Bathypelagic zone (1000-3000m)

The pressure in the Bathypelagic zone is roughly equal to two tons per square inch. Here the temperature is a pretty stable 4 degrees caelsius. Most animals here have slow metabolisms and move very slowly to conserve energy. As a result, a lot of the orgsanisms here have very low muscle mass. A lot of the year round inhabitants of this zone have a long thin body and a large head, for reasons unknown.




FRILLED SHARK
The frilled shark has a lizard-like head, frilly-edged gills, and a long, serpentine body that can get as long as 2 m long. Unlike other sharks, the frilled shark's mouth is located at the very front of its body instead of under its "nose". The frilled shark has 300 barbed teeth. The general physical form of the frilled shark is fairly prehistoric due to the lack of change and nutrients in the bathypelagic zone. They are tertiary consumers and strike at their prey in a snake-like style. They breed year-round and have litters of about 6 pups on average.


GULPER EEL
The gulper eel has a gigantic mouth with a lower jaw that works like a hinge. Gulper eels feed much like pelicans do, and their small stomachs expand to accomadate the problem of their mouth literally being larger than their stomach. The whip tail of these strange creatures propels them through the water as well as lights up to attract prey. they are usually one or two m long from head to tail and are generally a dark green colour. Gulper eels are secondary consumers and their diet consists mainly of small crustaceans. Gulper eels die after reproducing, but their methods are unknown as they have only been observed outside of their natural environment.


VIPERFISH
Viperfish are built very much like the gulper eel. They have the same sort of hinge-like jaw and long, thin body, but only grow to between 30 and 60 cm. They too have the bioluminescent tail end, but these fish have actual fins and a bit of a more proportionate head. They can be green, sliver, or black, depending on where in the ocean they live. The viperfish's long teeth actually curve up and around their head because they are so long, that were they not curbed, the viperfish would kill itself when it closes its mouth. Viperfish are secondary consumers that feed on dragonfish (they wander between zones) and other small creatures of the deep. These fish are one of the few fast-moving species in this zone, able to move about twice their body length per second. In the wild they live 30 or 40 years.