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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Leptocephalus bellottii

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

Acromycter longipectoralis

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

Black saw-toothed eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Bean's sawtooth eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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

Labichthys yanoi

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Avocettina bowersii

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

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

Dogface witch-eel

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Avocettina paucipora

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

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

Sharpchin barracudina

Evermannella ahlstromi

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

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 pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Evermannella megalops

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Paralepis speciosa

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

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

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

Lestidium prolixum

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

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Scopelosaurus mauli

Uncisudis longirostra

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

Common roughy - The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m.

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

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.

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys latus

Diretmoides veriginae

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus confinis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

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.

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

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.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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 .

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Order Cetomimiformes

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Festive ribbonfish

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Cetomimus kerdops

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

Cetomimus gillii

Danacetichthys galathenus

Trunov southern cetomimid

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Patagonian codling

Myers' grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Arrowtail

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Dusky rattail

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Narrowsnout grenadier

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Threadfin grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

Bighead mora

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Carmine grenadier

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

Kumba musorstom

Kumba calvifrons

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Physiculus roseus

Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.

Nezumia cyrano

Fragile grenadier

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Finescale mora

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Grenadier fish

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Whitson's grenadier

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Smallhead moray cod

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

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

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Squalogadus modificatus

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Order Lampriformes

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.

Regalecus russelii

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

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.

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

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

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

Oneirodes sabex

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

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes cristatus

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

Plainchin dreamarm

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

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

Oneirodes pterurus

Dolopichthys dinema

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Lophodolos indicus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Gigantactis ios

Linophryne trewavasae

Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes schistonema

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

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

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 .

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Gigantactis longicirra

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Spiny dreamer

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

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Dolopichthys jubatus

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Linophryne lucifer

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Acentrophryne longidens

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes schmidti

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

Puck pinnata

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Himantolophus borealis

Order Myctophiformes

Lantern fish

Broadfin lampfish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Nannobrachium crypticum

Electrona antarctica

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lobisomem

Diaphus jenseni

Lampanyctus simulator

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Nannobrachium wisneri

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.

Symbolophorus rufinus

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Pacific blackchin

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pig-headed lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Metelectrona ventralis

Lantern fish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

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.

Hygophum bruuni

Lanternfish

Triphoturus oculeum

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Diaphus arabicus

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Nannobrachium bristori

Black lantern fish

Large-scaled lantern fish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

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

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

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

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Aldrovandia rostrata

Bonapart's spiny eel

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Brotulotaenia nigra

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Gunther's cuskeel

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Alcockia rostrata

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Apagesoma delosommatus

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Mentodus crassus

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

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

California smoothtongue

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Bathylagus borealis

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Hairfin smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Mentodus longirostris

Bathylaco nielseni

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

Rouleina nuda

Narcetes erimelas

Binghamichthys aphos

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Legless searsid

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Winteria telescopa

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Toothless smooth-head

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Conocara kreffti

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Mentodus eubranchus

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

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.

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Asquamiceps hjorti

Ghost smelt

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bighead searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

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.

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.

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Nansenia ahlstromi

Loosescale smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Longfin smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Order Perciformes

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Stout slipskin

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

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

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.

Paracaristius maderensis

Atrobucca geniae

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.

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Stubraker sculpin

Pseudoscopelus parini

African barrelfish

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

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Cocoa snapper

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

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.

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Pachycara dolichaulus

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

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.

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

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

Gulper

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

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

Gulper eel

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Midwater scorpionfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Acantholiparis caecus

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Order Squaliformes

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.

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Scopelogadus unispinis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus beanii

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

Slender bigscale

Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Poromitra gibbsi

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes parini

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Maurolicus breviculus

Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.

Astronesthes haplophos

Leptostomias robustus

Bathophilus altipinnis

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

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

Eustomias albibulbus

Photonectes parvimanus

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes atlanticus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes splendida

Margrethia valentinae

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 minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Astronesthes leucopogon

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Thysanactis dentex

Gonostoma longipinnis

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.

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus kingi

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes indopacificus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Snaggletooth

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias bertelseni

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Scaleless black dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias longiramis

Eustomias tetranema

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.

Astronesthes decoratus

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias dispar

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes lamellosus

Stomias lampropeltis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Black-belly dragonfish

Thorophos euryops

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Eustomias australensis

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

Eustomias schmidti

Astronesthes formosana

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Arrow dragonfish

Borostomias pacificus

Photonectes caerulescens

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias problematicus

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

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Araiophos eastropas

Astronesthes karsteni

Stomias danae

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes gudrunae

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Sparing

Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.

Eustomias macronema

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias satterleei

Slender snaggletooth

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Astronesthes similus

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Photonectes albipennis

Aristostomias grimaldii

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

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

Thorophos nexilis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Pacific blackdragon

Bathophilus irregularis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias medusa

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Astronesthes indicus

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Highlight hatchetfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Pearlside

Eustomias austratlanticus

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Loosejaw

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

Panama snaggletooth

Photonectes gracilis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias quadrifilis

Sladen's hatchet fish

Argyripnus pharos

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Bathophilus pawneei

Yarrella argenteola

Eustomias metamelas

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Triacanthodes intermedius

Order Zeiformes

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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

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.

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

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Order Ateleopodiformes

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Order Chimaeriformes

Order Gadiformes

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Order Notacanthiformes

Order Ophidiiformes

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Order Stephanoberyciformes

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