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