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

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Avocettina acuticeps

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

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

Benthenchelys pacificus

Dogface witch-eel

Chlopsis longidens

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Acromycter longipectoralis

Duckbill oceanic eel

Avocettina bowersii

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

Leptocephalus bellottii

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

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

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Avocettina paucipora

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Sharpchin barracudina

Longfin pearleye

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Ahliesaurus berryi

Lestidium prolixum

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

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Bigfin pearleye

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Benthalbella elongata

Barracudina

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Magnisudis indica

Atlantic barracudina

Strange pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis molesta

Stemonosudis bullisi

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

White barracudina

Benthalbella macropinna

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Evermannella ahlstromi

Antarctic jonasfish

Ahliesaurus brevis

Japanese barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Lestidiops similis

Barracudina

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Undistinguished sabretooth

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidium bigelowi

Southern barracudina

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

Lestidiops pacificus

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

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

Stemonosudis elegans

Barracudina

Pearleye

Fierce pike smelt

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Order Beryciformes

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

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 latus

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

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Order Carcharhiniformes

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Danacetichthys galathenus

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus gillii

Megalomycter teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

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

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetomimus picklei

Ataxolepis apus

Procetichthys kreffti

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetichthys indagator

Pink flabby whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus teevani

Ataxolepis henactis

Gyrinomimus simplex

Parataeniophorus brevis

Cetichthys parini

Cetomimus kerdops

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Kumba hebetata

Parin's grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

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

Globehead grenadier

Dusky rattail

Gadella brocca

Physiculus therosideros

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

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

Narrowsnout grenadier

Striped codlet

Bighead mora

Echinomacrurus mollis

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

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

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Kumba calvifrons

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Gadomus capensis

Squalogadus modificatus

Naked snout rattail

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.

Bathypelagic rattail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Physiculus parini

Pugnose grenadier

Roundhead grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Finescale mora

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Kumba punctulata

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Smallhead moray cod

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bluntnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Slendertail grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Physiculus longifilis

Shortbeard grenadier

Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Laemonema melanurum

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Coelorinchus trunovi

Berry's grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Kumba maculisquama

Nezumia cyrano

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

Fragile grenadier

Coryphaenoides camurus

Physiculus peregrinus

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Patagonian codling

Whitson's grenadier

Arrowtail

Order Lampriformes

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

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

Order Lophiiformes

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Linophryne maderensis

Gigantactis balushkini

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

Spiny dreamer

Linophryne digitopogon

Pentherichthys venustus

Bufoceratias shaoi

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

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Linophryne bicornis

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis microdontis

Plainchin dreamarm

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Stargazing seadevil

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

Gigantactis kreffti

Dolopichthys dinema

Melanocetus rossi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Gigantactis gibbsi

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Linophryne lucifer

Caulophryne pietschi

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Puck pinnata

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Gigantactis macronema

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

Whalehead dreamer

Linophryne sexfilis

Gigantactis herwigi

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

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

Gigantactis elsmani

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Pietschichthys horridus

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

Oneirodes alius

Oneirodes sabex

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Torpedo batfish

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

Gigantactis longicauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Gigantactis golovani

Dolopichthys jubatus

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Linophryne macrodon

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

Caulophryne polynema

Chaenophryne ramifera

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

Oneirodes basili

Rhynchactis microthrix

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Linophryne argyresca

Lophodolos indicus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Linophryne trewavasae

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.

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.

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Gigantactis gargantua

Bulbous dreamer

Robia legula

Oneirodes whitleyi

Linophryne indica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Caulophryne pelagica

Bufoceratias wedli

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Oneirodes schistonema

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Dolopichthys karsteni

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

Acentrophryne longidens

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Short-rod anglerfish

Linophryne racemifera

Order Myctophiformes

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Rakery beaconlamp

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Diaphus megalops

Diaphus kuroshio

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lampadena pontifex

Arctic telescope

Electrona antarctica

Japanese lanternfish

Fragile lantern fish

Wisner's lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Diaphus dahlgreni

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus similis

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Lanternfish

Diaphus arabicus

Highseas lampfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Diaphus lucidus

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Hudson's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Myctophum orientale

Diaphus taaningi

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Short-headed lantern fish

Myctophum fissunovi

Diaphus richardsoni

Lampanyctus turneri

Gonichthys venetus

Slimtail lampfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus pallidus

Broadfin lampfish

Spothead lantern fish

Nannobrachium indicum

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Longfin lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Spiny lantern fish

Diaphus trachops

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus dehaveni

Lantern fish

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Longfin lampfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Spinycheek lanternfish

Triphoturus oculeum

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

Diaphus nielseni

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.

Spinytail lampfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Mead's lanternfish

Lampanyctus

Diaphus jenseni

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lobisomem

Diaphus faustinoi

Spotted laternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Lampanyctus vadulus

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Myctophum indicum

Diaphus roei

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lantern fish

Diaphus parri

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum parallelum

Diaphus longleyi

Laura's lantern fish

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.

Lampadena dea

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Diaphus umbroculus

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.

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Diaphus subtilis

Garnet lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Order Notacanthiformes

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus carinicauda

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

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Aldrovandia oleosa

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Aphyonus bolini

Barathronus multidens

Bony-eared assfish

Marshall slopebrotula

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

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

Nielsen's catetyx

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Lamprogrammus niger

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus diaphanus

Gunther's cuskeel

Two-spined slopebrotula

Violet cuskeel

Alcockia rostrata

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Order Osmeriformes

Bathylagus niger

Mentodus perforatus

Bluethroat argentine

Brown slickhead

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bathytroctes squamosus

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Leptoderma affinis

Bighead searsid

Asquamiceps hjorti

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Barbantus elongatus

Elongate smooth-head

Bluntsnout slickhead

Eared blacksmelt

Narcetes lloydi

California smoothtongue

Normichthys herringi

Hairfin smooth-head

Rouleina euryops

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

Nansenia longicauda

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Nansenia ahlstromi

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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.

Bathylagus borealis

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

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bathylaco nielseni

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Legless searsid

Maulisia isaacsi

Smallscale smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Toothless smooth-head

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Bathytroctes elegans

Nansenia tenuicauda

Conocara kreffti

Madeiran smooth-head

Blackchin blacksmelt

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Krefft's smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Maulisia acuticeps

Leptoderma lubricum

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fanfin smooth-head

Koefoed's smooth-head

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.

Murray's smooth-head

Rouleina watasei

Starry smooth-head

Blackhead salmon

Bathylagus tenuis

Nansenia megalopa

Multipore searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Rouleina guentheri

Barrel-eye

Nansenia antarctica

Winged spookfish

Mentodus mesalirus

Ghost smelt

Boneythroat

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Mentodus bythios

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Pectinantus parini

Searsioides multispinus

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Vaillant's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Loosescale smooth-head

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

Bathytroctes inspector

Palebelly searsid

Fangtooth smooth-head

Rouleina nuda

Norman's smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Longfin smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Binghamichthys aphos

Robust blacksmelt

Antillean smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Bigeye smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Mentodus facilis

Bathylagus andriashevi

Bruce's argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Pygmy argentine

Leptoderma retropinna

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Michael Sars smooth-head

Salmon smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Snubnose blacksmelt

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Rouleina livida

Order Perciformes

Seleniolycus robertsi

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Lycodapus microchir

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Atrobucca geniae

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.

Lycodapus

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Bathyclupea argentea

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

Black swallower

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Sherborn's cardinalfish

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

Midwater eelpout

Cocoa snapper

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

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

Brilliant pomfret

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.

Plectranthias parini

New Zealand ruffe

Stout slipskin

Kali parri

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Lycodapus derjugini

Trewavas croaker

Kali falx

Bathyclupea gracilis

Tonga escolar

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Longfin fathead

Seleniolycus pectoralis

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

Caristius groenlandicus

Pale eelpout

Kali macrura

Bathyclupea megaceps

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Lycenchelys imamurai

Malakichthys similis

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Cutlassfish

Bothrocara nyx

Paracaristius heemstrai

Ariommid

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Melanostigma bathium

Pachycara dolichaulus

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Thinlip splitfin

African barrelfish

Deepwater slipskin

Kali indica

Platyberyx opalescens

Silver splitfin

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Howella parini

Escolar

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

Malakichthys levis

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Order Pleuronectiformes

Bathysolea lactea

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

Saccopharynx harrisoni

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

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus herringi

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

Monognathus jesse

Gulper

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rajui

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Monognathus isaacsi

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Order Scorpaeniformes

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Tadpole liparid

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Short-headed sculpin

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Blackmouth rockfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Order Squaliformes

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.

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 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.

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.

Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

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

Gibberfish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes spinifer

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Scopelogadus beanii

Ridgehead

Order Stomiiformes

Astronesthes indicus

Argyripnus pharos

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias gibbsi

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes leucopogon

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Torpedo dragonfish

Bathophilus kingi

Astronesthes galapagensis

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Maurolicus australis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Alcock's boafish

Slender snaggletooth

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias minimus

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

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

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Thysanactis dentex

Slender bristlemouth

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Borostomias elucens

Eustomias bertelseni

Garrick

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Aristostomias grimaldii

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Polyipnus soelae

Pacific hatchet fish

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Eustomias inconstans

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes macropogon

Photonectes leucospilus

Eustomias paxtoni

Photonectes achirus

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

Maurolicus inventionis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Astronesthes haplophos

Eustomias dispar

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

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Bathophilus indicus

Astronesthes exsul

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Stomias lampropeltis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Diplophos pacificus

Longfin dragonfish

Slender fangjaw

Loosejaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias magnificus

Eustomias uniramis

Bathophilus proximus

Panama snaggletooth

Astronesthes tanibe

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

Constellationfish

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Sladen's hatchet fish

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Eustomias australensis

Bristlemouth

Astronesthes indopacificus

Chauliodus schmidti

Arrow dragonfish

Eustomias hulleyi

Pitgum lanternfish

Eustomias problematicus

Pacific astronesthid fish

Photonectes caerulescens

Polyipnus inermis

Maurolicus mucronatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Maurolicus breviculus

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias robustus

Eustomias curtifilis

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.

Astronesthes karsteni

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

Sparing

Astronesthes decoratus

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias monoclonoides

Melanostomias globulifer

Cyclothone pygmaea

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes

Margrethia valentinae

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Aristostomias lunifer

Eustomias bibulboides

Bristlemouth

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.

Eustomias tomentosis

Astronesthes similus

Ichthyococcus parini

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

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.

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias satterleei

Astronesthes martensii

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias pinnatus

Photonectes albipennis

Maurolicus javanicus

Gonostoma longipinnis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Eustomias elongatus

Chauliodus minimus

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes lampara

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Bathophilus irregularis

Astronesthes formosana

Araiophos eastropas

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

Bathophilus brevis

Astronesthes bilobatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Cyclothone parapallida

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes tatyanae

Bonapartia pedaliota

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Snaggletooth

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias ignotus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Snaggletooth

Photonectes gracilis

Polyipnus meteori

Lovely hatchetfish

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.

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Astronesthes gudrunae

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias digitatus

Eustomias patulus

Chauliodus dentatus

Astronesthes kreffti

Eustomias monoclonus

Highfin dragonfish

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Diplophos australis

Bathophilus altipinnis

Stomias gracilis

Aristostomias polydactylus

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Eustomias bifilis

Cyclothone obscura

Scaleless 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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Ebeling's fangjaw

Bathophilus pawneei

Borostomias pacificus

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes splendida

Eustomias schiffi

Snaggletooth

Photonectes parvimanus

Half-naked hatchetfish

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

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

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

Stethopristes eos

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

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.

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus