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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

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

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

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

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

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

Barracudina

Telescopefish

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

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Scopelarchus stephensi

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelarchoides danae

Lestidium prolixum

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Ahliesaurus berryi

Southern barracudina

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis elegans

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

Benthalbella macropinna

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.

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

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

White barracudina

Ahliesaurus brevis

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis molesta

Evermannella megalops

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

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Kumba hebetata

Roundhead grenadier

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Narrowsnout grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Bighead mora

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

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

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

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

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Fragile grenadier

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

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Squalogadus modificatus

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

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

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

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

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

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.

Oneirodes sabex

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Gigantactis balushkini

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Acentrophryne longidens

Dolopichthys jubatus

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

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.

Oneirodes cristatus

Chaenophryne ramifera

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Linophryne macrodon

Linophryne densiramus

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

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Gigantactis kreffti

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Oneirodes pterurus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes myrionemus

Lophodolos indicus

Linophryne trewavasae

Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Oneirodes anisacanthus

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

Oneirodes schistonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Linophryne brevibarbata

Gigantactis paxtoni

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

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

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Dolopichthys karsteni

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

Linophryne maderensis

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

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

Spiny dreamer

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Gigantactis golovani

Gigantactis watermani

Linophryne bicornis

Stargazing seadevil

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Rhynchactis microthrix

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Dolopichthys dinema

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.

Oneirodes schmidti

Gigantactis ios

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Robia legula

Whalehead dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne parini

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

Order Myctophiformes

Lanternfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Spothead lantern fish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Protomyctophum luciferum

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Neoscopelus microchir

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.

Lanternfish

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Lampanyctus simulator

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Black lantern fish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

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.

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

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Slendertail lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Lampanyctus

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Nannobrachium bristori

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Tarletonbeania taylori

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Lanternfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

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

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Alcockia rostrata

Barathronus bicolor

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Apagesoma delosommatus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Parabrotula tanseimaru

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Salmon smooth-head

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Maulisia acuticeps

Bathylagus niger

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Bruce's argentine

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

California smoothtongue

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Mentodus longirostris

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Fanfin smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Koefoed's searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

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

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Mentodus eubranchus

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

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

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Starry smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

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

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 .

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Toothless smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Bigeye smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Order Perciformes

Escolar

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Lycodapus derjugini

Eumegistus brevorti

Blue driftfish

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Kali colubrina

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

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

Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.

Atrobucca geniae

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Howella zina

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Malakichthys similis

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

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

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

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

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Trewavas croaker

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Ariommid

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

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Plectranthias robertsi

Malakichthys mochizuki

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Platyberyx opalescens

Kali indica

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

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Cutlassfish

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.

Monognathus taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Saccopharynx ramosus

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

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

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

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

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

Aristostomias grimaldii

Snaggletooth

Eustomias schiffi

Benttooth bristlemouth

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias albibulbus

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

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Astronesthes splendida

Borostomias mononema

Eustomias gibbsi

Astronesthes haplophos

Eustomias posti

Margrethia valentinae

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes exsul

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Maurolicus javanicus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Thysanactis dentex

Gonostoma longipinnis

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias bituberoides

Astronesthes atlanticus

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias tetranema

Garrick

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Scaly dragonfish

Photonectes leucospilus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Argyripnus pharos

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

Astronesthes indopacificus

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

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

Eustomias dispar

Snaggletooth

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Astronesthes decoratus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Astronesthes quasiindicus

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

Eustomias uniramis

Emperor seamount lightfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Thorophos euryops

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus indicus

Astronesthes macropogon

Aristostomias lunifer

Constellationfish

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

Eustomias australensis

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

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Odontostomias masticopogon

Astronesthes illuminatus

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Stomias gracilis

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Maurolicus stehmanni

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Torpedo dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

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.

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias satterleei

Alcock's boafish

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Eustomias interruptus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes karsteni

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Astronesthes dupliglandis

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 .

Astronesthes similus

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias vitiazi

Maurolicus inventionis

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Thorophos nexilis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Astronesthes martensii

Aristostomias polydactylus

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Photonectes gracilis

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Argyripnus iridescens

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

Odontostomias micropogon

Astronesthes indicus

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Stomias lampropeltis

Black-belly dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Maurolicus walvisensis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

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

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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

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