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