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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

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.

Acromycter longipectoralis

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

Crossthroat sawpalate

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Stemonosudis bullisi

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

Barracudina

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Scopelarchus stephensi

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelarchoides danae

Ahliesaurus berryi

Lestidium prolixum

Slender barracudina

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Southern barracudina

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

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Ahliesaurus brevis

Japanese barracudina

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

White barracudina

Lestidiops similis

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

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

Uncisudis longirostra

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

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Order Beryciformes

Longwing spinyfin

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

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.

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Aulotrachichthys latus

Diretmoides veriginae

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

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 druzhinini

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

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.

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

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.

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

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Order Cetomimiformes

Pink flabby whalefish

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

Bighead mora

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

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

Kumba musorstom

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

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

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

Bathypelagic rattail

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Whitson's grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Fragile grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Mediterranean grenadier

Finescale mora

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Carmine 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.

Shortbeard grenadier

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

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.

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

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

Order Lophiiformes

Gigantactis longicirra

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Oneirodes sabex

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

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

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Acentrophryne longidens

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Dolopichthys jubatus

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

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

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Oneirodes pterurus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

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.

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

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

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

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 .

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

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

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Stargazing seadevil

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

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

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Himantolophus melanolophus

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Order Myctophiformes

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Doflein's false headlightfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Lanternfish

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

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Myctophum lychnobium

Lampanyctus simulator

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Thickhead lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Laura's lantern fish

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.

Lampanyctus turneri

Myctophum fissunovi

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.

Nannobrachium indicum

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pacific blackchin

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Slendertail lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Nannobrachium bristori

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Chubby flashlightfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

Order Notacanthiformes

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

Halosaurus attenuatus

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Alcockia rostrata

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Apagesoma delosommatus

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Bony-eared assfish

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

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

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Apagesoma edentatum

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Smallscale searsid

California smoothtongue

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Mentodus longirostris

Fanfin smooth-head

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Legless searsid

Smallscale smooth-head

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

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

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Blackchin blacksmelt

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

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

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Starry smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Murray's smooth-head

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina watasei

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

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.

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 .

Sagamichthys gracilis

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Robust blacksmelt

Nansenia iberica

Rouleina eucla

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Asquamiceps hjorti

Bigeye smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Order Perciformes

Escolar

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Plectranthias pallidus

Malakichthys barbatus

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

Atrobucca geniae

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.

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Howella zina

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Malakichthys similis

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pachycara dolichaulus

Pseudoscopelus parini

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.

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.

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Trewavas croaker

Melanostigma inexpectatum

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

Bathyclupea megaceps

Black swallower

Paracaristius maderensis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Plectranthias robertsi

Malakichthys mochizuki

Cutlassfish

Kali indica

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

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.

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

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 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

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

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

Acantholiparis caecus

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

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Large-headed midnight fish

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

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.

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

Pacific hatchet fish

Astronesthes kreffti

Astronesthes haplophos

Eustomias schiffi

Benttooth bristlemouth

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

Eustomias albibulbus

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Astronesthes exsul

Astronesthes splendida

Margrethia valentinae

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes atlanticus

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Bigeye lightfish

Maurolicus javanicus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Eustomias bituberoides

Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.

Gonostoma longipinnis

Thysanactis dentex

Scaleless dragonfish

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Astronesthes indopacificus

Scaleless black dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias radicifilis

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias dispar

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

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes macropogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Bathophilus proximus

Chauliodus dentatus

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

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Heterophotus ophistoma

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

Astronesthes illuminatus

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

Eustomias australensis

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Astronesthes formosana

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias problematicus

Diplophos australis

Stomias gracilis

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Snaggletooth

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias braueri

Torpedo dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias mesostenus

Scaleless dragonfish

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias macronema

Sparing

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.

Astronesthes karsteni

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias satterleei

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias interruptus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Astronesthes similus

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Pachystomias microdon

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Pacific blackdragon

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Thorophos nexilis

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes indicus

Eustomias austratlanticus

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Astronesthes galapagensis

Araiophos eastropas

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Photonectes gracilis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

Stomias lampropeltis

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Snaggletooth

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Snaggletooth

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Melanostomias melanopogon

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

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

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.

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.

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

False boarfish

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Order Ateleopodiformes

Order Aulopiformes

Order Beryciformes

Order Carcharhiniformes

Order Cetomimiformes

Order Chimaeriformes

Order Gadiformes

Order Lampriformes

Order Lophiiformes

Order Myctophiformes

Order Notacanthiformes

Order Ophidiiformes

Order Osmeriformes

Order Perciformes

Order Pleuronectiformes

Order Polymixiiformes

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Order Scorpaeniformes

Order Squaliformes

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Order Stomiiformes

Order Tetraodontiformes

Order Zeiformes