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
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Serrivomer garmani
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Leptocephalus bellottii
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
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.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
Telescopefish
White barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Chubby pearleye
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelarchoides danae
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Southern barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Ahliesaurus berryi
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Order Beryciformes
Longwing spinyfin
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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
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 shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
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 fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
Order Cetomimiformes
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Danacetichthys galathenus
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Fragile grenadier
Dusky rattail
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Finescale mora
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Bighead mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Kumba calvifrons
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Physiculus roseus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Kumba punctulata
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Carmine grenadier
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
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Coelorinchus trunovi
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.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
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.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes sabex
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Dolopichthys jubatus
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes cristatus
Chaenophryne ramifera
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.
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Linophryne macrodon
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes basili
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis kreffti
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Lophodolos indicus
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 macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Bufoceratias wedli
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Oneirodes schistonema
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis herwigi
Linophryne brevibarbata
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 .
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
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Acentrophryne longidens
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Linophryne digitopogon
Bufoceratias shaoi
Oneirodes bradburyae
Haplophryne triregium
Spiny dreamer
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Gigantactis golovani
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Stargazing seadevil
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
Gigantactis meadi
Linophryne lucifer
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes appendixus
Oneirodes schmidti
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis ios
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis savagei
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Order Myctophiformes
Symbolophorus rufinus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Lanternfish
Andersen's lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Diaphus dehaveni
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Diaphus basileusi
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
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
Hygophum bruuni
Lanternfish
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
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.
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
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.
Broadfin lampfish
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Pig-headed lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Diaphus aliciae
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Evermann's lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Diaphus dahlgreni
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Lampanyctus
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Diaphus arabicus
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathronus bicolor
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Alcockia rostrata
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Krefft's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Asquamiceps hjorti
Smallscale smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Shining tubeshoulder
Pygmy argentine
Bruce's argentine
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Mentodus eubranchus
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Normichthys yahganorum
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
Starry smooth-head
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Bighead searsid
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Fanfin smooth-head
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Normichthys herringi
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Bathytroctes inspector
Vaillant's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx minuscula
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
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Sagamichthys gracilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Bigeye smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
Escolar
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
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.
Atrobucca geniae
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Howella zina
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Cutlassfish
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Stubraker sculpin
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
Brilliant pomfret
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
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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
Lycodapus
Tasmanian ruffe
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.
Kali macrura
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Ariommid
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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Saccopharynx trilobatus
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 taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
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 ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Gulper
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Acantholiparis caecus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Paraliparis carlbondi
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
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.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Poromitra unicornis
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Large-headed midnight fish
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
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
Highsnout bigscale
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
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
Eustomias bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
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.
Maurolicus breviculus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Astronesthes similus
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes splendida
Borostomias mononema
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Stomias danae
Astronesthes martensii
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Astronesthes lampara
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Maurolicus javanicus
Photonectes albipennis
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Gonostoma longipinnis
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.
Half-naked hatchetfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Loosejaw
Eustomias bertelseni
Lightfish
Argyripnus iridescens
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Scaly dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Araiophos eastropas
Polyipnus soelae
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.
Eustomias radicifilis
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Snaggletooth
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes kreffti
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
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.
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Yellow bristlemouth
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias magnificus
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Astronesthes exsul
Pacific hatchet fish
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Photostomias atrox
Eustomias australensis
Slim lightfish
Astronesthes atlanticus
Snaggletooth
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Astronesthes tanibe
Borostomias pacificus
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Stomias gracilis
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Leptostomias robustus
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Loosejaw
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Argyripnus pharos
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 macronema
Sparing
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes decoratus
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Astronesthes lamellosus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Photonectes achirus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Astronesthes formosana
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.
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Astronesthes bilobatus
Snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Astronesthes tatyanae
Panama snaggletooth
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Stomias lampropeltis
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Pacific astronesthid fish
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Astronesthes karsteni
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes gudrunae
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
Stethopristes eos
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
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.
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
