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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Duckbill oceanic eel

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.

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.

Avocettina acuticeps

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.

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Acromycter longipectoralis

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

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

Telescopefish

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

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Sharpchin barracudina

Evermannella ahlstromi

Japanese barracudina

Lestidiops similis

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

Barracudina

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Scopelosaurus adleri

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Uncisudis longirostra

Lestidiops pacificus

Pearleye

Barracudina

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

Magnisudis indica

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis molesta

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Stemonosudis bullisi

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Scopelarchus stephensi

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

Macroparalepis danae

Ahliesaurus brevis

Stemonosudis intermedia

White barracudina

Lestidium prolixum

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Slender barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Southern barracudina

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

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.

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

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.

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Longwing spinyfin

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

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.

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

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.

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.

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

Pink flabby whalefish

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Danacetichthys galathenus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

Gyrinomimus simplex

Ataxolepis henactis

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Kumba punctulata

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Kumba gymnorhynchus

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

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

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

Physiculus sazonovi

Trachonurus sentipellis

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

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

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Ventrifossa paxtoni

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

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

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Physiculus therosideros

Bristly grenadier

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bighead mora

Fragile grenadier

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Finescale mora

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Kumba calvifrons

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

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

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Linophryne andersoni

Melanocetus eustalus

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Acentrophryne longidens

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.

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

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

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Linophryne macrodon

Stargazing seadevil

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Himantolophus compressus

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

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Robia legula

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Linophryne sexfilis

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Gigantactis paxtoni

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

Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .

Gigantactis 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

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

Dolopichthys jubatus

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

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

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne algibarbata

Oneirodes basili

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

Acentrophryne dolichonema

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

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

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

Gigantactis savagei

Linophryne arcturi

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

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

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Nannobrachium indicum

Pacific blackchin

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Protomyctophum bolini

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Triphoturus oculeum

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Diaphus similis

Spinytail lampfish

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Transparent lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Diaphus antonbruuni

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum parallelum

Diaphus taaningi

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Short-headed lantern fish

Protomyctophum chilense

Diaphus richardsoni

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Nannobrachium fernae

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus trachops

Rakery beaconlamp

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Protomyctophum luciferum

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

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lampanyctus simulator

Taaning's lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Thickhead 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.

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

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

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Barathronus bruuni

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Alcockia rostrata

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus pacificus

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Violet cuskeel

Nielsen's catetyx

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Gunther's cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Threadfin 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

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Murray's smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Hairfin smooth-head

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.

Bathytroctes inspector

Vaillant's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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

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

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Bigeye smooth-head

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

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Krefft's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Salmon smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Bathylagus niger

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Searsioides multispinus

Longsnout blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bathytroctes elegans

Agassiz' smooth-head

Antillean smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Asquamiceps hjorti

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Order Perciformes

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

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

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

Paracaristius maderensis

Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.

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

Atrobucca geniae

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

Platyberyx opalescens

Kali indica

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

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

Brilliant pomfret

Escolar

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Lycodapus derjugini

Blue driftfish

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Ariommid

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Trewavas croaker

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Melanostigma bathium

Pachycara dolichaulus

Thinlip splitfin

Stubraker sculpin

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Pseudoscopelus parini

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Cutlassfish

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

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.

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.

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

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Blackmouth rockfish

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Tadpole liparid

Acantholiparis caecus

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

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

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Ridgehead

Poromitra unicornis

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Large-headed midnight fish

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Leptostomias robustus

Aristostomias grimaldii

Maurolicus stehmanni

Pacific hatchet fish

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Photonectes parvimanus

Astronesthes kreffti

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Astronesthes haplophos

Melanostomias globulifer

Maurolicus kornilovorum

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 atlanticus

Astronesthes splendida

Eustomias interruptus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Loosejaw

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.

Snaggletooth

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Leptostomias longibarba

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias bertelseni

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Astronesthes indopacificus

Argyripnus pharos

Photonectes leucospilus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Snaggletooth

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

Odontostomias micropogon

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Stomias lampropeltis

Black-belly dragonfish

Aristostomias lunifer

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Astronesthes macropogon

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.

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Astronesthes lamellosus

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Astronesthes illuminatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Maurolicus mucronatus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

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

Astronesthes formosana

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

Eustomias schiffi

Benttooth bristlemouth

Astronesthes bilobatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Snaggletooth

Eustomias gibbsi

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Stomias danae

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias bibulboides

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Astronesthes karsteni

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Bigeye lightfish

Maurolicus javanicus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Garrick

Astronesthes dupliglandis

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

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Aristostomias polydactylus

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Astronesthes martensii

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

Eustomias dispar

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Pearlside

Half-naked hatchetfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Astronesthes lampara

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes indicus

Melanostomias melanopogon

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.

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Yellow bristlemouth

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus indicus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Araiophos eastropas

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

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Astronesthes tatyanae

Snaggletooth

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Odontostomias masticopogon

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Stomias gracilis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Triacanthodes intermedius

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Order Zeiformes

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

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

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