigment and no photophobia, e.g. Anguilla anguilla, Platichthys flesus
2) a reproductive guild (q.v.) of a pelagic spawner with buoyant eggs guarded at the surface of hypoxic waters and having extensive embryonic respiratory structures, e.g. Anabas testudineus
3) favouring surface waters for feeding, reproduction, schooling, etc

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • reproductive guild — a group of unrelated fishes with a similar form of reproduction, e.g. on substrates such as rocks and gravel (lithophil), in open water (pelagophil), on plants both living and dead (phytophil), on sand (psammophil), in holes and crevices… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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