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
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
Avocettina acuticeps
Nemichthys larseni
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Acromycter longipectoralis
Labichthys yanoi
Duckbill oceanic eel
Serrivomer garmani
Leptocephalus bellottii
Avocettina bowersii
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.
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus congroides
Avocettina paucipora
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Stemonosudis bullisi
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Paralepis speciosa
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelosaurus adleri
Macroparalepis danae
Ahliesaurus berryi
Lestidium prolixum
Bigfin pearleye
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Slender barracudina
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Atlantic sabretooth
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Southern barracudina
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Telescopefish
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
White 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
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Pearleye
Barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Magnisudis indica
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Order Beryciformes
Parinoberyx horridus
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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.
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.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
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.
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.
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.
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
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.
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.
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
Gyrinomimus myersi
Procetichthys kreffti
Ataxolepis apus
Cetomimus kerdops
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Megalomycter teevani
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Patagonian codling
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
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
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Bighead mora
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
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
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Kumba punctulata
Fragile grenadier
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Finescale mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean 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.
Kumba calvifrons
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
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.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
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
Acentrophryne longidens
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
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
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Dolopichthys jubatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Stargazing seadevil
Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.
Chaenophryne ramifera
Oneirodes cristatus
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
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.
Gigantactis kreffti
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Linophryne lucifer
Two-rod anglerfish
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne coronata
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Whalehead dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
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
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Dolopichthys karsteni
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
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.
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis golovani
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Acentrophryne dolichonema
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
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne macrodon
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Dolopichthys dinema
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Gigantactis meadi
Lophodolos indicus
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes clarkei
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
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Robia legula
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
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
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Pig-headed lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pacific blackchin
Diaphus drachmanni
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Hygophum bruuni
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Hintonia candens
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Lampanyctus simulator
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
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
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
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
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
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaur
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus attenuatus
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia oleosa
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Order Ophidiiformes
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus parfaiti
Apagesoma delosommatus
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus multidens
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Two-spined slopebrotula
Gunther's cuskeel
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus bruuni
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma edentatum
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathronus pacificus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathrites parri
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Bruce's argentine
Krefft's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Salmon smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Bathylagus niger
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Brown slickhead
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Mentodus mesalirus
Searsioides multispinus
Longsnout blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Mentodus bythios
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Normichthys herringi
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Bathylaco nielseni
Fanfin smooth-head
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Antillean smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Winteria telescopa
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Blackchin blacksmelt
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Koefoed's searsid
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
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
Bathylagus tenuis
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Mentodus crassus
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Ghost smelt
Bighead searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
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
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Hairfin smooth-head
Dolichopteryx minuscula
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.
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Mentodus longirostris
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Legless searsid
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Asquamiceps hjorti
Toothless smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Bigeye smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Escolar
Kali falx
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Blue driftfish
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Bathyclupea argentea
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Tasmanian ruffe
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Atrobucca geniae
Kali macrura
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Howella zina
Melanostigma vitiazi
Malakichthys similis
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
Stubraker sculpin
Pseudoscopelus parini
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
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
Bathyclupea gracilis
Ariommid
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Trewavas croaker
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.
Caristius groenlandicus
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
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
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Kali macrodon
Sherborn's cardinalfish
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.
Midwater eelpout
Cutlassfish
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
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
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
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
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
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
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
Acantholiparis caecus
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.
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
Ridgehead
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Melamphaes indicus
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Longjaw bigscale
Ridgehead
Melamphaes eulepis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
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
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.
Astronesthes haplophos
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.
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias ioani
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Astronesthes atlanticus
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes splendida
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias parini
Loosejaw
Snaggletooth
Leptostomias multifilis
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias minimus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Chauliodus minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Astronesthes leucopogon
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes indopacificus
Maurolicus javanicus
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias elongatus
Bigeye lightfish
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Argyripnus pharos
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias longiramis
Eustomias tetranema
Snaggletooth
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
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
Astronesthes decoratus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias paxtoni
Eustomias multifilis
Aristostomias lunifer
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias micraster
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.
Chauliodus dentatus
Astronesthes lamellosus
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.
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
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.
Eustomias hulleyi
Polyipnus inermis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Stomias gracilis
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Snaggletooth
G
Leptostomias robustus
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias albibulbus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes karsteni
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Opostomias micripnus
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Sparing
Eustomias macronema
Eustomias tomentosis
Astronesthes gudrunae
Maurolicus australis
Bristlemouth
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Astronesthes
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias satterleei
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Astronesthes similus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Eustomias bituberoides
Gonostoma longipinnis
Thysanactis dentex
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
Eustomias pacificus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Astronesthes martensii
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Eustomias bertelseni
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Half-naked hatchetfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Pachystomias microdon
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias vitiazi
Astronesthes indicus
Maurolicus inventionis
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias medusa
Argyripnus iridescens
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes galapagensis
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias ignotus
Polyipnus meteori
Odontostomias micropogon
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Astronesthes tatyanae
Stomias lampropeltis
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Snaggletooth
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Aristostomias grimaldii
Chauliodus schmidti
Snaggletooth
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Eustomias australensis
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Yarrella argenteola
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias metamelas
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes kreffti
Maurolicus mucronatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Triacanthodes intermedius
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus