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
Duckbill oceanic eel
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Serrivomer garmani
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Avocettina bowersii
Leptocephalus bellottii
Nessorhamphus danae
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.
Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.
Black sawtooth eel
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Acromycter longipectoralis
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Ahliesaurus brevis
White barracudina
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelarchoides danae
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Southern barracudina
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Ahliesaurus berryi
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Uncisudis longirostra
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Lestidiops pacificus
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Order Beryciformes
Longwing spinyfin
Parinoberyx horridus
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 tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
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
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 mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
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.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.
Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.
Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.
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.
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Danacetichthys galathenus
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadomus multifilis
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Physiculus therosideros
Bristly grenadier
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Bighead mora
Finescale mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Kumba calvifrons
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Physiculus roseus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Bathypelagic rattail
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Striped codlet
Kumba punctulata
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Mediterranean grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Physiculus sazonovi
Trachonurus sentipellis
Carmine grenadier
Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.
Shortbeard grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Laemonema melanurum
Naked snout rattail
Squalogadus modificatus
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Berry's grenadier
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
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
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
Order Lampriformes
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne escaramosa
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Oneirodes sabex
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Dolopichthys jubatus
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes cristatus
Chaenophryne ramifera
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.
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne macrodon
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes basili
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis kreffti
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Two-rod anglerfish
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Lophodolos indicus
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.
Linophryne trewavasae
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Gigantactis macronema
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Oneirodes schistonema
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis herwigi
Linophryne brevibarbata
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 .
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 .
Gigantactis paxtoni
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Acentrophryne longidens
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Oneirodes bradburyae
Haplophryne triregium
Spiny dreamer
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis longicauda
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Gigantactis golovani
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Stargazing seadevil
Smooth anglerfish
Diceratias trilobus
Himantolophus nigricornis
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
Gigantactis meadi
Linophryne lucifer
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes appendixus
Oneirodes schmidti
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis ios
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis savagei
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Order Myctophiformes
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Andersen's lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Diaphus dehaveni
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Diaphus basileusi
Neoscopelus microchir
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
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.
Hygophum bruuni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lampanyctus simulator
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.
Laura's lantern fish
Diaphus longleyi
Lampanyctus turneri
Myctophum fissunovi
Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.
Broadfin lampfish
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Diaphus aliciae
Slendertail lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Lantern fish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Diaphus dahlgreni
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Lampanyctus
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Diaphus arabicus
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Myctophum indicum
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Diaphus ehrhorni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaur
Aldrovandia oleosa
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus carinicauda
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Alcockia rostrata
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Apagesoma delosommatus
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Krefft's smooth-head
Salmon smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Snubnose blacksmelt
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia laticauda
California smoothtongue
Bluntsnout slickhead
Pectinantus parini
Narcetes lloydi
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Koefoed's searsid
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Shining tubeshoulder
Pygmy argentine
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Mentodus eubranchus
Bruce's argentine
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bluntsnout smooth-head - The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m.
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Starry smooth-head
Murray's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Bathylagus tenuis
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Normichthys herringi
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
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.
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fangtooth smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Fanfin smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Pacific black smelt
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Bigeye smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
Escolar
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Ariommid
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.
Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.
Atrobucca geniae
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Howella zina
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Brilliant pomfret
Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.
Howella parini
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Longfin fathead
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
Tasmanian ruffe
Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Platyberyx opalescens
Kali indica
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
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White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
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 ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Gulper
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Tadpole liparid
Acantholiparis caecus
Short-headed sculpin
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.
Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Poromitra unicornis
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Large-headed midnight fish
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Melamphaes pumilus
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Highsnout bigscale
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.
Cyclothone obscura
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Maurolicus breviculus
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.
Astronesthes bilobatus
Snaggletooth
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Pacific astronesthid fish
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias gibbsi
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Stomias danae
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes karsteni
Astronesthes gudrunae
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias minimus
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Maurolicus javanicus
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
Borostomias elucens
Thysanactis dentex
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.
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Gonostoma longipinnis
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Astronesthes similus
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Astronesthes martensii
Aristostomias polydactylus
Scaly dragonfish
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias inconstans
Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.
Eustomias radicifilis
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Half-naked hatchetfish
Astronesthes lampara
Argyripnus iridescens
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Eustomias multifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Araiophos eastropas
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Chauliodus dentatus
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
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
Eustomias uniramis
Yellow bristlemouth
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Snaggletooth
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Aristostomias grimaldii
Snaggletooth
Photonectes caerulescens
Arrow dragonfish
Borostomias pacificus
Astronesthes tanibe
Polyipnus inermis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias hulleyi
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Stomias gracilis
Leptostomias robustus
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Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Astronesthes kreffti
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes haplophos
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes atlanticus
Loosejaw
Snaggletooth
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Sladen's hatchet fish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Bonapartia pedaliota
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Astronesthes decoratus
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Aristostomias lunifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Photonectes gracilis
Panama snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
Polyipnus meteori
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias ignotus
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Stomias lampropeltis
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
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
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Chauliodus schmidti
Eustomias monoclonus
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
Stethopristes eos
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.
Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.
False boarfish
Allocyttus guineensis