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