Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Labichthys carinatus

Avocettina bowersii

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

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Benthenchelys indicus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Labichthys yanoi

Avocettina paucipora

Duckbill oceanic eel

Serrivomer garmani

Leptocephalus bellottii

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

Avocettina acuticeps

Benthenchelys pacificus

Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.

Acromycter longipectoralis

Black sawtooth eel

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

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus craddocki

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

Chubby pearleye

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

White barracudina

Zugmayer's pearleye

Paralepis speciosa

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelosaurus adleri

Macroparalepis danae

Lestidium prolixum

Bigfin pearleye

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Slender barracudina

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Atlantic sabretooth

Southern barracudina

Pearleye

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis elegans

Atlantic barracudina

Fierce pike smelt

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

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

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

Strange pike smelt

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Longfin pearleye

Ahliesaurus berryi

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Barracudina

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

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Benthalbella elongata

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Barracudina

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Paperbones

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Barracudina

Benthalbella macropinna

Ahliesaurus brevis

Magnisudis indica

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Order Beryciformes

Parinoberyx horridus

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.

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

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.

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

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Order Carcharhiniformes

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.

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.

Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.

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

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

Ataxolepis henactis

Gyrinomimus myersi

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Megalomycter teevani

Gyrinomimus simplex

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Ataxolepis apus

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Patagonian codling

Kumba hebetata

Roundhead grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

Gadomus multifilis

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Coryphaenoides microps

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bighead mora

Finescale mora

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Bathygadus spongiceps

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

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

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

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Myers' grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Arrowtail

Dusky rattail

Whitson's grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Kumba punctulata

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

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

Threadfin grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

Carmine grenadier

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

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

Kumba calvifrons

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Squalogadus modificatus

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Grenadier fish

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Order Lampriformes

Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.

Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.

Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Regalecus russelii

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

Order Lophiiformes

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

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.

Oneirodes sabex

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Gigantactis balushkini

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne maderensis

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Linophryne digitopogon

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

Dolopichthys jubatus

Plainchin dreamarm

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

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

Chaenophryne ramifera

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

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Gigantactis kreffti

Linophryne polypogon

Oneirodes pterurus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

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 lucifer

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Two-rod anglerfish

Caulophryne pelagica

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne coronata

Acentrophryne longidens

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Puck pinnata

Gigantactis savagei

Linophryne arcturi

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Whalehead dreamer

Bulbous dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes whitleyi

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

Oneirodes schistonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes plagionema

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Linophryne escaramosa

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Dolopichthys karsteni

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Linophryne andersoni

Melanocetus eustalus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

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

Spiny dreamer

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

Stargazing seadevil

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne macrodon

Caulophryne pietschi

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Dolopichthys dinema

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Linophryne argyresca

Melanocetus rossi

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes appendixus

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

Oneirodes schmidti

Gigantactis ios

Linophryne trewavasae

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Linophryne indica

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

Robia legula

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes luetkeni

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne brevibarbata

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

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 .

Order Myctophiformes

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Popeye lampfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pacific blackchin

Diaphus drachmanni

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus kuroshio

Japanese lanternfish

Arctic telescope

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

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

Triphoturus oculeum

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Lampanyctus simulator

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Black lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lantern fish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Myctophum orientale

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Thickhead lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Diaphus minax

Diaphus longleyi

Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.

Laura's lantern fish

Lampanyctus turneri

Myctophum fissunovi

Skinnycheek 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.

Pig-headed lantern fish

Short-headed lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Broadfin lampfish

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Spiny lantern fish

Lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Neoscopelus microchir

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Lanternfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Diaphus lucidus

Lampanyctus vadulus

Myctophum indicum

Smallfin lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Nannobrachium fernae

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia oleosa

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus parvipennis

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

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Apagesoma edentatum

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus pacificus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathrites parri

Alcockia rostrata

Violet cuskeel

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Gunther's cuskeel

Pelagic brotula

Barathronus parfaiti

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Bony-eared assfish

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus bicolor

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Aphyonus bolini

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

Nielsen's catetyx

Barathronus unicolor

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Krefft's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Salmon smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Bathylagus tenuis

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Mentodus perforatus

Ghost smelt

Bluethroat argentine

Boneythroat

Starry smooth-head

Threadfin slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Leptoderma affinis

Barrel-eye

Winged spookfish

Mentodus mesalirus

Bathytroctes inspector

Searsioides multispinus

Fangtooth smooth-head

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Longsnout blacksmelt

Elongate smooth-head

Smallscale searsid

Bluntsnout slickhead

Pectinantus parini

Narcetes lloydi

Eared blacksmelt

Leaf searsid

Mentodus bythios

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Normichthys herringi

Pacific black smelt

Binghamichthys aphos

Rouleina euryops

Nansenia longicauda

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Sagamichthys gracilis

Michael Sars smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Antillean smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Winteria telescopa

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Conocara kreffti

Palegold searsid

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Bigeye smooth-head

Koefoed's searsid

Snubnose blacksmelt

Bathylagus niger

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Bruce's argentine

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Leptoderma lubricum

Threadfin smooth-head

Bathytroctes squamosus

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.

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Murray's smooth-head

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Mentodus crassus

Rouleina guentheri

Nansenia megalopa

Brown slickhead

Multipore searsid

California smoothtongue

Bighead searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Nansenia antarctica

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Bathylaco nielseni

Schnakenbeck's searsid

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

Smallscale smooth-head

Vaillant's smooth-head

Hairfin smooth-head

Fanfin smooth-head

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

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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

Mentodus longirostris

Bathytroctes elegans

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Longfin smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Rouleina nuda

Narcetes erimelas

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Legless searsid

Blackchin blacksmelt

Robust blacksmelt

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

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

Toothless smooth-head

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Leptoderma retropinna

Pygmy argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Order Perciformes

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Kali falx

Lycodapus derjugini

Ariommid

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Blue driftfish

Tonga escolar

Malakichthys barbatus

Caristius groenlandicus

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Bathyclupea megaceps

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Bothrocara nyx

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Kali macrura

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Melanostigma vitiazi

Malakichthys similis

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Melanostigma bathium

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pachycara dolichaulus

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Stubraker sculpin

Cutlassfish

Pseudoscopelus parini

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Kali indica

Platyberyx opalescens

Deepwater slipskin

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

Howella parini

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Malakichthys levis

Bigmouth veilfin

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Bathyclupea argentea

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

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

Longfin fathead

Kali colubrina

Lycodapus

Pseudoscopelus aphos

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

Black swallower

Paracaristius maderensis

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.

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.

Deepsea herring

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Kali macrodon

Sherborn's cardinalfish

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

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

Midwater eelpout

Malakichthys mochizuki

Cocoa snapper

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Bathyclupea gracilis

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.

G

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Brilliant pomfret

Order Pleuronectiformes

Deepwater sole

Smallmouth moonflounder

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Monognathus berteli

Gulper eel

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus bruuni

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx hjorti

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

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Saccopharynx ramosus

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

Gulper

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

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

Order Scorpaeniformes

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Blackmouth rockfish

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Squaloliparis dentatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Order Squaliformes

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.

Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.

Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.

Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.

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.

Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.

Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Scopelogadus beanii

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes indicus

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Bigscale

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes parini

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Melamphaes laeviceps

Bigscale

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

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Highsnout bigscale

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Poromitra gibbsi

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias curtifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.

Maurolicus breviculus

Snaggletooth

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Sparing

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias ioani

Eustomias schiffi

Eustomias gibbsi

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes karsteni

Stomias danae

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias parini

Astronesthes gudrunae

Leptostomias multifilis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Astronesthes

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes similus

Photonectes albipennis

Slender bristlemouth

Eustomias elongatus

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias longiramis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Bonapartia pedaliota

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

Half-naked hatchetfish

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.

Astronesthes lampara

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes indicus

Scaly dragonfish

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias paxtoni

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Scaleless dragonfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias austratlanticus

Eustomias micraster

Chauliodus dentatus

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

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.

Astronesthes tatyanae

Photonectes gracilis

Snaggletooth

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias magnificus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Bathophilus pawneei

Borostomias pacificus

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Highfin dragonfish

Constellationfish

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

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Pacific hatchet fish

Eustomias problematicus

Diplophos australis

Astronesthes kreffti

Stomias gracilis

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Bathophilus altipinnis

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes haplophos

Leptostomias robustus

G

Astronesthes exsul

Maurolicus stehmanni

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes atlanticus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes splendida

Scaleless dragonfish

Cyclothone pygmaea

Bathophilus kingi

Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.

Eustomias macronema

Loosejaw

Eustomias tomentosis

Maurolicus australis

Borostomias elucens

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias curtatus

Astronesthes leucopogon

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias satterleei

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Manducus maderensis

Astronesthes indopacificus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Gonostoma longipinnis

Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias pacificus

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Eustomias bertelseni

Eustomias micropterygius

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

Astronesthes decoratus

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Photonectes achirus

Cyclothone parapallida

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

Eustomias dispar

Hatchetfish

Eustomias medusa

Panama snaggletooth

Bathophilus proximus

Eustomias lanceolatus

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Bathophilus indicus

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Odontostomias micropogon

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 quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

Astronesthes lamellosus

Stomias lampropeltis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Atlantic fangjaw

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Astronesthes illuminatus

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Astronesthes formosana

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Eustomias australensis

Yarrella argenteola

Eustomias metamelas

Astronesthes bilobatus

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Order Tetraodontiformes

Triacanthodes intermedius

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

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Order Zeiformes

Stethopristes eos

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

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

False boarfish

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

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus