Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

The bathyal zone or bathypelagic – from Greek βαθύς , deep – is the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 meters below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below.

Order Anguilliformes

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer garmani

Avocettina bowersii

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

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.

Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Black sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys pacificus

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Acromycter longipectoralis

Avocettina paucipora

Nessorhamphus danae

Leptocephalus bellottii

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nemichthys larseni

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.

Duckbill oceanic eel

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

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

Barracudina

Sharpchin barracudina

Longfin pearleye

White barracudina

Barracudina

Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.

Scopelarchoides danae

Scopelosaurus adleri

Macroparalepis danae

Lestidium prolixum

Ahliesaurus berryi

Bigfin pearleye

Slender barracudina

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Lestidiops extrema

Stemonosudis gracilis

Benthalbella elongata

Atlantic sabretooth

Southern barracudina

Barracudina

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Atlantic barracudina

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

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

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

Strange pike smelt

Stemonosudis molesta

Benthalbella macropinna

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Chubby pearleye

Antarctic jonasfish

Japanese barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Ahliesaurus brevis

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Stemonosudis intermedia

Zugmayer's pearleye

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Scopelarchoides signifer

Paperbones

Lestidiops pacificus

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis elegans

Pearleye

Magnisudis indica

Fierce pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Order Beryciformes

Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

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 marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

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

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus confinis

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

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.

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.

Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.

Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.

Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.

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.

Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Pink flabby whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Ataxolepis henactis

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetomimus kerdops

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Megalomycter teevani

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Gyrinomimus simplex

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Patagonian codling

Kumba hebetata

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Smallhead moray cod

Bluntnose grenadier

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

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

Physiculus nigriscens

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bighead mora

Finescale mora

Kumba musorstom

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Gadomus capensis

Squalogadus modificatus

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Berry's grenadier

Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.

Nezumia cyrano

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Roundhead grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Kumba punctulata

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

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

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Carmine grenadier

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

Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.

Shortbeard grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Kumba calvifrons

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Kumba maculisquama

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Guttigadus nudicephalus

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.

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.

Crested oarfish

Regalecus russelii

Dealfish

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.

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

Order Lophiiformes

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Oneirodes micronema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes kreffti

Acentrophryne longidens

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes bradburyae

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Spiny dreamer

Linophryne digitopogon

Pentherichthys venustus

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Plainchin dreamarm

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.

Chaenophryne ramifera

Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.

Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes macrosteus

Gigantactis kreffti

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne lucifer

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes appendixus

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis macronema

Robia legula

Whalehead dreamer

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes luetkeni

Gigantactis herwigi

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne sexfilis

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes thysanema

Short-rod anglerfish

Dolopichthys karsteni

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

Oneirodes sabex

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Oneirodes alius

Himantolophus crinitus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Haplophryne triregium

Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes melanocauda

Gigantactis longicauda

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Oneirodes heteronema

Diceratias trilobus

Oneirodes cristatus

Himantolophus nigricornis

Linophryne macrodon

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes basili

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Oneirodes pterurus

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Oneirodes myrionemus

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes macronema

Gigantactis ios

Rhynchactis macrothrix

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 flagellifer

Pacific footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Puck pinnata

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne indica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Bufoceratias wedli

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes whitleyi

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Himantolophus danae

Dolopichthys pullatus

Oneirodes schistonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Himantolophus borealis

Oneirodes plagionema

Deepsea angler - Linophryne arborifera, or illuminated netdevil, is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m .

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 .

Order Myctophiformes

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Spothead lantern fish

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Spiny lantern fish

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Slendertail lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Lantern fish

Metelectrona ventralis

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Japanese lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Diaphus nielseni

Triphoturus oculeum

Hygophum bruuni

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Mead's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Lampanyctus simulator

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Spotted laternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Parvilux boschmai

Myctophum indicum

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum parallelum

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Diaphus minax

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

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.

Lampanyctus turneri

Protomyctophum chilense

Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.

Short-headed lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Golden lanternfish

Pinpoint lampfish

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Smallfin lanternfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Diaphus megalops

Protomyctophum luciferum

Longfin lampfish

Arctic telescope

Electrona antarctica

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Wisner's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

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.

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Myctophum lychnobium

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus jenseni

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Lobisomem

Black lantern fish

Large-scaled lantern fish

Lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Diaphus faustinoi

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Lampanyctus vadulus

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Myctophum orientale

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Myctophum fissunovi

Broadfin lampfish

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaur

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

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Aldrovandia oleosa

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma edentatum

Alcockia rostrata

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus pacificus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathrites parri

Bony-eared assfish

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus unicolor

Nielsen's catetyx

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

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Aphyonus bolini

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Krefft's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Abyssal smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Normichthys yahganorum

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Maulisia acuticeps

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Blackhead salmon

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.

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bathytroctes squamosus

Rouleina watasei

Nansenia megalopa

Nansenia antarctica

Rouleina guentheri

Deep-sea smelt

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Winged spookfish

Mentodus mesalirus

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Smallscale searsid

Elongate smooth-head

California smoothtongue

Eared blacksmelt

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Mentodus bythios

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

Normichthys herringi

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Loosescale 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.

Bathylaco nielseni

Norman's smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Searsioides calvala

Smallscale smooth-head

Rouleina nuda

Nansenia iberica

Agassiz' smooth-head

Robust blacksmelt

Bathytroctes elegans

Rouleina eucla

Mentodus facilis

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Asquamiceps hjorti

Werner's smooth-head

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Palegold searsid

Conocara kreffti

Blackchin blacksmelt

Bigeye smooth-head

Shining tubeshoulder

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Mentodus perforatus

Bluethroat argentine

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Starry smooth-head

Mentodus crassus

Brown slickhead

Threadfin slickhead

Multipore searsid

Bighead searsid

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Conocara bertelseni

Ghost smelt

Boneythroat

Barrel-eye

Narcetes lloydi

Searsioides multispinus

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Nansenia longicauda

Nansenia ahlstromi

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

Rouleina euryops

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Fanfin smooth-head

Fangtooth smooth-head

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

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Maulisia isaacsi

Longfin smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Binghamichthys aphos

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Sagamichthys gracilis

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

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

Winteria telescopa

Toothless smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Koefoed's searsid

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Pygmy argentine

Madeiran smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Softskin smooth-head

Order Perciformes

New Zealand ruffe

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

Stout slipskin

Kali falx

Lycodapus derjugini

Ariommid

Tonga escolar

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Bigmouth veilfin

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.

Tasmanian ruffe

Pale eelpout

Paracaristius maderensis

Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.

Kali macrura

Lycenchelys imamurai

Howella zina

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Malakichthys similis

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Melanostigma bathium

African barrelfish

Plectranthias robertsi

Stubraker sculpin

Cutlassfish

Silver splitfin

Cocoa snapper

Kali indica

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

Platyberyx opalescens

Deepwater slipskin

Escolar

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

Howella parini

Melanostigma orientale

Malakichthys levis

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Bathyclupea gracilis

Gaper

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Plectranthias pallidus

Lycodapus microchir

Kali normani

Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.

Longfin fathead

Kali colubrina

Lycodapus

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

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.

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Bothrocara nyx

Bigtooth eelpout

Paracaristius heemstrai

Kali macrodon

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Pachycara dolichaulus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Thinlip splitfin

Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.

Midwater eelpout

Malakichthys mochizuki

Pseudoscopelus parini

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

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Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.

Brilliant pomfret

Order Pleuronectiformes

Bathysolea lactea

Deepwater sole

Smallmouth moonflounder

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Monognathus ozawai

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus herringi

Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Gulper eel

Monognathus taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

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

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.

Order Scorpaeniformes

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Genioliparis ferox

Acantholiparis caecus

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.

Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

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

Scopelogadus beanii

Ridgehead

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.

Slender bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Longjaw bigscale

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes parini

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Large-headed midnight fish

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias curtifilis

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.

Ebeling's fangjaw

Maurolicus breviculus

Snaggletooth

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Cyclothone obscura

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

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias cirritus

Photonectes parvimanus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias schiffi

Eustomias gibbsi

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes karsteni

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias braueri

Torpedo dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

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 parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Sonoda paucilampa

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes similus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Slender bristlemouth

Borostomias elucens

Eustomias elongatus

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes martensii

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Loosejaw

Eustomias bulbornatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Tentacle dragonfish

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.

Half-naked hatchetfish

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes lampara

Pachystomias microdon

Astronesthes indicus

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Photonectes achirus

Pacific blackdragon

Argyripnus iridescens

Hatchetfish

Eustomias paxtoni

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Pearlside

Eustomias austratlanticus

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias micraster

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Chauliodus dentatus

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

Stomias lampropeltis

Panama snaggletooth

Snaggletooth

Black-belly dragonfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias digitatus

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias magnificus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Bathophilus indicus

Eustomias uniramis

Slender fangjaw

Emperor seamount lightfish

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Sternoptyx obscura

Bristlemouth

Eustomias contiguus

Photostomias atrox

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

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

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias hulleyi

Diplophos australis

Pacific hatchet fish

Yarrella argenteola

Eustomias problematicus

Astronesthes kreffti

Pitgum lanternfish

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bifilis

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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias parri

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes haplophos

Astronesthes exsul

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias mesostenus

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes splendida

Stomias danae

Cyclothone pygmaea

Borostomias mononema

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias macronema

Sparing

Loosejaw

Eustomias tomentosis

Maurolicus australis

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Eustomias curtatus

Astronesthes leucopogon

Slender snaggletooth

Eustomias cancriensis

Photonectes margarita

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias satterleei

Argyripnus pharos

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias pinnatus

Manducus maderensis

Astronesthes indopacificus

Eustomias bituberoides

Gonostoma longipinnis

Photonectes albipennis

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.

Scaleless dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Snaggletooth

Eustomias bertelseni

Lightfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Polyipnus soelae

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes decoratus

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Scaly dragonfish

Cyclothone parapallida

Bonapartia pedaliota

Eustomias dispar

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias medusa

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

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Highlight hatchetfish

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Photostomias goodyeari

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias ignotus

Diplophos pacificus

Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias bulbiramis

Photonectes gracilis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias patulus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Constellationfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Astronesthes formosana

Maurolicus walvisensis

Eustomias australensis

Slim lightfish

Eustomias metamelas

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Bathophilus pawneei

Astronesthes bilobatus

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Stomias gracilis

Borostomias pacificus

Order Tetraodontiformes

Triacanthodes intermedius

Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Order Zeiformes

Neocyttus

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

Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.

Neocyttus 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.

Rosy dory

False boarfish

Allocyttus guineensis