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 schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
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.
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
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Acromycter longipectoralis
Crossthroat sawpalate
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Telescopefish
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Ahliesaurus brevis
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelarchoides danae
White barracudina
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Southern barracudina
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis elegans
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
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
Ahliesaurus berryi
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
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
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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
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 shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
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
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Finescale mora
Bighead mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Fragile grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Kumba calvifrons
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Bighead grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Kumba punctulata
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Threadfin grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Mediterranean grenadier
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
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.
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
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.
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Order Lampriformes
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne escaramosa
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Oneirodes sabex
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
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
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Dolopichthys jubatus
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes cristatus
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
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Linophryne macrodon
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes basili
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
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
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Oneirodes pterurus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Lophodolos indicus
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
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Gigantactis macronema
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Oneirodes schistonema
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
Linophryne brevibarbata
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 .
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Acentrophryne longidens
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Linophryne racemifera
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Oneirodes bradburyae
Haplophryne triregium
Spiny dreamer
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis longicauda
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis golovani
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Stargazing seadevil
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Gigantactis meadi
Linophryne lucifer
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes appendixus
Oneirodes schmidti
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
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Order Myctophiformes
Lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Bolin's lantern fish
Lampadena pontifex
Arctic telescope
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus basileusi
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Hygophum bruuni
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Hintonia candens
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Highseas lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Taaning's lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus roei
Lampadena yaquinae
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
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
Myctophum fissunovi
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.
Broadfin lampfish
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus subtilis
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pacific blackchin
Diaphus drachmanni
Pig-headed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Lantern fish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Diaphus similis
Spinytail lampfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Nannobrachium bristori
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Topside lampfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Diaphus taaningi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus richardsoni
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Krefft's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Salmon smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Bathylagus niger
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
California smoothtongue
Pectinantus parini
Narcetes lloydi
Bluntsnout slickhead
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Koefoed's searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Asquamiceps hjorti
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bruce's 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
Murray's smooth-head
Bathylagus tenuis
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Bighead searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Ghost smelt
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
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.
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fangtooth smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Sagamichthys gracilis
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Pacific black smelt
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Fanfin smooth-head
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Bigeye smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
Escolar
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Ariommid
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
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.
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.
Atrobucca geniae
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Howella zina
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Malakichthys similis
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Cutlassfish
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Stubraker sculpin
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
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.
Howella parini
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
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
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
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
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
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
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
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
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Acantholiparis caecus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
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.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
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.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Poromitra unicornis
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Large-headed midnight fish
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Melamphaes pumilus
Highsnout bigscale
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.
Cyclothone obscura
Eustomias bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.
Maurolicus breviculus
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Photonectes parvimanus
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Astronesthes bilobatus
Cyclothone pygmaea
Borostomias mononema
Astronesthes splendida
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Snaggletooth
Stomias danae
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Maurolicus javanicus
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
Borostomias elucens
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias bituberoides
Gonostoma longipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
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.
Astronesthes karsteni
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
Eustomias bertelseni
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Scaly dragonfish
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.
Astronesthes similus
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Aristostomias polydactylus
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Pearlside
Half-naked hatchetfish
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias micraster
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
Astronesthes indicus
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
Yellow bristlemouth
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Araiophos eastropas
Astronesthes galapagensis
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Eustomias australensis
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Arrow dragonfish
Borostomias pacificus
Astronesthes tanibe
Photonectes caerulescens
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias hulleyi
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
Snaggletooth
Stomias gracilis
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Leptostomias robustus
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Snaggletooth
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Astronesthes kreffti
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes haplophos
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes atlanticus
Loosejaw
Snaggletooth
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Sladen's hatchet fish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias micropterygius
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes indopacificus
Pachystomias microdon
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Bonapartia pedaliota
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Snaggletooth
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Astronesthes decoratus
Panama snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
Photonectes gracilis
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias ignotus
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias quadrifilis
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Stomias lampropeltis
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Astronesthes macropogon
Aristostomias lunifer
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.
Astronesthes lamellosus
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Astronesthes illuminatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
Stethopristes eos
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
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.
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish