Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment
The bathyal zone or bathypelagic – from Greek βαθύς , deep – is the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 meters below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below.
Order Anguilliformes
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer garmani
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Black sawtooth eel
Benthenchelys pacificus
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Crossthroat sawpalate
Labichthys yanoi
Acromycter longipectoralis
Avocettina paucipora
Nessorhamphus danae
Leptocephalus bellottii
Serrivomer schmidti
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nemichthys larseni
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Duckbill oceanic eel
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Barracudina
Sharpchin barracudina
Longfin pearleye
White barracudina
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelarchoides danae
Scopelosaurus adleri
Macroparalepis danae
Lestidium prolixum
Ahliesaurus berryi
Bigfin pearleye
Slender barracudina
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Lestidiops extrema
Stemonosudis gracilis
Benthalbella elongata
Atlantic sabretooth
Southern barracudina
Barracudina
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Atlantic barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Strange pike smelt
Stemonosudis molesta
Benthalbella macropinna
Stemonosudis bullisi
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Chubby pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Japanese barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Ahliesaurus brevis
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Stemonosudis intermedia
Zugmayer's pearleye
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Lestidium bigelowi
Scopelarchoides signifer
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis elegans
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Fierce pike smelt
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Order Beryciformes
Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Common roughy - The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m.
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Parmops echinatus
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Order Carcharhiniformes
Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.
Black roughscale catshark - The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.
Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.
Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.
Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.
White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
Order Cetomimiformes
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Pink flabby whalefish
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Whalefish
Danacetichthys galathenus
Festive ribbonfish
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Ataxolepis henactis
Gyrinomimus myersi
Cetomimus kerdops
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Megalomycter teevani
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Procetichthys kreffti
Ataxolepis apus
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Patagonian codling
Kumba hebetata
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Smallhead moray cod
Bluntnose grenadier
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Striped codlet
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Physiculus nigriscens
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Bighead mora
Finescale mora
Kumba musorstom
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Gadomus capensis
Squalogadus modificatus
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Berry's grenadier
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Nezumia cyrano
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Roundhead grenadier
Pugnose grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Kumba punctulata
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Carmine grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.
Shortbeard grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Kumba calvifrons
Laemonema melanurum
Naked snout rattail
Kumba maculisquama
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Coelorinchus trunovi
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bathygadus spongiceps
Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Bathypelagic rattail
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Oneirodes micronema
Gigantactis longicirra
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Linophryne racemifera
Pietschichthys horridus
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes kreffti
Acentrophryne longidens
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes bradburyae
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Spiny dreamer
Linophryne digitopogon
Pentherichthys venustus
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Himantolophus cornifer
Dolopichthys jubatus
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Plainchin dreamarm
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Stargazing seadevil
Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.
Chaenophryne ramifera
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes macrosteus
Gigantactis kreffti
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Oneirodes haplonema
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Linophryne lucifer
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes appendixus
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes schmidti
Linophryne coronata
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes posti
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes luetkeni
Gigantactis herwigi
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne sexfilis
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Bulbous dreamer
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes thysanema
Short-rod anglerfish
Dolopichthys karsteni
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes sabex
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Oneirodes alius
Himantolophus crinitus
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes pietschi
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Haplophryne triregium
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes melanocauda
Gigantactis longicauda
Gigantactis golovani
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Oneirodes heteronema
Diceratias trilobus
Oneirodes cristatus
Himantolophus nigricornis
Linophryne macrodon
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes basili
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Linophryne densiramus
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Oneirodes pterurus
Linophryne argyresca
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Oneirodes myrionemus
Gigantactis meadi
Lophodolos indicus
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes macronema
Gigantactis ios
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne trewavasae
Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.
Oneirodes flagellifer
Pacific footballfish
Gigantactis gargantua
Puck pinnata
Triplewart seadevil
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne indica
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Bufoceratias wedli
Bulbous dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes whitleyi
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Oneirodes schistonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Himantolophus borealis
Oneirodes plagionema
Deepsea angler - Linophryne arborifera, or illuminated netdevil, is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m .
Gigantactis paxtoni
Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .
Order Myctophiformes
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pig-headed lantern fish
Spothead lantern fish
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Spiny lantern fish
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Electron subantarctic
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Slendertail lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Diaphus aliciae
Lantern fish
Metelectrona ventralis
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Japanese lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Neoscopelus microchir
Diaphus nielseni
Triphoturus oculeum
Hygophum bruuni
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Mead's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Lampanyctus simulator
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Spotted laternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Parvilux boschmai
Myctophum indicum
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum parallelum
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Diaphus minax
Nannobrachium fernae
Lantern fish
Diaphus longleyi
Laura's lantern fish
Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.
Lampanyctus turneri
Protomyctophum chilense
Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.
Short-headed lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Symbolophorus rufinus
Andersen's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Golden lanternfish
Pinpoint lampfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Nannobrachium idostigma
Nannobrachium crypticum
Smallfin lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus megalops
Protomyctophum luciferum
Longfin lampfish
Arctic telescope
Electrona antarctica
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus basileusi
Wisner's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Myctophum lychnobium
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Diaphus jenseni
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Lobisomem
Black lantern fish
Large-scaled lantern fish
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Diaphus faustinoi
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Lanternfish
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Myctophum orientale
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Myctophum fissunovi
Broadfin lampfish
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaur
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus attenuatus
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia oleosa
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma edentatum
Alcockia rostrata
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathrites parri
Bony-eared assfish
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Barathronus diaphanus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Apagesoma delosommatus
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathronus multidens
Marshall slopebrotula
Aphyonus bolini
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Krefft's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Salmon smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Abyssal smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Threadfin smooth-head
Normichthys yahganorum
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bathylagus niger
Blackhead salmon
Bluntsnout smooth-head - The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m.
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bathytroctes squamosus
Rouleina watasei
Nansenia megalopa
Nansenia antarctica
Rouleina guentheri
Deep-sea smelt
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Leaf searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Smallscale searsid
Elongate smooth-head
California smoothtongue
Eared blacksmelt
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Mentodus bythios
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Hairfin smooth-head
Normichthys herringi
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Loosescale smooth-head
Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.
Bathylaco nielseni
Norman's smooth-head
Narcetes erimelas
Searsioides calvala
Smallscale smooth-head
Rouleina nuda
Nansenia iberica
Agassiz' smooth-head
Robust blacksmelt
Bathytroctes elegans
Rouleina eucla
Mentodus facilis
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Asquamiceps hjorti
Werner's smooth-head
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Palegold searsid
Conocara kreffti
Blackchin blacksmelt
Bigeye smooth-head
Shining tubeshoulder
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bruce's argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Murray's smooth-head
Bathylagus tenuis
Starry smooth-head
Mentodus crassus
Brown slickhead
Threadfin slickhead
Multipore searsid
Bighead searsid
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Conocara bertelseni
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Barrel-eye
Narcetes lloydi
Searsioides multispinus
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Nansenia longicauda
Nansenia ahlstromi
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Rouleina euryops
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fanfin smooth-head
Fangtooth smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Mentodus longirostris
Legless searsid
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Maulisia isaacsi
Longfin smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Binghamichthys aphos
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Sagamichthys gracilis
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Antillean smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Winteria telescopa
Toothless smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Koefoed's searsid
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Pygmy argentine
Madeiran smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Softskin smooth-head
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Stout slipskin
Kali falx
Lycodapus derjugini
Ariommid
Tonga escolar
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Bigmouth veilfin
Malakichthys barbatus
Pseudoscopelus microps
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Bathyclupea argentea
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.
Tasmanian ruffe
Pale eelpout
Paracaristius maderensis
Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.
Kali macrura
Lycenchelys imamurai
Howella zina
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Malakichthys similis
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Melanostigma bathium
African barrelfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
Silver splitfin
Cocoa snapper
Kali indica
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
Deepwater slipskin
Escolar
White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Howella parini
Melanostigma orientale
Malakichthys levis
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Bathyclupea gracilis
Gaper
Blue driftfish
Eumegistus brevorti
Plectranthias pallidus
Lycodapus microchir
Kali normani
Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.
Longfin fathead
Kali colubrina
Lycodapus
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Atrobucca geniae
Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Bothrocara nyx
Bigtooth eelpout
Paracaristius heemstrai
Kali macrodon
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Pachycara dolichaulus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Thinlip splitfin
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Midwater eelpout
Malakichthys mochizuki
Pseudoscopelus parini
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Atlantic soft pout
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Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.
Brilliant pomfret
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Deepwater sole
Smallmouth moonflounder
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Monognathus ozawai
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus herringi
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Saccopharynx ramosus
Gulper
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Monognathus berteli
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Gulper eel
Monognathus taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx thalassa
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Monognathus bertini
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Order Scorpaeniformes
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Midwater scorpionfish
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Short-headed sculpin
Blackmouth rockfish
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Tadpole liparid
Genioliparis ferox
Acantholiparis caecus
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.
Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Scopelogadus beanii
Ridgehead
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Melamphaes indicus
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Slender bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Ridgehead
Longjaw bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Melamphaes eulepis
Poromitra gibbsi
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
Melamphaes parini
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Melamphaes laeviceps
Poromitra unicornis
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Ridgehead
Melamphaes pumilus
Highsnout bigscale
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Large-headed midnight fish
Order Stomiiformes
Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.
Ebeling's fangjaw
Maurolicus breviculus
Snaggletooth
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Cyclothone obscura
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias cirritus
Photonectes parvimanus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias schiffi
Eustomias gibbsi
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes karsteni
Opostomias micripnus
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Astronesthes gudrunae
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Sonoda paucilampa
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes similus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Slender bristlemouth
Borostomias elucens
Eustomias elongatus
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes martensii
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Loosejaw
Eustomias bulbornatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias inconstans
Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes lampara
Pachystomias microdon
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Photonectes achirus
Pacific blackdragon
Argyripnus iridescens
Hatchetfish
Eustomias paxtoni
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Pearlside
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias micraster
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.
Astronesthes tatyanae
Stomias lampropeltis
Panama snaggletooth
Snaggletooth
Black-belly dragonfish
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias uniramis
Slender fangjaw
Emperor seamount lightfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias schmidti
Snaggletooth
Sternoptyx obscura
Bristlemouth
Eustomias contiguus
Photostomias atrox
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias hulleyi
Diplophos australis
Pacific hatchet fish
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes kreffti
Pitgum lanternfish
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bifilis
Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Leptostomias robustus
Astronesthes haplophos
Astronesthes exsul
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias albibulbus
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes atlanticus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes splendida
Stomias danae
Cyclothone pygmaea
Borostomias mononema
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Loosejaw
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Eustomias curtatus
Astronesthes leucopogon
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Photonectes margarita
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Argyripnus pharos
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias bituberoides
Gonostoma longipinnis
Photonectes albipennis
Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.
Scaleless dragonfish
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bertelseni
Lightfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Polyipnus soelae
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Scaly dragonfish
Cyclothone parapallida
Bonapartia pedaliota
Eustomias dispar
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias medusa
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Highlight hatchetfish
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias crossotus
Photostomias goodyeari
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias ignotus
Diplophos pacificus
Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.
Eustomias quadrifilis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Eustomias bulbiramis
Photonectes gracilis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Constellationfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
Maurolicus walvisensis
Eustomias australensis
Slim lightfish
Eustomias metamelas
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Bathophilus pawneei
Astronesthes bilobatus
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Stomias gracilis
Borostomias pacificus
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Order Zeiformes
Neocyttus
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
Stethopristes eos
Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.
Rosy dory
False boarfish
Allocyttus guineensis