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
Nessorhamphus danae
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
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
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Acromycter longipectoralis
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
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
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
Lestidium prolixum
Ahliesaurus berryi
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Slender barracudina
Bigfin pearleye
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Stemonosudis bullisi
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Ahliesaurus brevis
White barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Southern barracudina
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
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 mikhailini
Flintperch
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Longwing spinyfin
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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
Danacetichthys galathenus
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
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
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
Threadfin grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Mediterranean grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
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
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
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
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Kumba hebetata
Roundhead grenadier
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
Fragile grenadier
Bighead mora
Finescale mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
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
Acentrophryne longidens
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
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Stargazing seadevil
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis kreffti
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
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
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.
Oneirodes sabex
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
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
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
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.
Oneirodes cristatus
Chaenophryne ramifera
Plainchin dreamarm
Acentrophryne dolichonema
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
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
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
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
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
Symbolophorus rufinus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Pig-headed lantern fish
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Lantern fish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Hygophum bruuni
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lampanyctus
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Nannobrachium bristori
Diaphus arabicus
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Myctophum indicum
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
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
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus basileusi
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
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
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
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
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
Barathronus bruuni
Alcockia rostrata
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Apagesoma delosommatus
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Bruce's argentine
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
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
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Narcetes lloydi
Bluntsnout slickhead
Pectinantus parini
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
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.
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.
Fangtooth smooth-head
Fanfin smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Bigeye smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Krefft's smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
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 .
Narcetes erimelas
Rouleina nuda
Binghamichthys aphos
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Order Perciformes
Escolar
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Lycodapus
Tasmanian ruffe
Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.
Kali macrura
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Howella zina
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Malakichthys mochizuki
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
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
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Stout slipskin
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Ariommid
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Bathyclupea argentea
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
Caristius groenlandicus
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
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.
Atrobucca geniae
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Malakichthys similis
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
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.
Midwater eelpout
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
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
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 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
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
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.
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.
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
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
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
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Benttooth bristlemouth
Pacific astronesthid fish
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Astronesthes exsul
Stomias danae
Astronesthes karsteni
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
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 atlanticus
Loosejaw
Eustomias satterleei
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Slender bristlemouth
Astronesthes similus
Borostomias elucens
Photonectes albipennis
Sladen's hatchet fish
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes indopacificus
Garrick
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Snaggletooth
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Pacific blackdragon
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Astronesthes decoratus
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Aristostomias lunifer
Astronesthes tatyanae
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias quadrifilis
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Yellow bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias digitatus
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.
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Astronesthes formosana
Stomias gracilis
Astronesthes kreffti
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Bathophilus pawneei
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
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
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Astronesthes bilobatus
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
Astronesthes splendida
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Slender snaggletooth
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
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
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Bathophilus kingi
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Aristostomias polydactylus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias radicifilis
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 dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Cyclothone parapallida
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Photonectes achirus
Half-naked hatchetfish
Argyripnus iridescens
Astronesthes indicus
Deep-water bristlemouth
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Araiophos eastropas
Astronesthes galapagensis
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias magnificus
Bathophilus indicus
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
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
Aristostomias grimaldii
Arrow dragonfish
Astronesthes tanibe
Borostomias pacificus
Photonectes caerulescens
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
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.
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
Allocyttus guineensis
Stethopristes eos
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
