Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment
The bathyal zone or bathypelagic – from Greek βαθύς , deep – is the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 meters below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below.
Order Anguilliformes
Labichthys carinatus
Avocettina bowersii
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 indicus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Labichthys yanoi
Avocettina paucipora
Duckbill oceanic eel
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.
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
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.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Black sawtooth eel
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
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
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
White barracudina
Zugmayer's pearleye
Paralepis speciosa
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelosaurus adleri
Macroparalepis danae
Lestidium prolixum
Bigfin pearleye
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Slender barracudina
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Atlantic sabretooth
Southern barracudina
Pearleye
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis elegans
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Longfin pearleye
Ahliesaurus berryi
Telescopefish
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
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
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Benthalbella elongata
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Barracudina
Benthalbella macropinna
Ahliesaurus brevis
Magnisudis indica
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Order Beryciformes
Parinoberyx horridus
Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
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.
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.
Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.
Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.
Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.
White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.
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.
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
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Parataeniophorus brevis
Ataxolepis henactis
Gyrinomimus myersi
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Megalomycter teevani
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Ataxolepis apus
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Patagonian codling
Kumba hebetata
Roundhead grenadier
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Bighead mora
Finescale mora
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Bathygadus spongiceps
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Bathypelagic rattail
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Dusky rattail
Whitson's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Threadfin grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Mediterranean grenadier
Carmine grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.
Shortbeard grenadier
Kumba calvifrons
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Kumba maculisquama
Berry's grenadier
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
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.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Grenadier fish
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
Linophryne racemifera
Pietschichthys horridus
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes sabex
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
Linophryne digitopogon
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Dolopichthys jubatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
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
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
Gigantactis kreffti
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
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 lucifer
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Two-rod anglerfish
Caulophryne pelagica
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne coronata
Acentrophryne longidens
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Gigantactis savagei
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Whalehead dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
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 herwigi
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Linophryne escaramosa
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Dolopichthys karsteni
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
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
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Stargazing seadevil
Gigantactis golovani
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
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Diceratias trilobus
Linophryne macrodon
Caulophryne pietschi
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Dolopichthys dinema
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Gigantactis meadi
Lophodolos indicus
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
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 ios
Linophryne trewavasae
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Linophryne pennibarbata
Linophryne indica
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Robia legula
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne brevibarbata
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
Gigantactis paxtoni
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 .
Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .
Order Myctophiformes
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Popeye lampfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pacific blackchin
Diaphus drachmanni
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
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.
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Lampanyctus simulator
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lantern fish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Thickhead lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
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
Lampanyctus turneri
Myctophum fissunovi
Skinnycheek 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.
Pig-headed lantern fish
Short-headed lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Lanternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Myctophum indicum
Smallfin lanternfish
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaur
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus attenuatus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Apagesoma edentatum
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathrites parri
Alcockia rostrata
Violet cuskeel
Leucobrotula adipata
Barathronus diaphanus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Gunther's cuskeel
Pelagic brotula
Barathronus parfaiti
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Bony-eared assfish
Apagesoma delosommatus
Barathronus bicolor
Lamprogrammus niger
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Barathronus multidens
Marshall slopebrotula
Aphyonus bolini
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus unicolor
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Krefft's smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Salmon smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Bathylagus tenuis
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Mentodus perforatus
Ghost smelt
Bluethroat argentine
Boneythroat
Starry smooth-head
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Leptoderma affinis
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Bathytroctes inspector
Searsioides multispinus
Fangtooth smooth-head
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Bluntsnout slickhead
Pectinantus parini
Narcetes lloydi
Eared blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Normichthys herringi
Pacific black smelt
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Sagamichthys gracilis
Michael Sars smooth-head
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Bigeye smooth-head
Koefoed's searsid
Snubnose blacksmelt
Bathylagus niger
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Bruce's argentine
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
Bathytroctes squamosus
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 macrognathus
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Mentodus crassus
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Brown slickhead
Multipore searsid
California smoothtongue
Bighead searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Nansenia antarctica
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Smallscale smooth-head
Vaillant's smooth-head
Hairfin smooth-head
Fanfin 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
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Mentodus longirostris
Bathytroctes elegans
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Toothless smooth-head
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Order Perciformes
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Escolar
Kali falx
Lycodapus derjugini
Ariommid
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Blue driftfish
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
Caristius groenlandicus
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bathyclupea megaceps
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Tasmanian ruffe
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Bothrocara nyx
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Kali macrura
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Howella zina
Melanostigma vitiazi
Malakichthys similis
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Melanostigma bathium
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
Pseudoscopelus parini
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
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.
Howella parini
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Malakichthys levis
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Bathyclupea argentea
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.
Longfin fathead
Kali colubrina
Lycodapus
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.
Black swallower
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.
Deepsea herring
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Kali macrodon
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Malakichthys mochizuki
Cocoa snapper
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
Bathyclupea gracilis
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
Brilliant pomfret
Order Pleuronectiformes
Deepwater sole
Smallmouth moonflounder
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Monognathus berteli
Gulper eel
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus bruuni
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx hjorti
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Saccopharynx ramosus
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Gulper
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
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.
Order Scorpaeniformes
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Blackmouth rockfish
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Acantholiparis caecus
Squaloliparis dentatus
Genioliparis kafanovi
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
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.
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.
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.
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
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Longjaw bigscale
Ridgehead
Melamphaes eulepis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Melamphaes parini
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.
Melamphaes pumilus
Ridgehead
Highsnout bigscale
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Order Stomiiformes
Eustomias curtifilis
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
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.
Cyclothone obscura
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Sparing
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Eustomias schiffi
Eustomias gibbsi
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes karsteni
Stomias danae
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes gudrunae
Leptostomias multifilis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes similus
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
Eustomias elongatus
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Bonapartia pedaliota
Astronesthes martensii
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Half-naked hatchetfish
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 lampara
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes indicus
Scaly dragonfish
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias paxtoni
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias austratlanticus
Eustomias micraster
Chauliodus dentatus
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
Photonectes gracilis
Snaggletooth
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Borostomias pacificus
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias schmidti
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Highfin dragonfish
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Eustomias hulleyi
Polyipnus inermis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
Astronesthes kreffti
Stomias gracilis
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Bathophilus altipinnis
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes haplophos
Leptostomias robustus
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Astronesthes exsul
Maurolicus stehmanni
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes splendida
Scaleless dragonfish
Cyclothone pygmaea
Bathophilus kingi
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
Loosejaw
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Borostomias elucens
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Astronesthes leucopogon
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Astronesthes indopacificus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Gonostoma longipinnis
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.
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias pacificus
Snaggletooth
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Eustomias bertelseni
Eustomias micropterygius
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Panama snaggletooth
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias lanceolatus
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Bathophilus indicus
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias ignotus
Polyipnus meteori
Odontostomias micropogon
Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.
Eustomias quadrifilis
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes lamellosus
Stomias lampropeltis
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Astronesthes illuminatus
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Eustomias australensis
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Astronesthes bilobatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
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.
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
False boarfish
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
Allocyttus guineensis
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus