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
Serrivomer garmani
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Leptocephalus bellottii
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
Avocettina acuticeps
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
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Telescopefish
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Sharpchin barracudina
Evermannella ahlstromi
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Scopelosaurus adleri
Ahliesaurus berryi
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Evermannella megalops
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
Antarctic jonasfish
White barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Lestidium prolixum
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Slender barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
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
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
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.
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Aulotrachichthys latus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Longwing spinyfin
Parinoberyx horridus
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
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Order Carcharhiniformes
Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.
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.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Ataxolepis apus
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Danacetichthys galathenus
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
Ataxolepis henactis
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
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
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
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.
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
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.
Nezumia cyrano
Bathygadus spongiceps
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Patagonian codling
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadomus multifilis
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Finescale mora
Bighead mora
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Kumba calvifrons
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Southern ribbonfish
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
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.
Dealfish
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Dolopichthys karsteni
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Acentrophryne longidens
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
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
Gigantactis golovani
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis meadi
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
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
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Robia legula
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Linophryne brevibarbata
Linophryne sexfilis
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
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 .
Gigantactis paxtoni
Gigantactis longicirra
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
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.
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Dolopichthys jubatus
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes cristatus
Chaenophryne ramifera
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.
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
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
Oneirodes pterurus
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Linophryne lucifer
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
Linophryne coronata
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis savagei
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Gigantactis macronema
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
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
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Order Myctophiformes
Andersen's lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pacific blackchin
Pig-headed lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Evermann's lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus antonbruuni
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Short-headed lantern fish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Nannobrachium fernae
Symbolophorus rufinus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Lanternfish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Diaphus aliciae
Slendertail lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Lanternfish
Hygophum bruuni
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus arabicus
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Highseas lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
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
Diaphus longleyi
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.
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia rostrata
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaur
Aldrovandia oleosa
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Apagesoma delosommatus
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Nielsen's catetyx
Apagesoma edentatum
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Bruce's argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Normichthys yahganorum
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
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus mesalirus
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Hairfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Normichthys herringi
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
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
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Shining tubeshoulder
Pygmy argentine
Bigeye smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Krefft's smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Brown slickhead
Multipore searsid
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Searsioides multispinus
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Bathylaco nielseni
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Mentodus longirostris
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Koefoed's searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Kali falx
Bathyclupea gracilis
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
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
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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.
Caristius groenlandicus
Tasmanian ruffe
Kali macrura
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
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.
Bothrocara nyx
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
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.
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
Kali indica
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
Brilliant pomfret
Escolar
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Ariommid
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Howella zina
Malakichthys similis
Melanostigma vitiazi
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Cutlassfish
Stubraker sculpin
Pseudoscopelus parini
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
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 smithi
Saccopharynx ramosus
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Monognathus jesse
Gulper
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
Order Scorpaeniformes
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Blackmouth rockfish
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
Acantholiparis caecus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Order Squaliformes
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.
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.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
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.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Scopelogadus beanii
Bigscale
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
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
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
Order Stomiiformes
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Eustomias curtifilis
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias parri
Astronesthes haplophos
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Leptostomias robustus
Astronesthes exsul
Maurolicus stehmanni
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes splendida
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Cyclothone pygmaea
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Sparing
Eustomias macronema
Loosejaw
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes leucopogon
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Argyripnus pharos
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Astronesthes indopacificus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
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.
Eustomias bituberoides
Gonostoma longipinnis
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Snaggletooth
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias micropterygius
Astronesthes decoratus
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Deep-water bristlemouth
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
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
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Black-belly dragonfish
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias digitatus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Chauliodus schmidti
Eustomias monoclonus
Astronesthes formosana
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Threelight dragonfish
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Yarrella argenteola
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias metamelas
Astronesthes bilobatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Arrow dragonfish
Borostomias pacificus
Photonectes caerulescens
Snaggletooth
Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.
Cyclothone obscura
Highfin dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus breviculus
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.
Eustomias schiffi
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias ioani
Eustomias gibbsi
Lovely hatchetfish
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Astronesthes karsteni
Stomias danae
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes gudrunae
Leptostomias multifilis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias minimus
Bigeye lightfish
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes similus
Borostomias elucens
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias longiramis
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes martensii
Garrick
Polyipnus soelae
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
Scaly dragonfish
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias paxtoni
Astronesthes indicus
Scaly dragonfish
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Araiophos eastropas
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Eustomias multifilis
Astronesthes galapagensis
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
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
Photonectes gracilis
Snaggletooth
Yellow bristlemouth
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias magnificus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias uniramis
Constellationfish
Longfin 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
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias hulleyi
Pacific hatchet fish
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes kreffti
Stomias gracilis
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
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
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
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
Stethopristes eos
Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
False boarfish