nekton

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noun the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales

From German Nekton which was coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.

If you go too fast to touch on Plankton, Nekton, and Benthos, at least let the poor first class passengers have a compass, if not a barograph and a thermometer, to eke out conversations on the weather, the day's run, and bridge.................. — From Edinburgh to India & Burmah, W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch

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