Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Avocettina 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.

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

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.

Black sawtooth eel

Acromycter longipectoralis

Benthenchelys indicus

Dogface witch-eel

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Avocettina paucipora

Duckbill oceanic eel

Leptocephalus bellottii

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

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

Benthenchelys pacificus

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

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Chlopsis longidens

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Ahliesaurus berryi

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Sharpchin barracudina

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidium prolixum

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

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

Bigfin pearleye

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Barracudina

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Pearleye

White barracudina

Atlantic barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Ahliesaurus brevis

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis bullisi

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

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Longfin pearleye

Evermannella ahlstromi

Antarctic jonasfish

Japanese barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Scopelarchus stephensi

Lestidiops similis

Barracudina

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Coccorella atrata

Undistinguished sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidium bigelowi

Southern barracudina

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Lestidiops pacificus

Uncisudis longirostra

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

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis elegans

Barracudina

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

Fierce pike smelt

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Benthalbella macropinna

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Order Beryciformes

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 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

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 fedorovi

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Cetomimiformes

Danacetichthys galathenus

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Megalomycter teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

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

Ataxolepis henactis

Ditropichthys storeri

Procetichthys kreffti

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus brevis

Gyrinomimus simplex

Cetomimus picklei

Cetichthys indagator

Ataxolepis apus

Pink flabby whalefish

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Kumba hebetata

Parin's grenadier

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Gadella brocca

Physiculus therosideros

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

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

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bighead mora

Echinomacrurus mollis

Fragile grenadier

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Kumba calvifrons

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Naked snout rattail

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Squalogadus modificatus

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Bathypelagic rattail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Roundhead grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Physiculus parini

Pugnose grenadier

Globehead grenadier

Dusky rattail

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Finescale mora

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Smallhead moray cod

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bluntnose grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Physiculus sazonovi

Slendertail grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus longifilis

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.

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Laemonema melanurum

Kumba maculisquama

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Coelorinchus trunovi

Berry's grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

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

Nezumia cyrano

Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides camurus

Physiculus peregrinus

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

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

Patagonian codling

Grenadier fish

Whitson's grenadier

Arrowtail

Order Lampriformes

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.

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

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

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.

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

Southern ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Linophryne maderensis

Gigantactis balushkini

Chirophryne xenolophus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

Spiny dreamer

Linophryne digitopogon

Pentherichthys venustus

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

Caulophryne polynema

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Linophryne bicornis

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis microdontis

Chaenophryne ramifera

Plainchin dreamarm

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

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Gigantactis kreffti

Gigantactis gibbsi

Dolopichthys dinema

Melanocetus rossi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Linophryne lucifer

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Oneirodes appendixus

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

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.

Caulophryne pelagica

Gigantactis savagei

Puck pinnata

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Whalehead dreamer

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Gigantactis macronema

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes luetkeni

Linophryne sexfilis

Gigantactis herwigi

Dolopichthys pullatus

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

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 .

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

Linophryne parini

Gigantactis elsmani

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Oneirodes sabex

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Pietschichthys horridus

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

Oneirodes alius

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Bufoceratias shaoi

Gigantactis longicauda

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

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Gigantactis golovani

Dolopichthys jubatus

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.

Oneirodes cristatus

Linophryne macrodon

Stargazing seadevil

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

Oneirodes basili

Rhynchactis microthrix

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Caulophryne pietschi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Linophryne argyresca

Lophodolos indicus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes myrionemus

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

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Linophryne trewavasae

Gigantactis ios

Gigantactis gargantua

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Linophryne indica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Acentrophryne longidens

Bulbous dreamer

Robia legula

Oneirodes whitleyi

Rhynchactis leptonema

Oneirodes schistonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Gigantactis paxtoni

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes plagionema

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 .

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Short-rod anglerfish

Linophryne racemifera

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Dolopichthys karsteni

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

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Order Myctophiformes

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Popeye lampfish

Pinpoint lampfish

Diaphus megalops

Spinycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Diaphus kuroshio

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lampadena pontifex

Arctic telescope

Electrona antarctica

Japanese lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Wisner's lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Diaphus similis

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Diaphus dahlgreni

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus arabicus

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Diaphus lucidus

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Hudson's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Myctophum orientale

Diaphus taaningi

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Lampanyctus turneri

Short-headed lantern fish

Myctophum fissunovi

Diaphus richardsoni

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.

Diaphus pallidus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Broadfin lampfish

Gonichthys venetus

Slimtail lampfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Longfin lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus trachops

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Spiny lantern fish

Diaphus dehaveni

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Longfin lampfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

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.

Triphoturus oculeum

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

Diaphus nielseni

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Mead's lanternfish

Lampanyctus

Spinytail lampfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Diaphus jenseni

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lobisomem

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Diaphus faustinoi

Spotted laternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Lampanyctus vadulus

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Myctophum indicum

Diaphus roei

Lantern fish

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Smallfin lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Protomyctophum chilense

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.

Diaphus longleyi

Laura's lantern fish

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lampadena dea

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Diaphus subtilis

Garnet lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Order Notacanthiformes

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

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

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Aldrovandia oleosa

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Order Ophidiiformes

Bony-eared assfish

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Aphyonus bolini

Brotulotaenia nigra

Marshall slopebrotula

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

Barathronus diaphanus

Leucobrotula adipata

Apagesoma edentatum

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Lamprogrammus niger

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Alcockia rostrata

Gunther's cuskeel

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus unicolor

Nielsen's catetyx

Barathronus bruuni

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Order Osmeriformes

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Mentodus perforatus

Bluethroat argentine

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Bathylagus tenuis

Ghost smelt

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Leptoderma affinis

Bighead searsid

Boneythroat

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

Elongate smooth-head

Bluntsnout slickhead

Eared blacksmelt

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Narcetes lloydi

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

Nansenia longicauda

Normichthys herringi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

Rouleina euryops

Bathytroctes inspector

Mentodus longirostris

Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.

Fangtooth smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Sagamichthys gracilis

Pacific black smelt

Searsioides calvala

Binghamichthys aphos

Legless searsid

Maulisia isaacsi

Agassiz' smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Toothless smooth-head

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Madeiran smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Conocara kreffti

Bigeye smooth-head

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Softskin smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Greenland argentine

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Krefft's smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagus niger

Maulisia acuticeps

Leptoderma lubricum

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

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.

Blackhead salmon

Murray's smooth-head

Rouleina watasei

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Nansenia megalopa

Multipore searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Brown slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Rouleina guentheri

Mentodus mesalirus

Barrel-eye

Nansenia antarctica

Winged spookfish

Mentodus bythios

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Schnakenbeck's searsid

California smoothtongue

Pectinantus parini

Searsioides multispinus

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

Vaillant's smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

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

Bathylaco nielseni

Bruce's argentine

Loosescale smooth-head

Longfin smooth-head

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Rouleina nuda

Norman's smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Fanfin smooth-head

Nansenia iberica

Robust blacksmelt

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Bathytroctes elegans

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Mentodus facilis

Leptoderma retropinna

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Shining tubeshoulder

Blackchin blacksmelt

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Pygmy argentine

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Salmon smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Koefoed's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Order Perciformes

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Seleniolycus robertsi

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Trewavas croaker

Ariommid

Lycodapus microchir

Lycodapus

Kali colubrina

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.

Caristius groenlandicus

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

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.

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.

Bathyclupea megaceps

Paracaristius maderensis

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Kali macrodon

Sherborn's cardinalfish

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

Malakichthys mochizuki

Pseudoscopelus parini

Midwater eelpout

Atlantic soft pout

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

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.

Brilliant pomfret

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.

Stout slipskin

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

New Zealand ruffe

Lycodapus derjugini

Kali falx

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Longfin fathead

Bathyclupea argentea

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.

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Black swallower

Atrobucca geniae

Pale eelpout

Kali macrura

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Malakichthys similis

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Melanostigma bathium

Deepsea herring

Cutlassfish

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pachycara dolichaulus

African barrelfish

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Thinlip splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

Kali indica

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Silver splitfin

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Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Howella parini

Malakichthys levis

Escolar

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

Bathyclupea gracilis

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Order Pleuronectiformes

Deepwater sole

Smallmouth moonflounder

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Monognathus taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus bruuni

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

Monognathus rosenblatti

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus ozawai

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus herringi

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Monognathus jesse

Gulper

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rajui

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 isaacsi

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Order Scorpaeniformes

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Squaloliparis dentatus

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Order Squaliformes

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.

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 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.

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Bigscale

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes ebelingi

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

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.

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Gibberfish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes spinifer

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Scopelogadus beanii

Ridgehead

Order Stomiiformes

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias posti

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Astronesthes karsteni

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Torpedo dragonfish

Maurolicus australis

Leptostomias multifilis

Sparing

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Astronesthes

Alcock's boafish

Slender snaggletooth

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Thysanactis dentex

Slender bristlemouth

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

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.

Manducus maderensis

Sonoda paucilampa

Astronesthes similus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes martensii

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Eustomias bertelseni

Garrick

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Eustomias tetranema

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Photonectes leucospilus

Polyipnus soelae

Astronesthes lampara

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias inconstans

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias radicifilis

Eustomias dispar

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias paxtoni

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

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

Maurolicus inventionis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Bathophilus irregularis

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Half-naked hatchetfish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Astronesthes indicus

Diplophos pacificus

Chauliodus dentatus

Astronesthes tatyanae

Stomias lampropeltis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Eustomias uniramis

Slender fangjaw

Snaggletooth

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias magnificus

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias australensis

Bristlemouth

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

Constellationfish

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Eustomias schmidti

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Snaggletooth

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Astronesthes kreffti

Maurolicus mucronatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Arrow dragonfish

Bathophilus pawneei

Eustomias hulleyi

Pitgum lanternfish

Eustomias problematicus

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Polyipnus inermis

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.

Maurolicus breviculus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias robustus

Highfin dragonfish

Eustomias curtifilis

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias parri

Eustomias monoclonoides

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

Chauliodus pammelas

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Pacific hatchet fish

Astronesthes haplophos

Argyripnus iridescens

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Cyclothone pygmaea

Eustomias mesostenus

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes splendida

Araiophos eastropas

Snaggletooth

Eustomias bibulboides

Bristlemouth

Eustomias macronema

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.

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias tomentosis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias satterleei

Photonectes margarita

Astronesthes leucopogon

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias interruptus

Astronesthes atlanticus

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias elongatus

Loosejaw

Eustomias pinnatus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Maurolicus javanicus

Gonostoma longipinnis

Leptostomias longibarba

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias pacificus

Astronesthes indopacificus

Scaleless dragonfish

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

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

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Cyclothone parapallida

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Snaggletooth

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias austratlanticus

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias lanceolatus

Astronesthes decoratus

Eustomias spherulifer

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Astronesthes macropogon

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Panama snaggletooth

Polyipnus meteori

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.

Bathophilus proximus

Eustomias ignotus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Photonectes gracilis

Eustomias patulus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Heterophotus ophistoma

Bathophilus indicus

Eustomias digitatus

Aristostomias lunifer

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight 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 monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Astronesthes illuminatus

Argyripnus pharos

Astronesthes tanibe

Stomias gracilis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Diplophos australis

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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Ebeling's fangjaw

Snaggletooth

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Eustomias bifilis

Cyclothone obscura

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias schiffi

Photonectes parvimanus

Pacific astronesthid fish

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

Benttooth bristlemouth

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

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

Stethopristes eos

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

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

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.

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus