(n) fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

A generic term to describe the different types of finfish that live on or near the seafloor such as cod, flounder, and rockfish.

Fish that live on or near the seabed, such as cod, cusk, haddock, hake, pollock Atlantic ocean perch, flounder, and rockfish.

Bottom-dwelling, or demersal, fish species such as Atlantic cod, haddock, flounders, hake and pollock. These species often share the same habitat and are managed together as a stock complex. Though groundfish spend much of their lives near the bottom of the ocean, the eggs and larval fish live near the water surface and even adults move up into the [..]

Fish that live on or near the seabed, such as cod, flounder, and rockfish. This term is not so much a scientific grouping as a management term. Demersal is the scientific term that describes the fish and other organisms that live near the ocean bottom.

Bottom-dwelling species including cod, pollock, haddock, turbot, and red fish.

Fishes that primarily inhabit the benthic environment, such as flatfish