Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Avocettina acuticeps

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Labichthys yanoi

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

Serrivomer garmani

Avocettina bowersii

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

Leptocephalus bellottii

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

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

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.

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Stemonosudis bullisi

Barracudina

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Chubby pearleye

Longfin pearleye

Barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Paralepis speciosa

Scopelarchus stephensi

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelarchoides danae

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

Lestidium prolixum

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

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

Atlantic sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidiops extrema

Southern barracudina

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

Fierce pike smelt

Atlantic barracudina

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Benthalbella macropinna

Strange pike smelt

Ahliesaurus berryi

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

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

Japanese barracudina

Lestidiops similis

Barracudina

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidiops indopacifica

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Lestidium bigelowi

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Paperbones

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

Lestidiops pacificus

Ahliesaurus brevis

Pearleye

Barracudina

White barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Order Beryciformes

Longwing spinyfin

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Aulotrachichthys latus

Diretmoides veriginae

Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

Parin's spiny fin

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

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Order Carcharhiniformes

Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

Gyrinomimus simplex

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Ataxolepis apus

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

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Finescale mora

Patagonian codling

Arrowtail

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Narrowsnout grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Bighead mora

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Kumba calvifrons

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Bighead grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Bathypelagic rattail

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

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Myers' grenadier

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

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Whitson's grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Globehead grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Kumba punctulata

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Carmine grenadier

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.

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Squalogadus modificatus

Dogtooth grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

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.

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Fragile grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coryphaenoides camurus

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.

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

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Crested oarfish

Regalecus russelii

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Gigantactis longicirra

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

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.

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Dolopichthys jubatus

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

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.

Plainchin dreamarm

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

Linophryne macrodon

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

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

Gigantactis kreffti

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Lophodolos indicus

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 macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Acentrophryne longidens

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne pennibarbata

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne indica

Smooth dreamer

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes schistonema

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

Gigantactis herwigi

Linophryne brevibarbata

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

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.

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Stargazing seadevil

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Caulophryne pietschi

Linophryne polypogon

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

Gigantactis meadi

Linophryne lucifer

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes schmidti

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

Gigantactis ios

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Robia legula

Whalehead dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Order Myctophiformes

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Andersen's lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Diaphus pallidus

Lampadena dea

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Lanternfish

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus trachops

Rakery beaconlamp

Pinpoint lampfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Lampadena pontifex

Nannobrachium crypticum

Taaningichthys minimus

Lanternfish

Diaphus basileusi

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Diaphus nielseni

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.

Lanternfish

Hygophum bruuni

Lanternfish

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Myctophum lychnobium

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus simulator

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Highseas lampfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus roei

Lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Myctophum orientale

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

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.

Broadfin lampfish

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus umbroculus

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus subtilis

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Pig-headed lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus kuroshio

Japanese lanternfish

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Triphoturus oculeum

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Lampanyctus

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus arabicus

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Benoit's lanternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Myctophum indicum

Lampanyctus vadulus

Chubby flashlightfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Lanternfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Nannobrachium fernae

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Aldrovandia oleosa

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus attenuatus

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

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

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Alcockia rostrata

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Apagesoma delosommatus

Leucobrotula adipata

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Bony-eared assfish

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Aphyonus bolini

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Salmon smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Bathylagus niger

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Leptoderma affinis

Brown slickhead

Multipore searsid

Winged spookfish

Barrel-eye

Asquamiceps hjorti

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Longsnout blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

Elongate smooth-head

Smallscale searsid

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Bluntsnout slickhead

Narcetes lloydi

Pectinantus parini

Rouleina euryops

Nansenia longicauda

Hairfin smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Bathylaco nielseni

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Bruce's argentine

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bathytroctes elegans

Agassiz' smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Koefoed's searsid

Blackchin blacksmelt

Conocara kreffti

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Mentodus eubranchus

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fanfin 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

Starry smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Murray's smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Ghost smelt

Conocara bertelseni

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bighead searsid

Rouleina guentheri

Nansenia megalopa

Threadfin slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Mentodus mesalirus

Boneythroat

Nansenia antarctica

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

Leaf searsid

Mentodus bythios

Eared blacksmelt

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Normichthys herringi

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

Bathytroctes inspector

Vaillant's 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 .

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Longfin smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Rouleina nuda

Binghamichthys aphos

Narcetes erimelas

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Bigeye smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Order Perciformes

Escolar

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Lycodapus derjugini

Eumegistus brevorti

Blue driftfish

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Cutlassfish

Caristius groenlandicus

Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.

Atrobucca geniae

Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Howella zina

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Malakichthys similis

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Pachycara dolichaulus

Pseudoscopelus parini

Thinlip splitfin

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.

Stubraker sculpin

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Brilliant pomfret

Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.

Howella parini

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Malakichthys levis

Bathyclupea gracilis

Kali falx

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Pseudoscopelus aphos

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

Lycodapus

Tasmanian ruffe

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

Kali macrura

Bathyclupea megaceps

Black swallower

Paracaristius maderensis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Ariommid

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Plectranthias robertsi

Malakichthys mochizuki

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Kali indica

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

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

Order Pleuronectiformes

Bathysolea lactea

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx trilobatus

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 taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Gulper

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

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.

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

Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Ridgehead

Poromitra unicornis

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes indicus

Ridgehead

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Bigscale

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes spinifer

Large-headed midnight fish

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Bigscale

Scopelogadus beanii

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

Highsnout bigscale

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Poromitra gibbsi

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Order Stomiiformes

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.

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias bifilis

Ichthyococcus polli

Scaleless dragonfish

Highfin 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

Eustomias schiffi

Benttooth bristlemouth

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes indicus

Cyclothone pygmaea

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes splendida

Borostomias mononema

Eustomias gibbsi

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Stomias danae

Astronesthes galapagensis

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias curtatus

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Araiophos eastropas

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Maurolicus javanicus

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Photonectes albipennis

Snaggletooth

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless 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.

Snaggletooth

Loosejaw

Eustomias bertelseni

Lightfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias tetranema

Garrick

Aristostomias grimaldii

Scaly dragonfish

Pacific hatchet fish

Astronesthes kreffti

Photonectes leucospilus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes haplophos

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

Eustomias dispar

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes exsul

Astronesthes atlanticus

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Bathophilus proximus

Chauliodus dentatus

Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Loosejaw

Snaggletooth

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus indicus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Constellationfish

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

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias schmidti

Bristlemouth

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Photostomias atrox

Eustomias australensis

Slim lightfish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Argyripnus pharos

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Odontostomias masticopogon

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Stomias gracilis

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Leptostomias robustus

Snaggletooth

Eustomias curtifilis

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Maurolicus stehmanni

Astronesthes decoratus

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Scaleless dragonfish

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

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

Sparing

Eustomias tomentosis

Maurolicus australis

Bristlemouth

Eustomias satterleei

Alcock's boafish

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

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Manducus maderensis

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes illuminatus

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Leptostomias longibarba

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Snaggletooth

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias austratlanticus

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Pacific astronesthid fish

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes karsteni

Photonectes gracilis

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

Odontostomias micropogon

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Stomias lampropeltis

Black-belly dragonfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Astronesthes similus

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Yarrella argenteola

Eustomias metamelas

Bathophilus pawneei

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Triacanthodes intermedius

Order Zeiformes

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

Stethopristes eos

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

Allocyttus guineensis

Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.

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

False boarfish