Demersal fish team also reported that the appearance of the fish, unlike that of most deep sea fish, was surprisingly "cute", and that they were surprised by how active the fish were at these depths. Most demersal fish of commercial or recreational interest are coastal, confined to the upper 200 metres. Commercially important demersal food fish species include flatfish, such as flounder, sole, turbot, plaice, and halibut. Also important are cod, hake, redfish, haddock, bass, congers, sharks, rays and chimaeras. The following table shows the world capture production of some groups of demersal species in tonnes. Black sea bass inhabit US coasts
Assessor flavissimus in crevices,often swimming upside down. The males mouthbrood, guarding the eggs in their mouths. Assessor flavissimus Assessor flavissimus, the yellow devilfish or yellow scissortail, is a fish from the western Central Pacific, recorded from the Great Barrier Reef]] and Papua New Guinea. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 5.5 cm in length. It is bright yellow in colour and has a reddish-orange stripe running from the eye to the upper edge of the operculum, and a reddish-orange band on the dorsal and anal fins which is parallel to the fin margin.