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
Leptocephalus bellottii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Serrivomer schmidti
Avocettina bowersii
Serrivomer danae
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Chlopsis longidens
Benthenchelys indicus
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus congroides
Avocettina paucipora
Serrivomer garmani
Labichthys carinatus
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
Avocettina acuticeps
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
Dogface witch-eel
Acromycter longipectoralis
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Crossthroat sawpalate
Labichthys yanoi
Duckbill oceanic eel
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Evermannella ahlstromi
Antarctic jonasfish
Japanese barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Barracudina
Scopelarchus stephensi
Lestidiops similis
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Undistinguished sabretooth
Lestidium bigelowi
Southern barracudina
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Lestidiops pacificus
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelarchoides signifer
Stemonosudis elegans
Barracudina
Pearleye
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
Evermannella megalops
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Sharpchin barracudina
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Longfin pearleye
Ahliesaurus berryi
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Lestidium prolixum
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Barracudina
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Atlantic barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Stemonosudis molesta
Strange pike smelt
Uncisudis advena
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis bullisi
Benthalbella macropinna
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
White barracudina
Telescopefish
Ahliesaurus brevis
Order Beryciformes
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Parmops echinatus
Diretmoides veriginae
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Aulotrachichthys latus
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
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
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.
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.
Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Pink flabby whalefish
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
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.
Ditropichthys storeri
Procetichthys kreffti
Gyrinomimus myersi
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Roundhead grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Physiculus parini
Pugnose grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
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
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Kumba maculisquama
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Coelorinchus trunovi
Berry's grenadier
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.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coryphaenoides camurus
Physiculus peregrinus
Patagonian codling
Whitson's grenadier
Arrowtail
Parin's grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Kumba hebetata
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Dusky rattail
Gadella brocca
Physiculus therosideros
Grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Bristly grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Narrowsnout grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Striped codlet
Bighead mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Kumba calvifrons
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Naked snout rattail
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Squalogadus modificatus
Physiculus roseus
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Bighead grenadier
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.
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Bathypelagic rattail
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Order Lampriformes
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
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.
Order Lophiiformes
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Torpedo batfish
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
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
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Lophodolos indicus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
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
Oneirodes whitleyi
Linophryne indica
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Bulbous dreamer
Robia legula
Bufoceratias wedli
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Oneirodes schistonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Gigantactis paxtoni
Acentrophryne longidens
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.
Gigantactis longicirra
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
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.
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
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne bicornis
Caulophryne polynema
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis watermani
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Plainchin dreamarm
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne algibarbata
Diceratias trilobus
Gigantactis microdontis
Chaenophryne ramifera
Gigantactis kreffti
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
Linophryne polypogon
Gigantactis gibbsi
Dolopichthys dinema
Melanocetus rossi
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
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.
Gigantactis macronema
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Linophryne sexfilis
Gigantactis herwigi
Dolopichthys pullatus
Gigantactis elsmani
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
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
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
Order Myctophiformes
Mirror lanterfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Longfin lanternfish
Diaphus trachops
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus dehaveni
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
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
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
Diaphus roei
Lampanyctus vadulus
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Myctophum indicum
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lantern fish
Diaphus parri
Nannobrachium wisneri
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus minax
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
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lampadena dea
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Evermann's lantern fish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Nannobrachium idostigma
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lampadena pontifex
Arctic telescope
Electrona antarctica
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Wisner's lantern fish
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Diaphus dahlgreni
Myctophum lychnobium
Diaphus similis
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Diaphus arabicus
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Transparent lantern fish
Lampanyctus simulator
Lanternfish
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lampadena yaquinae
Lanternfish
Chubby flashlightfish
Diaphus lucidus
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Myctophum orientale
Diaphus taaningi
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Smallfin lanternfish
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
Short-headed lantern fish
Myctophum fissunovi
Diaphus richardsoni
Lanternfish
Diaphus pallidus
Broadfin lampfish
Gonichthys venetus
Slimtail lampfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Andersen's lantern fish
Spothead lantern fish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pig-headed lantern fish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Order Notacanthiformes
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Order Ophidiiformes
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathrites parri
Gunther's cuskeel
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Alcockia rostrata
Violet cuskeel
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma delosommatus
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Order Osmeriformes
Koefoed's smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
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
Blackhead salmon
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Bathylagus tenuis
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Rouleina guentheri
Mentodus mesalirus
Barrel-eye
Nansenia antarctica
Winged spookfish
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Leaf searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Mentodus bythios
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Pectinantus parini
Searsioides multispinus
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Vaillant's smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Loosescale smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Fangtooth smooth-head
Longfin smooth-head
Rouleina nuda
Norman's smooth-head
Asquamiceps hjorti
Narcetes erimelas
Pacific black smelt
Binghamichthys aphos
Nansenia iberica
Robust blacksmelt
Antillean smooth-head
Rouleina eucla
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Mentodus facilis
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Leptoderma retropinna
Bruce's argentine
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Pygmy argentine
Bigeye smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Salmon smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Snubnose blacksmelt
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Bathylagus niger
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Mentodus crassus
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bathytroctes squamosus
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Leptoderma affinis
Bighead searsid
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Brown slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Elongate smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Fanfin smooth-head
Eared blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
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
Hairfin smooth-head
Rouleina euryops
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.
Nansenia ahlstromi
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Sagamichthys gracilis
Searsioides calvala
Legless searsid
Maulisia isaacsi
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Agassiz' smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Toothless smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Conocara kreffti
Madeiran smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Nansenia tenuicauda
Blackchin blacksmelt
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Softskin smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Krefft's smooth-head
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Leptoderma lubricum
Order Perciformes
Bathyclupea gracilis
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Malakichthys barbatus
Pseudoscopelus microps
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Longfin fathead
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
Caristius groenlandicus
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Pale eelpout
Bathyclupea megaceps
Howella zina
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Melanostigma vitiazi
Malakichthys similis
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Bothrocara nyx
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Melanostigma bathium
Cutlassfish
Paracaristius heemstrai
Pachycara dolichaulus
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Plectranthias robertsi
Thinlip splitfin
Deepwater slipskin
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
Silver splitfin
Bathyclupea hoskynii
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Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Howella parini
Malakichthys levis
Escolar
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Blue driftfish
Eumegistus brevorti
Seleniolycus robertsi
Lycodapus microchir
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
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.
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Bathyclupea argentea
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.
Paracaristius maderensis
Atrobucca geniae
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
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
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Atlantic soft pout
Cocoa snapper
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
Ariommid
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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
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
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
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
Order Scorpaeniformes
Midwater scorpionfish
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Acantholiparis caecus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Blackmouth rockfish
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Order Squaliformes
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.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
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 - 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.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
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
Ridgehead
Gibberfish
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Bigscale
Poromitra gibbsi
Melamphaes spinifer
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Scopelogadus beanii
Poromitra unicornis
Bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Ridgehead
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
Order Stomiiformes
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Cyclothone pygmaea
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes similus
Ichthyococcus parini
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.
Eustomias tomentosis
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Sparing
Eustomias interruptus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias satterleei
Astronesthes martensii
Photonectes margarita
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias pinnatus
Photonectes albipennis
Maurolicus javanicus
Gonostoma longipinnis
Astronesthes
Half-naked hatchetfish
Astronesthes lampara
Leptostomias longibarba
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias pacificus
Astronesthes indicus
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 .
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias micropterygius
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Cyclothone parapallida
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Eustomias vitiazi
Pacific blackdragon
Scaly dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Bonapartia pedaliota
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias lanceolatus
Eustomias spherulifer
Snaggletooth
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Bathophilus brevis
Photonectes gracilis
Polyipnus meteori
Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.
Eustomias ignotus
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias quadrifilis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias patulus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias digitatus
Astronesthes tatyanae
Astronesthes kreffti
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Astronesthes haplophos
Chauliodus schmidti
Diplophos australis
Stomias gracilis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Astronesthes exsul
Yarrella argenteola
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
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Eustomias bifilis
Cyclothone obscura
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Borostomias pacificus
Highfin dragonfish
Astronesthes atlanticus
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias ioani
Loosejaw
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Snaggletooth
Photonectes parvimanus
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias albibulbus
Bathophilus altipinnis
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Sladen's hatchet fish
Opostomias micripnus
Eustomias posti
Astronesthes leucopogon
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus australis
Leptostomias multifilis
Eustomias curtatus
Argyripnus pharos
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes indopacificus
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias minimus
Snaggletooth
Chauliodus minimus
Alcock's boafish
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
Slender bristlemouth
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
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
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Bathophilus kingi
Astronesthes decoratus
Borostomias elucens
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Eustomias bertelseni
Garrick
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes macropogon
Photonectes leucospilus
Polyipnus soelae
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Eustomias inconstans
Aristostomias lunifer
Pachystomias microdon
Eustomias dispar
Eustomias paxtoni
Photonectes achirus
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Maurolicus inventionis
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.
Astronesthes lamellosus
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Diplophos pacificus
Chauliodus dentatus
Stomias lampropeltis
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias magnificus
Eustomias uniramis
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Yellow bristlemouth
Panama snaggletooth
Bathophilus proximus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Bathophilus indicus
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
Eustomias schmidti
Snaggletooth
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Longfin dragonfish
Polyipnus inermis
Maurolicus mucronatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Arrow dragonfish
Eustomias hulleyi
Pitgum lanternfish
Eustomias problematicus
Pacific astronesthid fish
Photonectes caerulescens
Eustomias parri
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
Eustomias curtifilis
Astronesthes tanibe
Astronesthes karsteni
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias monoclonoides
Astronesthes gudrunae
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Chauliodus pammelas
Order Tetraodontiformes
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
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
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