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

Avocettina bowersii

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

Leptocephalus bellottii

Serrivomer schmidti

Nemichthys larseni

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

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

Acromycter longipectoralis

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

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

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

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

Black sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys pacificus

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Labichthys yanoi

Crossthroat sawpalate

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Evermannella ahlstromi

Chubby pearleye

Antarctic jonasfish

Paralepis speciosa

Japanese barracudina

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Ahliesaurus berryi

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Barracudina

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Paperbones

Scopelarchoides signifer

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Lestidiops pacificus

Pearleye

Stemonosudis elegans

Barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Fierce pike smelt

Barracudina

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Evermannella megalops

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.

Longfin pearleye

Sharpchin barracudina

Barracudina

Ahliesaurus brevis

White barracudina

Barracudina

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

Macroparalepis danae

Scopelosaurus adleri

Lestidium prolixum

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Southern barracudina

Barracudina

Macroparalepis nigra

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

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

Atlantic barracudina

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

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

Benthalbella macropinna

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys latus

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Longwing spinyfin

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

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Common roughy - The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m.

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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

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

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

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

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Cetomimus gillii

Megalomycter teevani

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Pink flabby whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Cetomimus teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Roundhead grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Kumba punctulata

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

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

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Muraenolepis andriashevi

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

Carmine grenadier

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.

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Kumba maculisquama

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

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

Nezumia cyrano

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Bathypelagic rattail

Coryphaenoides camurus

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Patagonian codling

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Kumba hebetata

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadomus multifilis

Smallhead moray cod

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Fragile grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

Finescale mora

Bighead mora

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Kumba musorstom

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Kumba calvifrons

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Squalogadus modificatus

Gadomus capensis

Berry's grenadier

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

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Bighead grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

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

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Order Lampriformes

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

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

Crested oarfish

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

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.

Regalecus russelii

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Himantolophus mauli

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Short-rod anglerfish

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

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Linophryne racemifera

Acentrophryne longidens

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes alius

Linophryne maderensis

Himantolophus azurlucens

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Melanocetus eustalus

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Linophryne andersoni

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

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus nigricornis

Oneirodes cristatus

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne macrodon

Stargazing seadevil

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes basili

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Melanocetus rossi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Linophryne argyresca

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes pterurus

Dolopichthys dinema

Oneirodes myrionemus

Gigantactis meadi

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

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.

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Gigantactis ios

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes flagellifer

Triplewart seadevil

Puck pinnata

Gigantactis gargantua

Oneirodes whitleyi

Bufoceratias wedli

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Linophryne indica

Whalehead dreamer

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Himantolophus melanolophus

Bulbous dreamer

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes schistonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Linophryne sexfilis

Linophryne parini

Himantolophus borealis

Oneirodes plagionema

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

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

Gigantactis longicirra

Oneirodes micronema

Oneirodes kreffti

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

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes dicromischus

Gigantactis balushkini

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes bradburyae

Spiny dreamer

Bufoceratias shaoi

Pentherichthys venustus

Linophryne digitopogon

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

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Himantolophus cornifer

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

Chaenophryne ramifera

Smooth anglerfish

Plainchin dreamarm

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

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.

Rhynchactis microthrix

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes clarkei

Two-rod anglerfish

Linophryne lucifer

Lophodolos indicus

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.

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes posti

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis savagei

Linophryne arcturi

Robia legula

Gigantactis macronema

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

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.

Rhynchactis leptonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Nightmare dreamer

Gigantactis elsmani

Order Myctophiformes

Andersen's lantern fish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Gonichthys venetus

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Diaphus umbroculus

Slimtail lampfish

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pig-headed lantern fish

Diaphus drachmanni

Diaphus subtilis

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Golden lanternfish

Pinpoint lampfish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Spinycheek lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Protomyctophum luciferum

Arctic telescope

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Diaphus basileusi

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus kuroshio

Wisner's lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Neoscopelus microchir

Fragile lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large 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.

Lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Diaphus similis

Spinytail lampfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lobisomem

Transparent lantern fish

Lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Highseas lampfish

Lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus vadulus

Chubby flashlightfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Hudson's lanternfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Myctophum orientale

Diaphus taaningi

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Myctophum fissunovi

Broadfin lampfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Diaphus richardsoni

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Diaphus pallidus

Lampadena dea

Nannobrachium indicum

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Garnet lanternfish

Pacific blackchin

Spothead lantern fish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Spiny lantern fish

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Protomyctophum bolini

Longfin lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Electron subantarctic

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Diaphus trachops

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus aliciae

Evermann's lantern fish

Slendertail lanternfish

Lantern fish

Metelectrona ventralis

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Japanese lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Lampadena pontifex

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Triphoturus oculeum

Diaphus nielseni

Lanternfish

Hygophum bruuni

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Mead's lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lampanyctus simulator

Diaphus arabicus

Lanternfish

Diaphus jenseni

Spotted laternfish

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Diaphus faustinoi

Taaning's lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Gonichthys barnesi

Myctophum indicum

Nannobrachium wisneri

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus roei

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Topside lampfish

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Protomyctophum parallelum

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

Laura's lantern fish

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

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampanyctus turneri

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

Order Notacanthiformes

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Aldrovandia rostrata

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

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

Halosaurus sinensis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Aldrovandia oleosa

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Pelagic brotula

Alcockia rostrata

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma delosommatus

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nigra

Bony-eared assfish

Marshall slopebrotula

Aphyonus bolini

Barathronus diaphanus

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Nielsen's catetyx

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Rouleina livida

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Multipore searsid

Ghost smelt

Bighead searsid

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Conocara bertelseni

Boneythroat

Barrel-eye

Narcetes lloydi

Eared blacksmelt

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Nansenia longicauda

Mentodus longirostris

Nansenia ahlstromi

Rouleina euryops

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

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

Bathytroctes inspector

Vaillant's smooth-head

Fanfin smooth-head

Fangtooth smooth-head

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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

Legless searsid

Pacific black smelt

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Maulisia isaacsi

Longfin smooth-head

Binghamichthys aphos

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Toothless smooth-head

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

Winteria telescopa

Nansenia tenuicauda

Koefoed's searsid

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Madeiran smooth-head

Pygmy argentine

Bigeye smooth-head

Shining tubeshoulder

Greenland argentine

Mentodus eubranchus

Bathytroctes breviceps

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Softskin smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Krefft's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Bathylagus niger

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Maulisia acuticeps

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Normichthys yahganorum

Blackhead salmon

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

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

Starry smooth-head

Bathytroctes squamosus

Rouleina watasei

Nansenia megalopa

Mentodus mesalirus

Nansenia antarctica

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Leptoderma affinis

Deep-sea smelt

Rouleina guentheri

Brown slickhead

Threadfin slickhead

Winged spookfish

Mentodus bythios

Leaf searsid

California smoothtongue

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Smallscale searsid

Elongate smooth-head

Longsnout blacksmelt

Barbantus elongatus

Normichthys herringi

Bathylagus borealis

Bathylaco nielseni

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

Norman's smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Smallscale smooth-head

Rouleina nuda

Nansenia iberica

Mentodus facilis

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Robust blacksmelt

Agassiz' smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Asquamiceps hjorti

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Blackchin blacksmelt

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Palegold searsid

Conocara kreffti

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Order Perciformes

Melanostigma orientale

New Zealand ruffe

Kali parri

Malakichthys levis

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Kali falx

Bathyclupea gracilis

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Lycodapus microchir

Plectranthias pallidus

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.

Lycodapus

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

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

Bathyclupea megaceps

Black swallower

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Atrobucca geniae

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.

Bothrocara nyx

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Bigtooth eelpout

Paracaristius heemstrai

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

Thinlip splitfin

African barrelfish

Malakichthys mochizuki

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

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

Silver splitfin

Kali indica

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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

Stout slipskin

Plectranthias parini

Ariommid

Lycodapus derjugini

Tonga escolar

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

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.

Pale eelpout

Paracaristius maderensis

Lycenchelys imamurai

Howella zina

Malakichthys similis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Melanostigma bathium

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Cutlassfish

Deepwater slipskin

Platyberyx opalescens

Cocoa snapper

Escolar

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

Order Pleuronectiformes

Deepwater sole

Smallmouth moonflounder

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Gulper eel

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx hjorti

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

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx berteli

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

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

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Gulper

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Monognathus berteli

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis carlbondi

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Acantholiparis caecus

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Short-headed sculpin

Order Squaliformes

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

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

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

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Gibberfish

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Large-headed midnight fish

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.

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Longjaw bigscale

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Ichthyococcus polli

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 bifilis

Eustomias curtifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

Astronesthes haplophos

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes exsul

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias cirritus

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Torpedo dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes atlanticus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes splendida

Borostomias mononema

Cyclothone pygmaea

Stomias danae

Sparing

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias macronema

Loosejaw

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Astronesthes leucopogon

Slender snaggletooth

Eustomias interruptus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias satterleei

Argyripnus pharos

Manducus maderensis

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias pinnatus

Astronesthes indopacificus

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.

Scaleless dragonfish

Photonectes albipennis

Eustomias bituberoides

Gonostoma longipinnis

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias elongatus

Loosejaw

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias pacificus

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias longibarba

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias bulbornatus

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias micropterygius

Astronesthes decoratus

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Scaly dragonfish

Bathophilus irregularis

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

Eustomias medusa

Valdivia black dragon fish

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Highlight hatchetfish

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias ignotus

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

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Constellationfish

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Astronesthes formosana

Maurolicus walvisensis

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

Eustomias contiguus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Bathophilus pawneei

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias metamelas

Astronesthes bilobatus

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Stomias gracilis

Snaggletooth

Cyclothone obscura

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Highfin dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus breviculus

Ebeling's fangjaw

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.

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias schiffi

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias ioani

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias gibbsi

Lovely hatchetfish

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes karsteni

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias curtatus

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 parini

Astronesthes gudrunae

Leptostomias multifilis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias cancriensis

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Maurolicus javanicus

Sonoda paucilampa

Astronesthes similus

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias longiramis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias inconstans

Half-naked hatchetfish

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

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes lampara

Pachystomias microdon

Argyripnus iridescens

Hatchetfish

Eustomias paxtoni

Astronesthes indicus

Pacific blackdragon

Photonectes achirus

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias dispar

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias crossotus

Araiophos eastropas

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Astronesthes galapagensis

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photonectes gracilis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Bathophilus proximus

Chauliodus dentatus

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias micraster

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

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

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Stomias lampropeltis

Snaggletooth

Yellow bristlemouth

Black-belly dragonfish

Bathophilus indicus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Slender fangjaw

Eustomias uniramis

Melanostomias stewarti

Longfin dragonfish

Threelight dragonfish

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

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Sternoptyx obscura

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Pacific hatchet fish

Yarrella argenteola

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Astronesthes kreffti

Pitgum lanternfish

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Triacanthodes intermedius

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

Order Zeiformes

Stethopristes eos

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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

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

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

False boarfish