Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.
a general term referring to fish that live on or near the sea floor. Groundfish are also called bottom fish or demersal fish.
fishes, usually of commercial value, that live on or near the bottom; also called "bottom fish"
Types of fish that reside on the ocean floor. Fish in this category include sablefish, pollock, cod, and many flatfish. Typically harvested by factory trawlers and longliners.
Species that are usually caught near the ocean's bottom, including cod, haddock, pollock, redfish, halibut, flounder, and other species.
Broadly, fish that are caught on or near the sea floor. The term includes a wide variety of bottomfishes, rockfishes, and flatfishes. However, the National Marine Fisheries Service sometimes uses the term in a narrower sense. The term usually applies to cod, cusk, haddock, hake, pollock and Atlantic ocean perch.
A species or group of fish that lives most of its life on or near the sea bottom.
Several fish species, including cod, redfish, turbot and flounder.
Bottom-dwelling species including cod, pollock, haddock, turbot, and red fish.
A benthic, or bottom-dwelling, marine fish, often of commercial importance (e.g., halibut, cod, haddock, pollack, or flounder)
