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

Serrivomer garmani

Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.

Avocettina bowersii

Leptocephalus bellottii

Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.

Avocettina acuticeps

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

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Labichthys yanoi

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Telescopefish

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Japanese barracudina

Lestidiops similis

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Ahliesaurus berryi

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Barracudina

Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Uncisudis longirostra

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Lestidiops pacificus

Barracudina

Pearleye

Magnisudis indica

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Naked barracuda

Stemonosudis bullisi

Barracudina

Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Chubby pearleye

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

Antarctic jonasfish

Ahliesaurus brevis

White barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Scopelarchus stephensi

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidium prolixum

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Slender barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Scopelarchoides climax

Southern barracudina

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.

Atlantic barracudina

Fierce pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Strange pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Order Beryciformes

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

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys latus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Longwing spinyfin

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.

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Order Carcharhiniformes

Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.

Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.

Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.

Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.

White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.

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.

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Ataxolepis apus

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Parataeniophorus brevis

Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.

Gyrinomimus simplex

Ataxolepis henactis

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Kumba punctulata

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.

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.

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Squalogadus modificatus

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sphagemacrurus richardi

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.

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Patagonian codling

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadomus multifilis

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Fragile grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

Finescale mora

Bighead mora

Kumba musorstom

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Kumba calvifrons

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.

Bathypelagic rattail

Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Crested oarfish

Regalecus russelii

Southern ribbonfish

Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.

Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.

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.

Dealfish

Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.

Order Lophiiformes

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Dolopichthys karsteni

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Pietschichthys horridus

Acentrophryne longidens

Linophryne racemifera

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

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.

Pentherichthys venustus

Gigantactis longicauda

Gigantactis golovani

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne macrodon

Stargazing seadevil

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Gigantactis meadi

Oneirodes clarkei

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus albinares

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

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Robia legula

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

Whalehead dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Linophryne sexfilis

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

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

Gigantactis longicirra

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

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.

Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Dolopichthys jubatus

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Acentrophryne dolichonema

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

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

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

Oneirodes pterurus

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Linophryne lucifer

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 coronata

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

Bulbous dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes whitleyi

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

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Order Myctophiformes

Andersen's lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Diaphus umbroculus

Slimtail lampfish

Broadfin lampfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Pig-headed lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Diaphus subtilis

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus megalops

Lantern fish

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Diaphus basileusi

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Triphoturus oculeum

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Diaphus similis

Spinytail lampfish

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Transparent lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Benoit's lanternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Myctophum indicum

Lampanyctus vadulus

Chubby flashlightfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Diaphus antonbruuni

Topside lampfish

Hudson's lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum parallelum

Diaphus taaningi

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Short-headed lantern fish

Protomyctophum chilense

Diaphus richardsoni

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Nannobrachium fernae

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Symbolophorus rufinus

Diaphus pallidus

Lampadena dea

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Golden lanternfish

Longfin lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Electron subantarctic

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Diaphus trachops

Rakery beaconlamp

Pinpoint lampfish

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Arctic telescope

Bolin's lantern fish

Lampadena pontifex

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

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.

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Mead's lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus simulator

Diaphus arabicus

Lobisomem

Diaphus jenseni

Highseas lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Bigeye lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus roei

Lampadena yaquinae

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Myctophum orientale

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

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.

Diaphus longleyi

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.

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus carinicauda

Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaur

Aldrovandia oleosa

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Alcockia rostrata

Barathronus bruuni

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma delosommatus

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nigra

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Violet cuskeel

Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.

Nielsen's catetyx

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Gunther's cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Bruce's argentine

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

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

Murray's smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina guentheri

Nansenia megalopa

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Conocara bertelseni

Bighead searsid

Ghost smelt

Boneythroat

Nansenia antarctica

Mentodus mesalirus

Leaf searsid

Eared blacksmelt

Mentodus bythios

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Hairfin smooth-head

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.

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Fanfin 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.

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Fangtooth smooth-head

Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .

Norman's smooth-head

Searsioides calvala

Maulisia isaacsi

Longfin smooth-head

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Pacific black smelt

Rouleina nuda

Narcetes erimelas

Binghamichthys aphos

Palebelly searsid

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Bigeye smooth-head

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Krefft's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Salmon smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Maulisia acuticeps

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagus niger

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Multipore searsid

Brown slickhead

Barrel-eye

Winged spookfish

Searsioides multispinus

Smallscale searsid

Elongate smooth-head

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Longsnout blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Narcetes lloydi

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Rouleina euryops

Nansenia longicauda

Bathylaco nielseni

Nansenia ahlstromi

Loosescale smooth-head

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Antillean smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Asquamiceps hjorti

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Conocara kreffti

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Blackchin blacksmelt

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Order Perciformes

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Malakichthys levis

Kali falx

Bathyclupea gracilis

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Longfin fathead

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.

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

Tasmanian ruffe

Kali macrura

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Paracaristius maderensis

Atrobucca geniae

Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.

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.

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

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.

Plectranthias robertsi

Malakichthys mochizuki

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Platyberyx opalescens

Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.

Kali indica

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White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Brilliant pomfret

Escolar

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Ariommid

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Lycodapus derjugini

Blue driftfish

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Malakichthys similis

Melanostigma vitiazi

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Melanostigma bathium

Pachycara dolichaulus

Thinlip splitfin

Cutlassfish

Stubraker sculpin

Pseudoscopelus parini

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

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

Order Pleuronectiformes

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.

Monognathus jesse

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.

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

Order Scorpaeniformes

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Blackmouth rockfish

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Acantholiparis caecus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Order Squaliformes

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.

Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.

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.

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Scopelogadus beanii

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

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Gibberfish

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Poromitra gibbsi

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

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

Order Stomiiformes

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Eustomias curtifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Astronesthes haplophos

Leptostomias robustus

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Astronesthes exsul

Maurolicus stehmanni

Photonectes parvimanus

Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.

Eustomias albibulbus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Eustomias mesostenus

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes splendida

Scaleless dragonfish

Cyclothone pygmaea

Borostomias mononema

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

Loosejaw

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Astronesthes leucopogon

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias satterleei

Argyripnus pharos

Manducus maderensis

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Astronesthes indopacificus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

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.

Eustomias bituberoides

Gonostoma longipinnis

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes decoratus

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Photonectes achirus

Cyclothone parapallida

Bonapartia pedaliota

Hatchetfish

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

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.

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Stomias lampropeltis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Astronesthes formosana

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Yarrella argenteola

Eustomias metamelas

Bathophilus pawneei

Astronesthes bilobatus

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Arrow dragonfish

Snaggletooth

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Highfin dragonfish

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.

Eustomias schiffi

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias gibbsi

Lovely hatchetfish

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes karsteni

Stomias danae

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias curtatus

Eustomias parini

Astronesthes gudrunae

Leptostomias multifilis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes similus

Photonectes albipennis

Slender bristlemouth

Borostomias elucens

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

Half-naked hatchetfish

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

Astronesthes lampara

Scaly dragonfish

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias paxtoni

Astronesthes indicus

Scaly dragonfish

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Thorophos nexilis

Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.

Eustomias dispar

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Araiophos eastropas

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Astronesthes galapagensis

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Chauliodus dentatus

Eustomias micraster

Bathophilus proximus

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.

Astronesthes tatyanae

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Snaggletooth

Yellow bristlemouth

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus indicus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Constellationfish

Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.

Longfin dragonfish

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Pacific hatchet fish

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Astronesthes kreffti

Stomias gracilis

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

Neocyttus

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.

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

Stethopristes eos

Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.

Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.

False boarfish