bottom fish

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In a healthy Arctic system, thousands of bottom-dwelling species — bottom fish, clams, crabs and shrimp-like critters — feast on the lipid-rich algae that falls from the ice to the bottom of the sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Retail investors may have been "trying to bottom fish and got washed out with the recent new low," he said.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2015

I remember fishing Puget Sound for bottom fish when I was a child.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2013

Randy Smith, a commercial fisherman who specializes in shrimp, crab and bottom fish, said he had escaped Crescent City Harbor early on Friday after being warned that big waves were headed his way.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2011

Two grey shining lumps, each with tapering tail dropped limply through the bottom; fish, cheese, and rodents all on one dead level now, given over to corruption.

From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William