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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer garmani

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

Avocettina bowersii

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

Acromycter longipectoralis

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

Black sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys pacificus

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

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus bellottii

Serrivomer schmidti

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Avocettina acuticeps

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

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

Sharpchin barracudina

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

White barracudina

Macroparalepis longilateralis

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

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides danae

Scopelosaurus adleri

Lestidium prolixum

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Uncisudis longirostra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Paperbones

Atlantic barracudina

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

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

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

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Evermannella ahlstromi

Scopelarchus stephensi

Coccorella atrata

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Macroparalepis danae

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Scopelarchoides climax

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Scopelarchoides signifer

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Evermannella megalops

Order Beryciformes

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

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 marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus confinis

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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.

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Pink flabby whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Gyrinomimus simplex

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Arrowtail

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadomus multifilis

Whitson's grenadier

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Bighead mora

Finescale mora

Kumba musorstom

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Bluntsnout grenadier

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

Physiculus peregrinus

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Kumba punctulata

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

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

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Carmine grenadier

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

Muraenolepis andriashevi

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

Shortbeard grenadier

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Kumba calvifrons

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Slendertail grenadier

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Physiculus roseus

Coelorinchus trunovi

Guttigadus nudicephalus

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.

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

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.

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

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

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

Order Lophiiformes

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Oneirodes micronema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Oneirodes kreffti

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

Torpedo batfish

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes bradburyae

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Spiny dreamer

Pentherichthys venustus

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus cornifer

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Dolopichthys jubatus

Smooth anglerfish

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

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

Chaenophryne ramifera

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

Oneirodes macrosteus

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

Gigantactis kreffti

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Linophryne lucifer

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes appendixus

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Melanocetus rossi

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Gigantactis macronema

Robia legula

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Whalehead dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes luetkeni

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

Gigantactis herwigi

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne sexfilis

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Linophryne escaramosa

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

Oneirodes sabex

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

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 .

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Himantolophus crinitus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes melanocauda

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

Gigantactis longicauda

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Oneirodes heteronema

Oneirodes cristatus

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes basili

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes pterurus

Dolopichthys dinema

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes myrionemus

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Acentrophryne longidens

Oneirodes macronema

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

Gigantactis ios

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne trewavasae

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

Oneirodes flagellifer

Pacific footballfish

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Puck pinnata

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes whitleyi

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes schistonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Himantolophus borealis

Oneirodes plagionema

Deepsea angler - Linophryne arborifera, or illuminated netdevil, is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Order Myctophiformes

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Laura's lantern fish

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pacific blackchin

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Electron subantarctic

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Metelectrona ventralis

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Hygophum bruuni

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Mead's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Lampanyctus simulator

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus minax

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

Diaphus longleyi

Lampanyctus turneri

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

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

Short-headed lantern fish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus megalops

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Longfin lampfish

Arctic telescope

Nannobrachium crypticum

Electrona antarctica

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Wisner's lantern fish

Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Myctophum lychnobium

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Myctophum orientale

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Myctophum fissunovi

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

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

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Aldrovandia rostrata

Order Ophidiiformes

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus pacificus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathrites parri

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

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus unicolor

Nielsen's catetyx

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma delosommatus

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Barathronus bicolor

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nigra

Alcockia rostrata

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Aphyonus bolini

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Order Osmeriformes

Palegold searsid

Mentodus eubranchus

Krefft's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Salmon smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Abyssal smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

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

Bathytroctes squamosus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

California smoothtongue

Longsnout blacksmelt

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Eared blacksmelt

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Hairfin smooth-head

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Normichthys herringi

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

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

Loosescale smooth-head

Bathylaco nielseni

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

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

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Mentodus perforatus

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Searsioides multispinus

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Narcetes lloydi

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Nansenia longicauda

Rouleina euryops

Fanfin smooth-head

Fangtooth smooth-head

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Nansenia ahlstromi

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

Smallscale searsid

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Longfin smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Binghamichthys aphos

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Sagamichthys gracilis

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Antillean smooth-head

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

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

Winteria telescopa

Toothless smooth-head

Koefoed's searsid

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Pygmy argentine

Madeiran smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Order Perciformes

Melanostigma orientale

Tonga escolar

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Bigmouth veilfin

Pseudoscopelus microps

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

Tasmanian ruffe

Lycodapus

Paracaristius maderensis

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.

Kali macrura

Howella zina

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

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.

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

African barrelfish

Plectranthias robertsi

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

Platyberyx opalescens

Midwater eelpout

Malakichthys mochizuki

White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

Howella parini

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Escolar

Atlantic soft pout

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Bathyclupea gracilis

Stout slipskin

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Gaper

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Plectranthias pallidus

Lycodapus derjugini

Kali normani

Longfin fathead

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.

Kali colubrina

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Malakichthys barbatus

Caristius groenlandicus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Atrobucca geniae

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Bothrocara nyx

Pale eelpout

Lycenchelys imamurai

Paracaristius heemstrai

Kali macrodon

Melanostigma vitiazi

Malakichthys similis

Pachycara dolichaulus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Thinlip splitfin

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

Melanostigma bathium

Pseudoscopelus parini

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Stubraker sculpin

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

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 lavenbergi

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

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

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

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.

Order Scorpaeniformes

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Genioliparis ferox

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.

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.

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

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

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

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes ebelingi

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Large-headed midnight fish

Melamphaes spinifer

Order Stomiiformes

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.

Snaggletooth

Cyclothone obscura

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

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

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias ioani

Eustomias schiffi

Melanostomias globulifer

Astronesthes karsteni

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

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes gudrunae

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Maurolicus stehmanni

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes

Eustomias aequatorialis

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Sonoda paucilampa

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias longiramis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Loosejaw

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Scaleless dragonfish

Manducus maderensis

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias inconstans

Half-naked hatchetfish

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

Eustomias radicifilis

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias paxtoni

Hatchetfish

Araiophos eastropas

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Maurolicus inventionis

Odontostomias micropogon

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Stomias lampropeltis

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Black-belly dragonfish

Heterophotus ophistoma

Aristostomias grimaldii

Melanostomias stewarti

Longfin dragonfish

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

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Pacific hatchet fish

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Photonectes caerulescens

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Maurolicus walvisensis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes haplophos

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias albibulbus

Maurolicus mucronatus

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Maurolicus breviculus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes atlanticus

Stomias danae

Astronesthes splendida

Astronesthes leucopogon

Slender snaggletooth

Margrethia valentinae

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Photonectes albipennis

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.

Eustomias bituberoides

Gonostoma longipinnis

Eustomias pacificus

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Leptostomias longibarba

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Polyipnus soelae

Astronesthes decoratus

Scaleless dragonfish

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Eustomias vitiazi

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Cyclothone parapallida

Bonapartia pedaliota

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias dispar

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias medusa

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

Valdivia black dragon fish

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Highlight hatchetfish

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias crossotus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias ignotus

Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Photonectes gracilis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Pearlside

Eustomias patulus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Constellationfish

Astronesthes formosana

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

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.

Emperor seamount lightfish

Odontostomias masticopogon

Bathophilus pawneei

Eustomias metamelas

Polyipnus inermis

Astronesthes bilobatus

Stomias gracilis

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Order Tetraodontiformes

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

Triacanthodes intermedius

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Order Zeiformes

Neocyttus

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

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

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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.

Rosy dory

Allocyttus guineensis

False boarfish

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