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Scuba Forum / General / April 2004Need help with fish grouping
When you say "pelagic" fish, you mean the type of fish that "wander" around. Then, what's the opposite of pelagic? Reef fish? What about the opposite of "macro"? Does it mean large fish? I've been puzzled to see some people use "macro" to denote rather small fish, whereas the word itself conotes to the contrary. > When you say "pelagic" fish, you mean the type of fish that "wander" > around. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I've been puzzled to see some people use "macro" to denote rather > small fish, whereas the word itself conotes to the contrary. It has to do with the photography and not the fish. Macrolens: a camera lens designed to focus at very short distances with up to life-size magnification of the image I'm sure that the photographers amongst us will be able to elucidate more fully. dj_google@daum.net (DJ Kim) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :What about the opposite of "macro"? :Does it mean large fish? :I've been puzzled to see some people use "macro" to denote rather :small fish, whereas the word itself conotes to the contrary. The opposite of macro is wide angle. The word is used to describe the camera lens, not the fish. Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ My understanding is that pelagic means near-surface fish, as opposed to benthic. That's what I got from a marine bio class, anyway. David Luecke > When you say "pelagic" fish, you mean the type of fish that "wander" > around. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I've been puzzled to see some people use "macro" to denote rather > small fish, whereas the word itself conotes to the contrary. |
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