Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Serrivomer garmani

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

Avocettina bowersii

Leptocephalus bellottii

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

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

Nemichthys larseni

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

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black sawtooth eel

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Acromycter longipectoralis

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

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

Black saw-toothed eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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

Labichthys yanoi

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

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

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Longfin pearleye

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Barracudina

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidium prolixum

Ahliesaurus berryi

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

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

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Paperbones

Barracudina

Pearleye

Magnisudis indica

Fierce pike smelt

Atlantic barracudina

Benthalbella macropinna

Strange pike smelt

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Paralepis speciosa

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

Ahliesaurus brevis

White barracudina

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Barracudina

Lestidium bigelowi

Southern barracudina

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

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

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

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 mikhailini

Flintperch

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus confinis

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

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.

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

Hoplostethus metallicus

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Aulotrachichthys latus

Diretmoides veriginae

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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

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.

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 .

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.

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Whitson's grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Large-eye grenadier

Globehead grenadier

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Threadfin grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

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

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

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

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

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

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Coryphaenoides camurus

Patagonian codling

Arrowtail

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Kumba hebetata

Roundhead grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Dusky rattail

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Narrowsnout grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Bighead mora

Finescale mora

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Kumba calvifrons

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Bighead grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

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

Crested oarfish

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

Regalecus russelii

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

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

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

Order Lophiiformes

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Dolopichthys karsteni

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Acentrophryne longidens

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

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

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

Stargazing seadevil

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis kreffti

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Rhynchactis microthrix

Dolopichthys dinema

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Caulophryne pietschi

Linophryne polypogon

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne lucifer

Linophryne coronata

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 savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

Robia legula

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Whalehead dreamer

Linophryne sexfilis

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes luetkeni

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

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

Oneirodes sabex

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

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

Dolopichthys jubatus

Gigantactis golovani

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Linophryne macrodon

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

Plainchin dreamarm

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Linophryne densiramus

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

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Oneirodes pterurus

Lophodolos indicus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes myrionemus

Gigantactis meadi

Gigantactis ios

Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.

Linophryne trewavasae

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne pennibarbata

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne indica

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

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 paxtoni

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 .

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 .

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes plagionema

Order Myctophiformes

Broadfin lampfish

Lanternfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Pig-headed lantern fish

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Spiny lantern fish

Lantern fish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus kuroshio

Japanese lanternfish

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

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.

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Triphoturus oculeum

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Nannobrachium bristori

Diaphus arabicus

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Lampanyctus vadulus

Myctophum indicum

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.

Short-headed lantern fish

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Pinpoint lampfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Diaphus basileusi

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Neoscopelus microchir

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Lampanyctus simulator

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Highseas lampfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Myctophum orientale

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

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus carinicauda

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

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaur

Aldrovandia oleosa

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Alcockia rostrata

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Apagesoma delosommatus

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Nielsen's catetyx

Pelagic brotula

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Brotulotaenia nigra

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Bruce's argentine

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Bluethroat argentine

Bluntsnout smooth-head - The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m.

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Starry smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Murray's smooth-head

Bighead searsid

Ghost smelt

Conocara bertelseni

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Mentodus mesalirus

Boneythroat

Nansenia antarctica

Narcetes lloydi

Bluntsnout slickhead

Pectinantus parini

Mentodus bythios

Eared blacksmelt

Leaf searsid

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Nansenia longicauda

Rouleina euryops

Normichthys herringi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

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

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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

Fangtooth smooth-head

Fanfin smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Norman's smooth-head

Searsioides calvala

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Pacific black smelt

Longfin smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Robust blacksmelt

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

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

Bigeye smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Madeiran smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Salmon smooth-head

Krefft's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagus niger

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina watasei

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Nansenia megalopa

Rouleina guentheri

Multipore searsid

Brown slickhead

Winged spookfish

Barrel-eye

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Longsnout blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

Elongate smooth-head

Smallscale searsid

Hairfin smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Mentodus longirostris

Bathylaco nielseni

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

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

Narcetes erimelas

Rouleina nuda

Binghamichthys aphos

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Legless searsid

Smallscale smooth-head

Nansenia iberica

Rouleina eucla

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Asquamiceps hjorti

Pygmy argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Blackchin blacksmelt

Conocara kreffti

Palegold searsid

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Order Perciformes

Escolar

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

Malakichthys levis

Bathyclupea gracilis

Kali falx

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Trewavas croaker

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Lycodapus

Tasmanian ruffe

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

Kali macrura

Bathyclupea megaceps

Black swallower

Paracaristius maderensis

Howella zina

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Malakichthys mochizuki

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Kali indica

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

Platyberyx opalescens

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Howella parini

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.

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Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

New Zealand ruffe

Stout slipskin

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Ariommid

Eumegistus brevorti

Blue driftfish

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Malakichthys barbatus

Bathyclupea argentea

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

Longfin fathead

Kali colubrina

Caristius groenlandicus

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

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.

Atrobucca geniae

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Malakichthys similis

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Pachycara dolichaulus

Pseudoscopelus parini

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

Midwater eelpout

African barrelfish

Stubraker sculpin

Cutlassfish

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Brilliant pomfret

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

Order Pleuronectiformes

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Gulper eel

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx trilobatus

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

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Acantholiparis caecus

Order Squaliformes

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

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

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

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.

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

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

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

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus beanii

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

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

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes ebelingi

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Slender bigscale

Highsnout bigscale

Bigscale

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Large-headed midnight fish

Order Stomiiformes

Leptostomias robustus

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Cyclothone obscura

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.

Eustomias curtifilis

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Scaleless dragonfish

Pacific hatchet fish

Astronesthes haplophos

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Maurolicus stehmanni

Benttooth bristlemouth

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Astronesthes exsul

Stomias danae

Astronesthes karsteni

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias mesostenus

Scaleless dragonfish

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

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.

Sparing

Eustomias tomentosis

Maurolicus australis

Astronesthes atlanticus

Loosejaw

Eustomias satterleei

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Manducus maderensis

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Slender bristlemouth

Astronesthes similus

Borostomias elucens

Photonectes albipennis

Sladen's hatchet fish

Argyripnus pharos

Astronesthes indopacificus

Garrick

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Snaggletooth

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes lampara

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Pacific blackdragon

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Astronesthes decoratus

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Photonectes gracilis

Eustomias ignotus

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Eustomias digitatus

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 illuminatus

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Astronesthes formosana

Stomias gracilis

Astronesthes kreffti

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Bathophilus pawneei

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

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

Maurolicus breviculus

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Highfin dragonfish

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias schiffi

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Photonectes parvimanus

Cyclothone pygmaea

Astronesthes splendida

Borostomias mononema

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Slender snaggletooth

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

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

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Bathophilus kingi

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Loosejaw

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias tetranema

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias radicifilis

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

Eustomias dispar

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Cyclothone parapallida

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Photonectes achirus

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes indicus

Deep-water bristlemouth

Astronesthes macropogon

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Araiophos eastropas

Astronesthes galapagensis

Stomias lampropeltis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Bathophilus proximus

Chauliodus dentatus

Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus indicus

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

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

Constellationfish

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias schmidti

Aristostomias grimaldii

Arrow dragonfish

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Photonectes caerulescens

Eustomias hulleyi

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias problematicus

Diplophos australis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Triacanthodes intermedius

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Order Zeiformes

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

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

False boarfish

Allocyttus guineensis

Stethopristes eos

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

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

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus