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

Leptocephalus bellottii

Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina paucipora

Benthenchelys pacificus

Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Chlopsis longidens

Avocettina acuticeps

Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

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

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nemichthys larseni

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

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Avocettina bowersii

Acromycter longipectoralis

Benthenchelys indicus

Dogface witch-eel

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Duckbill oceanic eel

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Longfin pearleye

Evermannella ahlstromi

Zugmayer's pearleye

Antarctic jonasfish

Japanese barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Lestidiops similis

Barracudina

Scopelarchus stephensi

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Undistinguished sabretooth

Lestidium bigelowi

Pearleye

Southern barracudina

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

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Lestidiops pacificus

Uncisudis longirostra

Barracudina

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

Stemonosudis elegans

Fierce pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Evermannella megalops

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Sharpchin barracudina

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Ahliesaurus berryi

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Lestidium prolixum

Benthalbella elongata

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

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

White barracudina

Barracudina

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Atlantic barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Barracudina

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

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

Stemonosudis bullisi

Ahliesaurus brevis

Telescopefish

Order Beryciformes

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

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 druzhinini

Aulotrachichthys latus

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

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

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 fedorovi

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Ataxolepis henactis

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Gyrinomimus simplex

Parataeniophorus brevis

Cetomimus picklei

Cetichthys indagator

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Festive ribbonfish

Ataxolepis apus

Megalomycter teevani

Cetomimus teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

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

Ditropichthys storeri

Procetichthys kreffti

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Pugnose grenadier

Roundhead grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Physiculus parini

Globehead grenadier

Finescale mora

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Bluntnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Smallhead moray cod

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Physiculus sazonovi

Slendertail grenadier

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

Physiculus longifilis

Laemonema melanurum

Bathygadus spongiceps

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Kumba maculisquama

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Coelorinchus trunovi

Berry's grenadier

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.

Nezumia cyrano

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides camurus

Patagonian codling

Arrowtail

Dusky rattail

Whitson's grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Parin's grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Gadomus multifilis

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Coryphaenoides microps

Bristly grenadier

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Physiculus therosideros

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

Narrowsnout grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Bighead mora

Echinomacrurus mollis

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Kumba calvifrons

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Squalogadus modificatus

Naked snout rattail

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Fragile grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Grenadier fish

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.

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Bathypelagic rattail

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Order Lampriformes

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.

Regalecus russelii

Southern ribbonfish

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.

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.

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.

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Bufoceratias shaoi

Gigantactis longicauda

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

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Gigantactis golovani

Dolopichthys jubatus

Stargazing seadevil

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

Linophryne macrodon

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

Oneirodes basili

Rhynchactis microthrix

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Linophryne argyresca

Caulophryne pietschi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Lophodolos indicus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Smooth dreamer

Gigantactis ios

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

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Linophryne trewavasae

Linophryne pennibarbata

Gigantactis gargantua

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Triplewart seadevil

Robia legula

Oneirodes whitleyi

Linophryne indica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Oneirodes schistonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Acentrophryne longidens

Gigantactis paxtoni

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes plagionema

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 .

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

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

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Short-rod anglerfish

Linophryne racemifera

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Dolopichthys karsteni

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Linophryne maderensis

Gigantactis balushkini

Pentherichthys venustus

Chirophryne xenolophus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

Spiny dreamer

Linophryne digitopogon

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Linophryne bicornis

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

Caulophryne polynema

Gigantactis watermani

Chaenophryne ramifera

Plainchin dreamarm

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis microdontis

Gigantactis kreffti

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

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Gigantactis gibbsi

Dolopichthys dinema

Melanocetus rossi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Linophryne lucifer

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

Oneirodes appendixus

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Caulophryne pelagica

Gigantactis savagei

Puck pinnata

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

Whalehead dreamer

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Gigantactis macronema

Smooth dreamer

Dolopichthys pullatus

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

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes luetkeni

Linophryne sexfilis

Gigantactis herwigi

Gigantactis elsmani

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 .

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

Linophryne parini

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes alius

Oneirodes sabex

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Pietschichthys horridus

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

Order Myctophiformes

Longfin lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Doflein's false headlightfish

Spiny lantern fish

Diaphus garmani

Diaphus trachops

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ventralis

Lantern fish

Diaphus dehaveni

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Longfin lampfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

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.

Triphoturus oculeum

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

Mead's lanternfish

Lampanyctus

Spinytail lampfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Lobisomem

Nannobrachium bristori

Diaphus jenseni

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Spotted laternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Taaning's lantern fish

Myctophum indicum

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus roei

Lampanyctus vadulus

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lantern fish

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum parallelum

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Smallfin lanternfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium fernae

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Protomyctophum chilense

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.

Diaphus longleyi

Laura's lantern fish

Cocco's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Diaphus umbroculus

Lampadena dea

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Diaphus subtilis

Garnet lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Horned lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Popeye lampfish

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus megalops

Spinycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lampadena pontifex

Arctic telescope

Electrona antarctica

Japanese lanternfish

Nannobrachium crypticum

Diaphus kuroshio

Fragile lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Wisner's lantern fish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus dahlgreni

Diaphus similis

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Diaphus lucidus

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Lanternfish

Hudson's lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Myctophum orientale

Diaphus ehrhorni

Diaphus taaningi

Diaphus richardsoni

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

Short-headed lantern fish

Andersen's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus pallidus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Broadfin lampfish

Gonichthys venetus

Slimtail lampfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Spothead lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Order Notacanthiformes

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

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

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Order Ophidiiformes

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Barathronus diaphanus

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Barathronus bicolor

Two-spined slopebrotula

Gunther's cuskeel

Alcockia rostrata

Nielsen's catetyx

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus multidens

Barathronus parfaiti

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus bruuni

Marshall slopebrotula

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

Leucobrotula adipata

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus pacificus

Barathronus unicolor

Violet cuskeel

Barathrites parri

Order Osmeriformes

Asquamiceps hjorti

Ghost smelt

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.

Starry smooth-head

Blackhead salmon

Murray's smooth-head

Boneythroat

Rouleina watasei

Conocara bertelseni

Rouleina guentheri

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Nansenia megalopa

Multipore searsid

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Mentodus mesalirus

Barrel-eye

Nansenia antarctica

Winged spookfish

Bigeye smooth-head

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes inspector

Searsioides multispinus

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

Mentodus bythios

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Fangtooth smooth-head

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Pectinantus parini

Vaillant's smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

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

Loosescale smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Narcetes erimelas

Longfin smooth-head

Rouleina nuda

Norman's smooth-head

Nansenia iberica

Robust blacksmelt

Antillean smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Michael Sars smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Brown slickhead

Bathytroctes breviceps

Pygmy argentine

Leptoderma retropinna

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Snubnose blacksmelt

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Fanfin smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Salmon smooth-head

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Threadfin smooth-head

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Bathytroctes squamosus

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia microstoma

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

Bluethroat argentine

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Mentodus perforatus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bighead searsid

California smoothtongue

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Leptoderma affinis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Narcetes lloydi

Elongate smooth-head

Bathylaco nielseni

Bluntsnout slickhead

Eared blacksmelt

Smallscale smooth-head

Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.

Nansenia longicauda

Normichthys herringi

Hairfin smooth-head

Rouleina euryops

Mentodus longirostris

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.

Nansenia ahlstromi

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Bathytroctes elegans

Legless searsid

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Binghamichthys aphos

Agassiz' smooth-head

Blackchin blacksmelt

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Toothless smooth-head

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Conocara kreffti

Madeiran smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Nansenia tenuicauda

Greenland argentine

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Softskin smooth-head

Koefoed's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Krefft's smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Leptoderma lubricum

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagus tenuis

Maulisia acuticeps

Order Perciformes

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Tonga escolar

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Bathyclupea megaceps

Longfin fathead

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.

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pale eelpout

Kali macrura

Black swallower

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Howella zina

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Malakichthys similis

Cutlassfish

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Melanostigma bathium

Paracaristius heemstrai

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pachycara dolichaulus

African barrelfish

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Thinlip splitfin

Silver splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

Kali indica

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Atrobucca geniae

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Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Howella parini

Malakichthys levis

Escolar

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Bathyclupea argentea

Seleniolycus robertsi

Lycodapus microchir

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Lycodapus

Kali colubrina

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.

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Caristius groenlandicus

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

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.

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.

Paracaristius maderensis

Ariommid

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Deepsea herring

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Kali macrodon

Bigtooth eelpout

Trewavas croaker

Sherborn's cardinalfish

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.

Malakichthys mochizuki

Pseudoscopelus parini

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

Cocoa snapper

White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

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.

Brilliant pomfret

Bathyclupea gracilis

New Zealand ruffe

Stout slipskin

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

Lycodapus derjugini

Kali falx

Order Pleuronectiformes

Bathysolea lactea

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus herringi

Monognathus smithi

Saccopharynx ramosus

Monognathus jesse

Gulper

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rajui

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

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.

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus bruuni

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

Monognathus rosenblatti

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus ozawai

Order Scorpaeniformes

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Order Squaliformes

Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.

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.

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.

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.

Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.

Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.

Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.

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.

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 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.

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.

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is 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.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Melamphaes indicus

Ridgehead

Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Gibberfish

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Poromitra gibbsi

Bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Scopelogadus beanii

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Longjaw bigscale

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes ebelingi

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Order Stomiiformes

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Margrethia valentinae

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias mesostenus

Cyclothone pygmaea

Eustomias tomentosis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Eustomias macronema

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.

Bristlemouth

Astronesthes tatyanae

Aristostomias grimaldii

Snaggletooth

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias satterleei

Photonectes margarita

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Eustomias aequatorialis

Gonostoma longipinnis

Pacific hatchet fish

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias pinnatus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Maurolicus javanicus

Snaggletooth

Astronesthes haplophos

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Astronesthes kreffti

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

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

Scaly dragonfish

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

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Cyclothone parapallida

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Scaly dragonfish

Loosejaw

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Eustomias lanceolatus

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias spherulifer

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Astronesthes splendida

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Snaggletooth

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias quadrifilis

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Polyipnus meteori

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 ignotus

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Heterophotus ophistoma

Snaggletooth

Astronesthes leucopogon

Bathophilus pawneei

Chauliodus schmidti

Highfin dragonfish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Astronesthes decoratus

Diplophos australis

Stomias gracilis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Scaleless dragonfish

Cyclothone obscura

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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Ebeling's fangjaw

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Eustomias bifilis

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Eustomias albibulbus

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias schiffi

Photonectes parvimanus

Maurolicus stehmanni

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 macropogon

Astronesthes illuminatus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias posti

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Eustomias parini

Maurolicus australis

Bathophilus kingi

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Astronesthes lamellosus

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias minimus

Alcock's boafish

Chauliodus minimus

Scaleless black dragonfish

Slender snaggletooth

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Slender bristlemouth

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.

Manducus maderensis

Sonoda paucilampa

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Eustomias bertelseni

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Garrick

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes tanibe

Snaggletooth

Eustomias inconstans

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias radicifilis

Photonectes leucospilus

Polyipnus soelae

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Eustomias dispar

Eustomias paxtoni

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

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

Maurolicus inventionis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

Pacific astronesthid fish

Bathophilus proximus

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Bathophilus indicus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Astronesthes karsteni

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Diplophos pacificus

Stomias lampropeltis

Chauliodus dentatus

Odontostomias micropogon

Longfin dragonfish

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias magnificus

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias uniramis

Slender fangjaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes

Astronesthes similus

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Eustomias australensis

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

Constellationfish

Bristlemouth

Eustomias schmidti

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes martensii

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes indicus

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Polyipnus inermis

Maurolicus mucronatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Arrow dragonfish

Eustomias hulleyi

Pitgum lanternfish

Eustomias problematicus

Eustomias parri

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.

Maurolicus breviculus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias robustus

Eustomias curtifilis

Astronesthes galapagensis

Astronesthes lampara

Araiophos eastropas

Scaleless dragonfish

Chauliodus pammelas

Sparing

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias monoclonoides

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

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Triacanthodes intermedius

Order Zeiformes

Stethopristes eos

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

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.

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

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.

Allocyttus guineensis

False boarfish