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
Serrivomer garmani
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Avocettina bowersii
Leptocephalus bellottii
Nessorhamphus danae
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
Nemichthys larseni
Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black sawtooth eel
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Duckbill oceanic eel
Labichthys carinatus
Acromycter longipectoralis
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Black saw-toothed eel
Benthenchelys indicus
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidium prolixum
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Slender barracudina
Bigfin pearleye
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Ahliesaurus berryi
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Stemonosudis bullisi
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Ahliesaurus brevis
White barracudina
Undistinguished sabretooth
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Southern barracudina
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
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 rifti
Slimy head
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Longwing spinyfin
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Common roughy - The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m.
Hoplostethus crassispinus
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 rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Diretmoides veriginae
Order Carcharhiniformes
Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.
Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.
White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
Black roughscale catshark - The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea.
Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.
Order Cetomimiformes
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
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Gyrinomimus simplex
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Procetichthys kreffti
Ataxolepis apus
Cetomimus kerdops
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
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
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Carmine grenadier
Physiculus sazonovi
Trachonurus sentipellis
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.
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Squalogadus modificatus
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Bathygadus spongiceps
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
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Bristly grenadier
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Narrowsnout 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
Kumba calvifrons
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Fragile grenadier
Finescale mora
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
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.
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
Crested oarfish
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.
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
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.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Gigantactis balushkini
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.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Stargazing seadevil
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Acentrophryne longidens
Gigantactis kreffti
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
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 savagei
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Robia legula
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Whalehead dreamer
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Gigantactis herwigi
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Oneirodes thysanema
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne escaramosa
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
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.
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Dolopichthys jubatus
Gigantactis golovani
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Linophryne macrodon
Oneirodes cristatus
Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.
Chaenophryne ramifera
Plainchin dreamarm
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.
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Oneirodes pterurus
Lophodolos indicus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Gigantactis ios
Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.
Linophryne trewavasae
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Linophryne brevibarbata
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Oneirodes schistonema
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
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 .
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Order Myctophiformes
Broadfin lampfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus subtilis
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Lantern fish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
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
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lampanyctus
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Diaphus similis
Spinytail lampfish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium bristori
Diaphus arabicus
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Topside lampfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Protomyctophum parallelum
Diaphus taaningi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead 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.
Short-headed lantern fish
Protomyctophum chilense
Diaphus richardsoni
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Nannobrachium fernae
Lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Popeye lampfish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus basileusi
Arctic telescope
Bolin's lantern fish
Lampadena pontifex
Nannobrachium crypticum
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Hintonia candens
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Lampanyctus simulator
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus roei
Lampadena yaquinae
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
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
Diaphus longleyi
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Alcockia rostrata
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Apagesoma delosommatus
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Barathronus diaphanus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Apagesoma edentatum
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathronus multidens
Marshall slopebrotula
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Mentodus eubranchus
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Asquamiceps hjorti
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bluethroat argentine
Bluntsnout smooth-head - The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m.
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Starry smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Murray's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bathylagus tenuis
Bighead searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Ghost smelt
Bruce's argentine
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Normichthys herringi
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
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
Fangtooth smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Pacific black smelt
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Bigeye smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Fanfin smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Salmon smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Krefft's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Bathylagus niger
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Mentodus longirostris
Bathylaco nielseni
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Winteria telescopa
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Order Perciformes
Escolar
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Cutlassfish
Kali falx
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Howella zina
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Malakichthys mochizuki
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Howella parini
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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.
Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Stout slipskin
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Bathyclupea argentea
Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.
Longfin fathead
Kali colubrina
Caristius groenlandicus
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Ariommid
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.
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.
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
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.
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Brilliant pomfret
Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Order Pleuronectiformes
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Monognathus berteli
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Gulper
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
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
Order Scorpaeniformes
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Acantholiparis caecus
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.
Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus beanii
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Melamphaes indicus
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Ridgehead
Melamphaes polylepis
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Melamphaes ebelingi
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Poromitra unicornis
Ridgehead
Melamphaes pumilus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Highsnout bigscale
Bigscale
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Ridgehead
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Large-headed midnight fish
Order Stomiiformes
Leptostomias robustus
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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
Snaggletooth
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Benttooth bristlemouth
Pacific astronesthid fish
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Astronesthes karsteni
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Sonoda paucilampa
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Photonectes albipennis
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Astronesthes similus
Astronesthes exsul
Garrick
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Astronesthes atlanticus
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Loosejaw
Astronesthes lampara
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
Hatchetfish
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Thorophos nexilis
Sladen's hatchet fish
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Argyripnus pharos
Snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Panama snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias quadrifilis
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Yellow bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias digitatus
Astronesthes decoratus
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Aristostomias lunifer
Astronesthes kreffti
Stomias gracilis
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Yarrella argenteola
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
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 bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
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 ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias albibulbus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Photonectes parvimanus
Astronesthes formosana
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Astronesthes bilobatus
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes leucopogon
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias bituberoides
Gonostoma longipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Bigeye lightfish
Maurolicus javanicus
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
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.
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Photonectes achirus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Deep-water bristlemouth
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Aristostomias polydactylus
Astronesthes lamellosus
Stomias lampropeltis
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
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
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias australensis
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Constellationfish
Eustomias schmidti
Argyripnus iridescens
Astronesthes indicus
Astronesthes galapagensis
Photonectes caerulescens
Borostomias pacificus
Astronesthes tanibe
Arrow dragonfish
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
Araiophos eastropas
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
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
Allocyttus guineensis
Stethopristes eos
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus