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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

Avocettina acuticeps

Labichthys carinatus

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

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Labichthys yanoi

Avocettina bowersii

Duckbill oceanic eel

Acromycter longipectoralis

Serrivomer garmani

Leptocephalus bellottii

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

Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.

Black sawtooth eel

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

Avocettina paucipora

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Naked barracuda

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

Barracudina

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

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Longfin pearleye

Chubby pearleye

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Paralepis speciosa

Stemonosudis intermedia

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Slender barracudina

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

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

Benthalbella macropinna

Strange pike smelt

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Sharpchin barracudina

Evermannella ahlstromi

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Barracudina

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

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

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

Ahliesaurus brevis

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Barracudina

Lestidium bigelowi

Scopelosaurus mauli

Uncisudis longirostra

Paperbones

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Evermannella megalops

Order Beryciformes

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

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.

Aulotrachichthys latus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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.

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.

Parin's spiny fin

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

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.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.

Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Ataxolepis apus

Gyrinomimus myersi

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

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

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Narrowsnout grenadier

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bighead mora

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

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

Bathypelagic rattail

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

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Kumba punctulata

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Carmine grenadier

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

Shortbeard grenadier

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

Squalogadus modificatus

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Physiculus roseus

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

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.

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Order Lampriformes

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

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

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

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Regalecus russelii

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

Order Lophiiformes

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

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.

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

Acentrophryne longidens

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Plainchin dreamarm

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

Stargazing seadevil

Chaenophryne ramifera

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.

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.

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

Oneirodes schistonema

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

Gigantactis herwigi

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Dolopichthys karsteni

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Spiny dreamer

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

Pentherichthys venustus

Gigantactis longicauda

Gigantactis golovani

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes schmidti

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

Gigantactis ios

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

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne pennibarbata

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne indica

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

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 .

Order Myctophiformes

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Pacific blackchin

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Spothead lantern fish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Electron subantarctic

Slendertail lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Taaningichthys minimus

Wisner's lantern fish

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.

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lampanyctus simulator

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus minax

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

Myctophum fissunovi

Lampanyctus turneri

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

Short-headed lantern fish

Andersen's lantern fish

Nannobrachium indicum

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Nannobrachium fernae

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Aldrovandia rostrata

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

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

Halosaurus parvipennis

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Aldrovandia oleosa

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus parfaiti

Alcockia rostrata

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Barathronus multidens

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Apagesoma delosommatus

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Two-spined slopebrotula

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus pacificus

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathrites parri

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nigra

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathronus diaphanus

Marshall slopebrotula

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus bicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Krefft's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Salmon smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Brown slickhead

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Bathytroctes squamosus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Searsioides multispinus

Longsnout blacksmelt

Elongate smooth-head

California smoothtongue

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Normichthys herringi

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

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Bathylaco nielseni

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Bathytroctes elegans

Agassiz' smooth-head

Antillean smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Winteria telescopa

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Conocara kreffti

Blackchin blacksmelt

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Koefoed's searsid

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Abyssal smooth-head

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Threadfin smooth-head

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

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Murray's smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Mentodus crassus

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bighead searsid

Boneythroat

Nansenia antarctica

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Asquamiceps hjorti

Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.

Bathytroctes inspector

Vaillant's smooth-head

Hairfin smooth-head

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

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

Mentodus longirostris

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Bathylagus andriashevi

Robust blacksmelt

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Toothless smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Order Perciformes

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Kali falx

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Malakichthys barbatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Kali macrura

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Melanostigma bathium

Pachycara dolichaulus

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Stubraker sculpin

Pseudoscopelus parini

Ariommid

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Kali indica

Deepwater slipskin

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.

Trewavas croaker

Howella parini

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Malakichthys levis

Bathyclupea gracilis

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Plectranthias pallidus

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.

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

Caristius groenlandicus

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

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.

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.

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Kali macrodon

Sherborn's cardinalfish

African barrelfish

Midwater eelpout

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

Malakichthys mochizuki

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

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.

Cutlassfish

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Brilliant pomfret

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

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

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

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

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Blackmouth rockfish

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Acantholiparis caecus

Order Squaliformes

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.

Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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.

Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.

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

Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.

Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.

Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.

Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.

Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Scopelogadus beanii

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Melamphaes laeviceps

Bigscale

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

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias curtifilis

Highfin dragonfish

Scaleless 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.

Maurolicus breviculus

Cyclothone obscura

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.

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Argyripnus pharos

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias ioani

Astronesthes indopacificus

Margrethia valentinae

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Torpedo dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Photonectes albipennis

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Astronesthes macropogon

Aristostomias lunifer

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias longiramis

Eustomias tetranema

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

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 lamellosus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

Astronesthes illuminatus

Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.

Eustomias radicifilis

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias paxtoni

Astronesthes formosana

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Astronesthes bilobatus

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.

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias schmidti

Bristlemouth

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Constellationfish

Longfin dragonfish

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

Astronesthes karsteni

Lovely hatchetfish

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Astronesthes gudrunae

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Stomias gracilis

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Melanostomias melanopogon

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Photonectes parvimanus

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

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Aristostomias polydactylus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes martensii

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Cyclothone pygmaea

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

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

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias interruptus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Eustomias bituberoides

Thysanactis dentex

Gonostoma longipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.

Astronesthes galapagensis

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias pacificus

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias bertelseni

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Astronesthes tatyanae

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Snaggletooth

Pachystomias microdon

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Eustomias dispar

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

Hatchetfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias medusa

Aristostomias grimaldii

Snaggletooth

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Astronesthes kreffti

Pacific hatchet fish

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

Astronesthes haplophos

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Stomias lampropeltis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Black-belly dragonfish

Maurolicus walvisensis

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Astronesthes splendida

Astronesthes atlanticus

Maurolicus mucronatus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

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

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.

False boarfish

Allocyttus guineensis

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

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

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

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Order Ateleopodiformes

Order Aulopiformes

Order Beryciformes

Order Carcharhiniformes

Order Cetomimiformes

Order Chimaeriformes

Order Gadiformes

Order Lampriformes

Order Lophiiformes

Order Myctophiformes

Order Notacanthiformes

Order Ophidiiformes

Order Osmeriformes

Order Perciformes

Order Pleuronectiformes

Order Polymixiiformes

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Order Scorpaeniformes

Order Squaliformes

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Order Stomiiformes

Order Tetraodontiformes

Order Zeiformes