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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

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 acuticeps

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

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

Acromycter longipectoralis

Avocettina bowersii

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

Benthenchelys indicus

Dogface witch-eel

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Avocettina paucipora

Duckbill oceanic eel

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Longfin pearleye

Evermannella ahlstromi

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

Barracudina

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

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

Undistinguished sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidium bigelowi

Southern barracudina

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Lestidiops pacificus

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelarchoides signifer

Benthalbella macropinna

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

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

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.

Scopelosaurus adleri

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidium prolixum

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Bigfin pearleye

Ahliesaurus brevis

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

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

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Order Beryciformes

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

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 fragilis

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

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

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.

Flintperch

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

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.

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus brevis

Pink flabby whalefish

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Cetichthys parini

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

Ditropichthys storeri

Ataxolepis henactis

Procetichthys kreffti

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Physiculus sazonovi

Slendertail grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

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.

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Coelorinchus trunovi

Berry's grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

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.

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

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Coryphaenoides camurus

Physiculus peregrinus

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Kumba hebetata

Parin's grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

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

Naked snout rattail

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Squalogadus modificatus

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bathygadus spongiceps

Finescale mora

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Bathypelagic rattail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

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.

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.

Order Lophiiformes

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

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

Acentrophryne longidens

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

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

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Oneirodes schistonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Rhynchactis leptonema

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

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Linophryne racemifera

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

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Linophryne maderensis

Gigantactis balushkini

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

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis microdontis

Chaenophryne ramifera

Plainchin dreamarm

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

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Linophryne lucifer

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes appendixus

Rhynchactis macrothrix

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.

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Gigantactis macronema

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

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

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

Order Myctophiformes

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Longfin lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Metelectrona ventralis

Taaningichthys minimus

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

Diaphus nielseni

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Spinytail lampfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lobisomem

Tarletonbeania taylori

Diaphus faustinoi

Spotted laternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus vadulus

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Smallfin lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum parallelum

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

Nannobrachium fernae

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Protomyctophum chilense

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Slendertail lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Evermann's lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Diaphus kuroshio

Nannobrachium crypticum

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Wisner's lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Diaphus similis

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Diaphus dahlgreni

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus arabicus

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Large-scaled lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Blue lanternfish

Lampanyctus turneri

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.

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Broadfin lampfish

Gonichthys venetus

Slimtail lampfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus pallidus

Spothead lantern fish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Order Notacanthiformes

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Aldrovandia rostrata

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

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

Longnose tapirfish

Halosaurus parvipennis

Halosaurus carinicauda

Aldrovandia oleosa

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Alcockia rostrata

Lamprogrammus niger

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus multidens

Apagesoma delosommatus

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Gunther's cuskeel

Two-spined slopebrotula

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

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

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Apagesoma edentatum

Brotulotaenia nigra

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Leucobrotula adipata

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Violet cuskeel

Order Osmeriformes

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

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Mentodus bythios

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Bruce's argentine

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

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Rouleina nuda

Norman's smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Narcetes erimelas

Longfin smooth-head

Robust blacksmelt

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Bathytroctes elegans

Nansenia iberica

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Mentodus facilis

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Leptoderma retropinna

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Salmon smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Koefoed's smooth-head

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Threadfin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

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

Bathylagus tenuis

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Narcetes lloydi

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

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

Rouleina euryops

Bathytroctes inspector

Fangtooth smooth-head

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.

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Sagamichthys gracilis

Bathylagus andriashevi

Toothless smooth-head

Werner's smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Madeiran smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Greenland argentine

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Krefft's smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Order Perciformes

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus microps

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Cutlassfish

Malakichthys barbatus

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.

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Lycenchelys imamurai

Malakichthys similis

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Pachycara dolichaulus

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Silver splitfin

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Howella parini

Malakichthys levis

Escolar

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Bathyclupea gracilis

Seleniolycus robertsi

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.

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

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

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

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

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

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

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.

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

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

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

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Careproctus marginatus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Short-headed sculpin

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Blackmouth rockfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Order Squaliformes

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.

Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.

Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.

Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.

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.

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Melamphaes indicus

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

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Order Stomiiformes

Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.

Astronesthes lamellosus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Cyclothone pygmaea

Eustomias mesostenus

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes splendida

Stomias danae

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

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias satterleei

Photonectes margarita

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias interruptus

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias elongatus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias pinnatus

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Maurolicus javanicus

Gonostoma longipinnis

Snaggletooth

Leptostomias longibarba

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Pacific astronesthid fish

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

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

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Astronesthes karsteni

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Lovely hatchetfish

Cyclothone parapallida

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias austratlanticus

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Astronesthes similus

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.

Bathophilus proximus

Eustomias ignotus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Heterophotus ophistoma

Aristostomias polydactylus

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Longfin dragonfish

Half-naked hatchetfish

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

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

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias schiffi

Photonectes parvimanus

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Torpedo dragonfish

Maurolicus australis

Leptostomias multifilis

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias minimus

Pacific hatchet fish

Slender bristlemouth

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Astronesthes kreffti

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

Astronesthes haplophos

Eustomias bertelseni

Garrick

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Astronesthes exsul

Polyipnus soelae

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias inconstans

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias radicifilis

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 atlanticus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Astronesthes indopacificus

Chauliodus dentatus

Astronesthes tatyanae

Stomias lampropeltis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

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

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Eustomias australensis

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias problematicus

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Polyipnus inermis

Maurolicus mucronatus

Maurolicus breviculus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias robustus

Highfin dragonfish

Eustomias curtifilis

Argyripnus iridescens

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 macropogon

Aristostomias lunifer

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias monoclonoides

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

Chauliodus pammelas

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Order Tetraodontiformes

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

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Triacanthodes intermedius

Order Zeiformes

Stethopristes eos

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

Allocyttus guineensis

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.

False boarfish

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

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

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