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
Duckbill oceanic eel
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Leptocephalus bellottii
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Chlopsis longidens
Acromycter longipectoralis
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus congroides
Serrivomer garmani
Labichthys carinatus
Avocettina bowersii
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
Nessorhamphus danae
Nemichthys larseni
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
Benthenchelys indicus
Dogface witch-eel
Labichthys yanoi
Crossthroat sawpalate
Avocettina paucipora
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Stemonosudis bullisi
Telescopefish
Longfin pearleye
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Evermannella ahlstromi
Paralepis speciosa
Antarctic jonasfish
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Scopelarchus stephensi
Stemonosudis intermedia
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Ahliesaurus berryi
Undistinguished sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Southern barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Lestidiops pacificus
Uncisudis longirostra
Barracudina
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Evermannella megalops
Benthalbella macropinna
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Sharpchin barracudina
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
White barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Zugmayer's pearleye
Scopelosaurus adleri
Lestidium prolixum
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Slender barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Pearleye
Atlantic barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Magnisudis indica
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Strange pike smelt
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Order Beryciformes
Parinoberyx horridus
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
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.
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Parmops echinatus
Diretmoides veriginae
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
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.
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.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Gyrinomimus simplex
Parataeniophorus brevis
Cetomimus picklei
Cetichthys indagator
Ataxolepis apus
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Whalefish
Danacetichthys galathenus
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Megalomycter teevani
Trunov southern cetomimid
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Procetichthys kreffti
Gyrinomimus myersi
Cetomimus kerdops
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Myers' grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Physiculus parini
Pugnose grenadier
Roundhead grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Dusky rattail
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Kumba punctulata
Bluntnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Smallhead moray cod
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Physiculus sazonovi
Slendertail grenadier
Carmine grenadier
Trachonurus sentipellis
Shortbeard grenadier
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.
Physiculus longifilis
Laemonema melanurum
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Kumba maculisquama
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Coelorinchus trunovi
Berry's grenadier
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.
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Nezumia cyrano
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coryphaenoides camurus
Patagonian codling
Grenadier fish
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Parin's grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Gadella brocca
Physiculus therosideros
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Narrowsnout grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Bighead mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Finescale mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Kumba calvifrons
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Squalogadus modificatus
Naked snout rattail
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Physiculus roseus
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Bighead grenadier
Dogtooth grenadier
Bathygadus spongiceps
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Bathypelagic rattail
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.
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.
Regalecus russelii
Southern ribbonfish
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.
Crested oarfish
Dealfish
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Oneirodes thysanema
Linophryne escaramosa
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes alius
Acentrophryne longidens
Oneirodes sabex
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Pietschichthys horridus
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Torpedo batfish
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Linophryne andersoni
Bufoceratias shaoi
Gigantactis longicauda
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Gigantactis golovani
Dolopichthys jubatus
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
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
Rhynchactis microthrix
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes pterurus
Linophryne argyresca
Caulophryne pietschi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Lophodolos indicus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
Gigantactis ios
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Linophryne trewavasae
Linophryne pennibarbata
Gigantactis gargantua
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Triplewart seadevil
Bulbous dreamer
Robia legula
Oneirodes whitleyi
Linophryne indica
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Oneirodes schistonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Gigantactis paxtoni
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
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 .
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Gigantactis longicirra
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Short-rod anglerfish
Linophryne racemifera
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Dolopichthys karsteni
Gigantactis balushkini
Melanocetus eustalus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Linophryne maderensis
Linophryne digitopogon
Pentherichthys venustus
Chirophryne xenolophus
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
Spiny dreamer
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Linophryne bicornis
Caulophryne polynema
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis watermani
Chaenophryne ramifera
Plainchin dreamarm
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne algibarbata
Diceratias trilobus
Gigantactis microdontis
Gigantactis kreffti
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Linophryne polypogon
Gigantactis gibbsi
Dolopichthys dinema
Melanocetus rossi
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
Linophryne lucifer
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 appendixus
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Oneirodes schmidti
Linophryne coronata
Caulophryne pelagica
Gigantactis savagei
Puck pinnata
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Linophryne arcturi
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Whalehead dreamer
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Gigantactis macronema
Smooth dreamer
Dolopichthys pullatus
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Linophryne sexfilis
Gigantactis herwigi
Gigantactis elsmani
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 .
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
Linophryne parini
Order Myctophiformes
Andersen's lantern fish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Lanternfish
Diaphus pallidus
Broadfin lampfish
Gonichthys venetus
Slimtail lampfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pig-headed lantern fish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spiny lantern fish
Diaphus trachops
Lanternfish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus dehaveni
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Longfin lampfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
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.
Triphoturus oculeum
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Lanternfish
Hygophum bruuni
Hintonia candens
Mead's lanternfish
Lampanyctus
Spinytail lampfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lanternfish
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Taaning's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Diaphus faustinoi
Spotted laternfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Myctophum indicum
Diaphus roei
Lampanyctus vadulus
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Diaphus parri
Nannobrachium wisneri
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Protomyctophum parallelum
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Lanternfish
Diaphus longleyi
Laura's lantern fish
Nannobrachium fernae
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
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.
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lampadena dea
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Evermann's lantern fish
Diaphus aliciae
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Nannobrachium idostigma
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lampadena pontifex
Arctic telescope
Electrona antarctica
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Nannobrachium crypticum
Wisner's lantern fish
Diaphus thiollierei
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Diaphus dahlgreni
Myctophum lychnobium
Diaphus similis
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Transparent lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Diaphus lucidus
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lampadena yaquinae
Lanternfish
Chubby flashlightfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Myctophum orientale
Diaphus taaningi
Diaphus richardsoni
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
Short-headed lantern fish
Myctophum fissunovi
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Aldrovandia rostrata
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus attenuatus
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Apagesoma delosommatus
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Lamprogrammus niger
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus multidens
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Two-spined slopebrotula
Gunther's cuskeel
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus unicolor
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Barathronus bruuni
Pelagic brotula
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathrites parri
Marshall slopebrotula
Leucobrotula adipata
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Bruce's argentine
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Krefft's smooth-head
Abyssal smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Bathylagus niger
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
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.
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Blackhead salmon
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Rouleina guentheri
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Nansenia megalopa
Brown slickhead
Multipore searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Barrel-eye
Nansenia antarctica
Pectinantus parini
Searsioides multispinus
Leaf searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Mentodus bythios
California smoothtongue
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Bathylagus borealis
Barbantus elongatus
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathylaco nielseni
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Fanfin smooth-head
Loosescale smooth-head
Narcetes erimelas
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Longfin smooth-head
Rouleina nuda
Norman's smooth-head
Smallscale smooth-head
Nansenia iberica
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Robust blacksmelt
Antillean smooth-head
Rouleina eucla
Bathytroctes elegans
Mentodus facilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Pygmy argentine
Leptoderma retropinna
Blackchin blacksmelt
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Salmon smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Koefoed's smooth-head
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Bluethroat argentine
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Mentodus perforatus
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Mentodus crassus
Bathylagus tenuis
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Leptoderma affinis
Ghost smelt
Bighead searsid
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Boneythroat
Narcetes lloydi
Elongate smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Eared blacksmelt
Rouleina euryops
Bathytroctes inspector
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Nansenia longicauda
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Normichthys herringi
Hairfin smooth-head
Mentodus longirostris
Fangtooth 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.
Nansenia ahlstromi
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Legless searsid
Maulisia isaacsi
Pacific black smelt
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Sagamichthys gracilis
Binghamichthys aphos
Searsioides calvala
Palebelly searsid
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathylagus andriashevi
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Toothless smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Bigeye smooth-head
Conocara kreffti
Madeiran smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Softskin smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Stout slipskin
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Lycodapus derjugini
Kali falx
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
Pseudoscopelus microps
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Bathyclupea argentea
Longfin fathead
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
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pale eelpout
Kali macrura
Atrobucca geniae
Black swallower
Howella zina
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Malakichthys similis
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Melanostigma bathium
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Pachycara dolichaulus
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Plectranthias robertsi
Thinlip splitfin
Silver splitfin
Deepwater slipskin
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
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Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Howella parini
Malakichthys levis
Escolar
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Bathyclupea gracilis
Ariommid
Blue driftfish
Eumegistus brevorti
Seleniolycus robertsi
Lycodapus microchir
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus
Kali colubrina
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.
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
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.
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.
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Bothrocara nyx
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Kali macrodon
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bigtooth eelpout
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Midwater eelpout
Cutlassfish
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Malakichthys mochizuki
Pseudoscopelus parini
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Atlantic soft pout
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
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.
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
Smallmouth moonflounder
Bathysolea lactea
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
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 herringi
Monognathus smithi
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus jesse
Gulper
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rajui
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Monognathus isaacsi
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus bruuni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Acantholiparis caecus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
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.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
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.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
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.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
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.
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 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.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Melamphaes indicus
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Ridgehead
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
Ridgehead
Gibberfish
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Poromitra gibbsi
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Scopelogadus beanii
Poromitra unicornis
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Melamphaes pumilus
Highsnout bigscale
Melamphaes hubbsi
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Bigscale
Longjaw bigscale
Ridgehead
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Twospine bigscale
Melamphaes ebelingi
Large-headed midnight fish
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
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.
Astronesthes haplophos
Maurolicus breviculus
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Leptostomias robustus
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias monoclonoides
Astronesthes exsul
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Chauliodus pammelas
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes splendida
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Cyclothone pygmaea
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Loosejaw
Eustomias tomentosis
Ichthyococcus parini
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bibulboides
Bristlemouth
Eustomias macronema
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 aequatorialis
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Photonectes margarita
Astronesthes leucopogon
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Maurolicus javanicus
Gonostoma longipinnis
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias elongatus
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias pinnatus
Borostomias elucens
Photonectes albipennis
Astronesthes indopacificus
Snaggletooth
Scaleless black dragonfish
Leptostomias longibarba
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Eustomias micropterygius
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaleless dragonfish
Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Cyclothone parapallida
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Eustomias vitiazi
Pacific blackdragon
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Astronesthes macropogon
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias lanceolatus
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
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
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Polyipnus meteori
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.
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias ignotus
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Chauliodus schmidti
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Astronesthes formosana
Astronesthes bilobatus
Diplophos australis
Astronesthes tanibe
Stomias gracilis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Cyclothone obscura
Scaleless 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.
Ichthyococcus polli
Ebeling's fangjaw
Snaggletooth
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Eustomias bifilis
Eustomias albibulbus
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Photonectes parvimanus
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus stehmanni
Astronesthes karsteni
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Torpedo dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Opostomias micripnus
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias posti
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes gudrunae
Maurolicus australis
Sparing
Leptostomias multifilis
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Astronesthes
Chauliodus minimus
Alcock's boafish
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
Slender bristlemouth
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
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.
Manducus maderensis
Sonoda paucilampa
Astronesthes similus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Astronesthes martensii
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Eustomias bertelseni
Garrick
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias inconstans
Pachystomias microdon
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias radicifilis
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes lampara
Polyipnus soelae
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias dispar
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias paxtoni
Bonapartia pedaliota
Photonectes achirus
Astronesthes indicus
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Maurolicus inventionis
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Bathophilus brevis
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias multifilis
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias micraster
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes tatyanae
Chauliodus dentatus
Stomias lampropeltis
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias magnificus
Eustomias uniramis
Slender fangjaw
Snaggletooth
Black-belly dragonfish
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Eustomias australensis
Bristlemouth
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias schmidti
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Snaggletooth
Borostomias pacificus
Photonectes caerulescens
Astronesthes kreffti
Polyipnus inermis
Maurolicus mucronatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Arrow dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias hulleyi
Pitgum lanternfish
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias problematicus
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
Rosy dory
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
Allocyttus guineensis
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
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