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
Avocettina bowersii
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
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
Acromycter longipectoralis
Benthenchelys indicus
Dogface witch-eel
Crossthroat sawpalate
Labichthys yanoi
Avocettina paucipora
Duckbill oceanic eel
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
Benthenchelys pacificus
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Black saw-toothed eel
Avocettina acuticeps
Bean's sawtooth eel
Chlopsis longidens
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
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
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Ahliesaurus berryi
Scopelosaurus adleri
Zugmayer's pearleye
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
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Pearleye
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
Ahliesaurus brevis
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Evermannella ahlstromi
Antarctic jonasfish
Japanese barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Scopelarchus stephensi
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Undistinguished sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
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
Fierce pike smelt
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
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.
Aulotrachichthys latus
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
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.
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Parinoberyx horridus
Longwing spinyfin
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
Order Carcharhiniformes
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
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.
Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.
Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.
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.
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.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Ataxolepis apus
Danacetichthys galathenus
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Festive ribbonfish
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
Ataxolepis henactis
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Gyrinomimus simplex
Parataeniophorus brevis
Cetomimus picklei
Cetichthys indagator
Pink flabby whalefish
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
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.
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
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
Bathygadus spongiceps
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
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Physiculus parini
Pugnose grenadier
Roundhead grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Dusky rattail
Fragile grenadier
Finescale mora
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Striped codlet
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.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Physiculus peregrinus
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Patagonian codling
Grenadier fish
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
Chirophryne xenolophus
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
Spiny dreamer
Linophryne digitopogon
Pentherichthys venustus
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
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Linophryne bicornis
Diceratias trilobus
Gigantactis microdontis
Chaenophryne ramifera
Plainchin dreamarm
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne algibarbata
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
Oneirodes schmidti
Linophryne coronata
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
Puck pinnata
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Linophryne arcturi
Caulophryne pelagica
Gigantactis savagei
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bufoceratias wedli
Gigantactis macronema
Smooth dreamer
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
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
Acentrophryne dolichonema
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
Bufoceratias shaoi
Gigantactis longicauda
Gigantactis golovani
Dolopichthys jubatus
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Linophryne macrodon
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
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
Rhynchactis microthrix
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Linophryne densiramus
Caulophryne pietschi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Linophryne argyresca
Lophodolos indicus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
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.
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.
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 .
Acentrophryne longidens
Gigantactis paxtoni
Bufoceratias thele
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.
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Short-rod anglerfish
Linophryne racemifera
Order Myctophiformes
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Rakery beaconlamp
Evermann's lantern fish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Popeye lampfish
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Spinycheek 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
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
Diaphus ehrhorni
Myctophum orientale
Diaphus taaningi
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Blue lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Myctophum fissunovi
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
Gonichthys venetus
Slimtail lampfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Andersen's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus pallidus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Broadfin lampfish
Spothead lantern fish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pig-headed lantern fish
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
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus dehaveni
Lantern fish
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Triphoturus oculeum
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Hygophum bruuni
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.
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
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lantern fish
Diaphus parri
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Smallfin lanternfish
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
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Order Notacanthiformes
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus bolini
Bony-eared assfish
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Leucobrotula adipata
Apagesoma edentatum
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Violet cuskeel
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Gunther's cuskeel
Two-spined slopebrotula
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus bruuni
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma delosommatus
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Mentodus crassus
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Bathylagus tenuis
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Leptoderma affinis
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Elongate smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Eared blacksmelt
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Fanfin smooth-head
Narcetes lloydi
Normichthys herringi
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Hairfin smooth-head
Rouleina euryops
Bathytroctes inspector
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Nansenia longicauda
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.
Fangtooth smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Sagamichthys gracilis
Pacific black smelt
Searsioides calvala
Binghamichthys aphos
Legless searsid
Maulisia isaacsi
Agassiz' smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Toothless smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Michael Sars smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Nansenia tenuicauda
Conocara kreffti
Bigeye smooth-head
Madeiran smooth-head
Softskin smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Krefft's smooth-head
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Snubnose blacksmelt
Maulisia acuticeps
Leptoderma lubricum
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
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
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Blackhead salmon
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Brown slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Rouleina guentheri
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Barrel-eye
Nansenia antarctica
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Mentodus bythios
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Schnakenbeck's searsid
California smoothtongue
Pectinantus parini
Searsioides multispinus
Leaf searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Vaillant's smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Loosescale smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Bathylaco nielseni
Rouleina nuda
Norman's smooth-head
Smallscale smooth-head
Asquamiceps hjorti
Narcetes erimelas
Longfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Robust blacksmelt
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Antillean smooth-head
Rouleina eucla
Bathytroctes elegans
Nansenia iberica
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Mentodus facilis
Bruce's argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Pygmy argentine
Leptoderma retropinna
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Salmon smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Koefoed's smooth-head
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Threadfin smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Order Perciformes
Seleniolycus robertsi
Blue driftfish
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
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
Caristius groenlandicus
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
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.
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Bothrocara nyx
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Trewavas croaker
Bigtooth eelpout
Kali macrodon
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
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Brilliant pomfret
Ariommid
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
Lycodapus derjugini
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Pseudoscopelus microps
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Malakichthys barbatus
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Longfin fathead
Bathyclupea argentea
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
Black swallower
Pale eelpout
Kali macrura
Barracuda cardinalfish
Howella zina
Lycenchelys imamurai
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Malakichthys similis
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Cutlassfish
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Stubraker sculpin
Plectranthias robertsi
Thinlip splitfin
African barrelfish
Atrobucca geniae
Deepwater slipskin
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Silver splitfin
Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Howella parini
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Escolar
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
Malakichthys levis
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Bathyclupea gracilis
Order Pleuronectiformes
Deepwater sole
Smallmouth moonflounder
Bathysolea lactea
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
Tadpole liparid
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Short-headed sculpin
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Blackmouth rockfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Ridgehead
Order Stomiiformes
Astronesthes lamellosus
Argyripnus pharos
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Opostomias micripnus
Eustomias posti
Sladen's hatchet fish
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Torpedo dragonfish
Leptostomias multifilis
Sparing
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes indopacificus
Maurolicus australis
Snaggletooth
Alcock's boafish
Chauliodus minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Astronesthes tanibe
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
Snaggletooth
Astronesthes decoratus
Eustomias bertelseni
Garrick
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Pacific astronesthid fish
Polyipnus soelae
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias inconstans
Pachystomias microdon
Eustomias radicifilis
Aristostomias lunifer
Photonectes leucospilus
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
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias dispar
Astronesthes karsteni
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.
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes
Astronesthes similus
Stomias lampropeltis
Chauliodus dentatus
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Astronesthes formosana
Diplophos pacificus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias magnificus
Eustomias uniramis
Astronesthes martensii
Astronesthes bilobatus
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Eustomias schmidti
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Eustomias australensis
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes lampara
Arrow dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias hulleyi
Pitgum lanternfish
Eustomias problematicus
Photonectes caerulescens
Borostomias pacificus
Polyipnus inermis
Maurolicus mucronatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Maurolicus breviculus
Scaleless dragonfish
Leptostomias robustus
Highfin dragonfish
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.
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Chauliodus pammelas
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias monoclonoides
Astronesthes tatyanae
Snaggletooth
Melanostomias globulifer
Cyclothone pygmaea
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Margrethia valentinae
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
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
Ichthyococcus parini
Snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias satterleei
Aristostomias polydactylus
Photonectes margarita
Astronesthes kreffti
Eustomias pinnatus
Photonectes albipennis
Borostomias elucens
Maurolicus javanicus
Gonostoma longipinnis
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias elongatus
Argyripnus iridescens
Half-naked hatchetfish
Leptostomias longibarba
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Astronesthes indicus
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.
Scaly dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias vitiazi
Pacific blackdragon
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Cyclothone parapallida
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Astronesthes splendida
Snaggletooth
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias lanceolatus
Eustomias spherulifer
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Astronesthes leucopogon
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias ignotus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Aristostomias grimaldii
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.
Emperor seamount lightfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias monoclonus
Astronesthes haplophos
Chauliodus schmidti
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Astronesthes exsul
Diplophos australis
Stomias gracilis
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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
Astronesthes macropogon
Astronesthes atlanticus
Eustomias schiffi
Loosejaw
Photonectes parvimanus
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