aquatic species
Creatures of depths
Aquatic species are organisms that live primarily in water—fish, marine mammals, crustaceans, aquatic plants, and countless others.
The term appears most often in scientific, environmental, and regulatory contexts: The EPA monitors aquatic species in affected waterways.
Invasive aquatic species like zebra mussels can devastate native ecosystems.
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- swim bladderFish buoyancy organ
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
food chain · brackish · estuarine · wetlands · mollusks · crustaceans · apex predators · sea turtle · bottom feeder · echinoderms · plankton · migratory · catch and release · fish tank · marine · deep sea · tide pool · amphibians