The Epipelagic zone is the upper most part of the ocean, lying above the Mesopelagic zone. The Epipelagic zone is the surface layer of the ocean that extends over 200 meters or 656 feet long. It is also known as the sunlight zone because that’s where most of the sunlight reaches The clearer the water the deeper Epipelagic layer at the conditions cause turbidity. The epipelagic zone is divide into the neriticepipelagic zone, which lies over the continental shelf, and the oceanic epipelagic zone, which is the upper layer of water in the part of the ocean that is not over the continental shelf.
Some of the animals that live here in the Epipelagic zone are Sharks, Dolphins, Jellyfish, Sea Turtles, Tuna, Zooplanktons, Fish, Angel Fish, Angel Shark, Basking Shark, Beluga Whale, Bivalves, Blow Fish, Bluefin Tuna, Blue Ring Octopus, Blue Shark, Blue Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin, Bowhead Whale, Brittle Star, Bull Shark, Clam, Clown Fish, Conch, Copepod, Coral, Crab, Crustaceans, Cuttle Fish, Dall's Purposie, Dogfish Shark, Dugong, Eles, Echinoderms, Elephant Seal Northern, Fin Whale, and Fish.