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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

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

Avocettina bowersii

Leptocephalus bellottii

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

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

Acromycter longipectoralis

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

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.

Black sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys pacificus

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

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Labichthys yanoi

Crossthroat sawpalate

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Evermannella ahlstromi

Scopelarchus stephensi

Coccorella atrata

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Scopelarchoides danae

Ahliesaurus berryi

Southern barracudina

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Macroparalepis nigra

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Scopelarchoides signifer

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

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

Sharpchin barracudina

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

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Scopelarchoides climax

Uncisudis longirostra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Barracudina

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

Atlantic barracudina

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

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

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys latus

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Longwing spinyfin

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 tenebricus

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

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Order Carcharhiniformes

Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.

Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.

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

Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.

White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.

Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.

Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.

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

Black roughscale catshark - The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea.

Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.

Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.

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.

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Pink flabby whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Danacetichthys galathenus

Megalomycter teevani

Festive ribbonfish

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Arrowtail

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Roundhead grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Kumba punctulata

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Bluntnose grenadier

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Physiculus nigriscens

Slendertail grenadier

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

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

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

Carmine grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.

Shortbeard grenadier

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Physiculus roseus

Coelorinchus trunovi

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.

Nezumia cyrano

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Whitson's grenadier

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Fragile grenadier

Smallhead moray cod

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bighead mora

Finescale mora

Kumba musorstom

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Kumba calvifrons

Physiculus longifilis

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

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

Physiculus peregrinus

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

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.

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

Taper-tail ribbonfish

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

Order Lophiiformes

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus mauli

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

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Acentrophryne longidens

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Himantolophus crinitus

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes melanocauda

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

Himantolophus nigricornis

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Linophryne trewavasae

Melanocetus rossi

Caulophryne pietschi

Himantolophus compressus

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne pennibarbata

Oneirodes macronema

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

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Oneirodes flagellifer

Pacific footballfish

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes schistonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Linophryne racemifera

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

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Gigantactis longicirra

Oneirodes micronema

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes kreffti

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

Pietschichthys horridus

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Oneirodes bradburyae

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Spiny dreamer

Pentherichthys venustus

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Dolopichthys jubatus

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Caulophryne polynema

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Himantolophus cornifer

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

Smooth anglerfish

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne polypogon

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

Oneirodes macrosteus

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

Rhynchactis microthrix

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Oneirodes clarkei

Two-rod anglerfish

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Linophryne lucifer

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.

Oneirodes appendixus

Atlantic footballfish

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Caulophryne pelagica

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Gigantactis macronema

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

Rhynchactis leptonema

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Order Myctophiformes

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pig-headed lantern fish

Diaphus subtilis

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Nannobrachium idostigma

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Protomyctophum luciferum

Longfin lampfish

Arctic telescope

Nannobrachium crypticum

Electrona antarctica

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Diaphus kuroshio

Neoscopelus microchir

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

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.

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Diaphus similis

Spinytail lampfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lobisomem

Transparent lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Hudson's lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Myctophum orientale

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Diaphus richardsoni

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Myctophum fissunovi

Broadfin lampfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Nannobrachium indicum

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Pacific blackchin

Spothead lantern fish

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Longfin lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Electron subantarctic

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Lantern fish

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Metelectrona ventralis

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus simulator

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Diaphus jenseni

Large-scaled lantern fish

Diaphus faustinoi

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Taaning's lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Gonichthys barnesi

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus roei

Lampadena yaquinae

Myctophum indicum

Nannobrachium wisneri

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead 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.

Lampanyctus turneri

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

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.

Order Notacanthiformes

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Aldrovandia rostrata

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

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

Halosaurus sinensis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Aldrovandia oleosa

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Alcockia rostrata

Pelagic brotula

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma delosommatus

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Barathronus pacificus

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Nielsen's catetyx

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Fanfin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Fangtooth 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 .

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Pacific black smelt

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Bathylagus andriashevi

Toothless smooth-head

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

Winteria telescopa

Koefoed's searsid

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Normichthys yahganorum

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

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.

Starry smooth-head

Bathytroctes squamosus

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina watasei

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

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

Mentodus bythios

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

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.

Loosescale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Rouleina nuda

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Blackchin blacksmelt

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Conocara kreffti

Maulisia acuticeps

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Order Perciformes

Escolar

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Kali parri

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Kali falx

Malakichthys barbatus

Plectranthias pallidus

Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.

Longfin fathead

Pale eelpout

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

Lycenchelys imamurai

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.

Kali macrura

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.

Malakichthys similis

Bathyclupea megaceps

Black swallower

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Atrobucca geniae

Bothrocara nyx

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Stubraker sculpin

Paracaristius heemstrai

Deepwater slipskin

Pachycara dolichaulus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus parini

Thinlip splitfin

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

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Kali indica

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

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.

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Kali normani

Pseudoscopelus microps

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.

Paracaristius maderensis

Bigtooth eelpout

Howella zina

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Kali macrodon

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Malakichthys mochizuki

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Cutlassfish

Plectranthias robertsi

Platyberyx opalescens

Cocoa snapper

Stout slipskin

Lycodapus derjugini

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.

Howella parini

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

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

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Tadpole liparid

Paraliparis carlbondi

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Acantholiparis caecus

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Short-headed sculpin

Order Squaliformes

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.

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.

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.

Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Scopelogadus unispinis

Large-headed midnight fish

Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.

Melamphaes hubbsi

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Order Stomiiformes

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.

Astronesthes haplophos

Leptostomias robustus

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Eustomias cirritus

Photonectes parvimanus

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Astronesthes atlanticus

Astronesthes splendida

Astronesthes leucopogon

Slender snaggletooth

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Photonectes albipennis

Eustomias bituberoides

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.

Gonostoma longipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias elongatus

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Loosejaw

Eustomias pacificus

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias bertelseni

Lightfish

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Eustomias micropterygius

Polyipnus soelae

Pearlside

Astronesthes decoratus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias vitiazi

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Scaly dragonfish

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias medusa

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

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.

Valdivia black dragon fish

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Highlight hatchetfish

Deep-water bristlemouth

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias ignotus

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.

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias australensis

Slim lightfish

Eustomias contiguus

Photostomias atrox

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Odontostomias masticopogon

Astronesthes bilobatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Stomias gracilis

Borostomias pacificus

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 kornilovorum

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias schiffi

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Melanostomias pollicifer

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias ioani

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias gibbsi

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes karsteni

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 gudrunae

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Astronesthes

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Photonectes margarita

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Sonoda paucilampa

Astronesthes similus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias longiramis

Maurolicus inventionis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes martensii

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Garrick

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias inconstans

Half-naked hatchetfish

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

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes lampara

Pachystomias microdon

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Pacific blackdragon

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Eustomias dispar

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias crossotus

Photostomias goodyeari

Araiophos eastropas

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Astronesthes galapagensis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias bulbiramis

Photonectes gracilis

Odontostomias micropogon

Maurolicus walvisensis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Astronesthes tatyanae

Stomias lampropeltis

Panama snaggletooth

Snaggletooth

Black-belly dragonfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Bathophilus indicus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Slender fangjaw

Eustomias uniramis

Maurolicus mucronatus

Melanostomias stewarti

Longfin dragonfish

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

Threelight dragonfish

Maurolicus breviculus

Aristostomias grimaldii

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Pacific hatchet fish

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Yarrella argenteola

Astronesthes kreffti

Pitgum lanternfish

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

Stethopristes eos

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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

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

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

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Order Ateleopodiformes

Order Aulopiformes

Order Beryciformes

Order Carcharhiniformes

Order Cetomimiformes

Order Chimaeriformes

Order Gadiformes

Order Lampriformes

Order Lophiiformes

Order Myctophiformes

Order Notacanthiformes

Order Ophidiiformes

Order Osmeriformes

Order Perciformes

Order Pleuronectiformes

Order Polymixiiformes

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Order Scorpaeniformes

Order Squaliformes

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Order Stomiiformes

Order Tetraodontiformes

Order Zeiformes