Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment
The bathyal zone or bathypelagic – from Greek βαθύς , deep – is the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 meters below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below.
Order Anguilliformes
Avocettina bowersii
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
Acromycter longipectoralis
Benthenchelys indicus
Dogface witch-eel
Crossthroat sawpalate
Labichthys yanoi
Avocettina paucipora
Duckbill oceanic eel
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
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Chlopsis longidens
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus congroides
Serrivomer garmani
Labichthys carinatus
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Ahliesaurus berryi
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
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Bigfin pearleye
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Barracudina
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Pearleye
White barracudina
Atlantic barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Ahliesaurus brevis
Stemonosudis molesta
Strange pike smelt
Uncisudis advena
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis bullisi
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Evermannella ahlstromi
Antarctic jonasfish
Japanese barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Coccorella atrata
Undistinguished sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidium bigelowi
Southern barracudina
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Lestidiops pacificus
Uncisudis longirostra
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis elegans
Barracudina
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Fierce pike smelt
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
Evermannella megalops
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Order Beryciformes
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Hoplostethus druzhinini
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.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Parinoberyx horridus
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus abramovi
Parmops echinatus
Diretmoides veriginae
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Order Carcharhiniformes
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Danacetichthys galathenus
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Megalomycter teevani
Trunov southern cetomimid
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Ataxolepis henactis
Ditropichthys storeri
Procetichthys kreffti
Gyrinomimus myersi
Cetomimus kerdops
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Cetichthys indagator
Ataxolepis apus
Pink flabby whalefish
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Kumba hebetata
Parin's grenadier
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
Fragile grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Kumba calvifrons
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Naked snout rattail
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Squalogadus modificatus
Physiculus roseus
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Bighead grenadier
Dogtooth grenadier
Bathygadus spongiceps
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
Roundhead grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Physiculus parini
Pugnose grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Dusky rattail
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Striped codlet
Kumba punctulata
Finescale mora
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Smallhead moray cod
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Bluntnose grenadier
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.
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Laemonema melanurum
Kumba maculisquama
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Coelorinchus trunovi
Berry's grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
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.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
Physiculus peregrinus
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Patagonian codling
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Arrowtail
Order Lampriformes
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Crested oarfish
Dealfish
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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.
Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.
Regalecus russelii
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
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
Oneirodes macrosteus
Gigantactis kreffti
Gigantactis gibbsi
Dolopichthys dinema
Melanocetus rossi
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Linophryne polypogon
Linophryne lucifer
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
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.
Caulophryne pelagica
Gigantactis savagei
Puck pinnata
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Linophryne arcturi
Whalehead dreamer
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bufoceratias wedli
Gigantactis macronema
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
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.
Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
Linophryne parini
Gigantactis elsmani
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Linophryne escaramosa
Oneirodes sabex
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
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
Torpedo batfish
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Bufoceratias shaoi
Gigantactis longicauda
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
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Gigantactis golovani
Dolopichthys jubatus
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
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
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
Rhynchactis microthrix
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Linophryne densiramus
Caulophryne pietschi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Linophryne argyresca
Lophodolos indicus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Linophryne trewavasae
Gigantactis ios
Gigantactis gargantua
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Triplewart seadevil
Linophryne pennibarbata
Linophryne indica
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Acentrophryne longidens
Bulbous dreamer
Robia legula
Oneirodes whitleyi
Rhynchactis leptonema
Oneirodes schistonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Gigantactis paxtoni
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 .
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Bufoceratias thele
Gigantactis longicirra
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Short-rod anglerfish
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
Order Myctophiformes
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Evermann's lantern fish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Popeye lampfish
Pinpoint lampfish
Diaphus megalops
Spinycheek lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Diaphus kuroshio
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lampadena pontifex
Arctic telescope
Electrona antarctica
Japanese lanternfish
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
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Lanternfish
Chubby flashlightfish
Diaphus lucidus
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Myctophum orientale
Diaphus taaningi
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
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.
Diaphus pallidus
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Broadfin lampfish
Gonichthys venetus
Slimtail lampfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Andersen's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pig-headed lantern fish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Longfin lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus trachops
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spiny lantern fish
Diaphus dehaveni
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Bolin's lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Triphoturus oculeum
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Hygophum bruuni
Diaphus nielseni
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Mead's lanternfish
Lampanyctus
Spinytail lampfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lanternfish
Hintonia candens
Diaphus jenseni
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lobisomem
Lanternfish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Diaphus faustinoi
Spotted laternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Lampanyctus vadulus
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Myctophum indicum
Diaphus roei
Lantern fish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Smallfin lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Protomyctophum chilense
Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.
Diaphus longleyi
Laura's lantern fish
Nannobrachium fernae
Lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lampadena dea
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Order Notacanthiformes
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Aldrovandia oleosa
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Aldrovandia rostrata
Order Ophidiiformes
Bony-eared assfish
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus diaphanus
Leucobrotula adipata
Apagesoma edentatum
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Lamprogrammus niger
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Alcockia rostrata
Gunther's cuskeel
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus bruuni
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma delosommatus
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Order Osmeriformes
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Mentodus crassus
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Bathylagus tenuis
Ghost smelt
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Leptoderma affinis
Bighead searsid
Boneythroat
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Elongate smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Eared blacksmelt
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
Mentodus longirostris
Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.
Fangtooth smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Sagamichthys gracilis
Pacific black smelt
Searsioides calvala
Binghamichthys aphos
Legless searsid
Maulisia isaacsi
Agassiz' smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Toothless smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Madeiran smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Conocara kreffti
Bigeye smooth-head
Asquamiceps hjorti
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Softskin smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Krefft's smooth-head
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Maulisia acuticeps
Leptoderma lubricum
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.
Blackhead salmon
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Brown slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Rouleina guentheri
Mentodus mesalirus
Barrel-eye
Nansenia antarctica
Winged spookfish
Mentodus bythios
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Schnakenbeck's searsid
California smoothtongue
Pectinantus parini
Searsioides multispinus
Leaf searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Vaillant's smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Bathylaco nielseni
Bruce's argentine
Loosescale smooth-head
Longfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Rouleina nuda
Norman's smooth-head
Smallscale smooth-head
Narcetes erimelas
Fanfin smooth-head
Nansenia iberica
Robust blacksmelt
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Antillean smooth-head
Rouleina eucla
Bathytroctes elegans
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Mentodus facilis
Leptoderma retropinna
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Shining tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Pygmy argentine
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Salmon smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Koefoed's smooth-head
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Threadfin smooth-head
Order Perciformes
Blue driftfish
Eumegistus brevorti
Seleniolycus robertsi
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Trewavas croaker
Ariommid
Lycodapus microchir
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
Atlantic soft pout
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
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
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.
Stout slipskin
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
New Zealand ruffe
Lycodapus derjugini
Kali falx
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Malakichthys barbatus
Pseudoscopelus microps
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Longfin fathead
Bathyclupea argentea
Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.
Tasmanian ruffe
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Black swallower
Atrobucca geniae
Pale eelpout
Kali macrura
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Howella zina
Malakichthys similis
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Melanostigma bathium
Deepsea herring
Cutlassfish
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Pachycara dolichaulus
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Plectranthias robertsi
Thinlip splitfin
Deepwater slipskin
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Silver splitfin
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Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Howella parini
Malakichthys levis
Escolar
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
Bathyclupea gracilis
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Order Pleuronectiformes
Deepwater sole
Smallmouth moonflounder
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Monognathus taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Saccopharynx thalassa
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
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus herringi
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Monognathus smithi
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus jesse
Gulper
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rajui
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Monognathus isaacsi
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Order Scorpaeniformes
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Genioliparis kafanovi
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Blackmouth rockfish
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Acantholiparis caecus
Squaloliparis dentatus
Careproctus marginatus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Paraliparis carlbondi
Icelus mandibularis
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
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.
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Melamphaes pumilus
Highsnout bigscale
Melamphaes hubbsi
Bigscale
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Twospine bigscale
Melamphaes ebelingi
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Large-headed midnight fish
Ridgehead
Melamphaes macrocephalus
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.
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Gibberfish
Ridgehead
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Bigscale
Poromitra gibbsi
Melamphaes spinifer
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Poromitra unicornis
Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
Ridgehead
Order Stomiiformes
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Opostomias micripnus
Eustomias posti
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Astronesthes karsteni
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Torpedo dragonfish
Maurolicus australis
Leptostomias multifilis
Sparing
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Astronesthes
Alcock's boafish
Slender snaggletooth
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias bituberoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
Slender bristlemouth
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
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
Astronesthes similus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes martensii
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Eustomias bertelseni
Garrick
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Eustomias tetranema
Lightfish
Loosejaw
Photonectes leucospilus
Polyipnus soelae
Astronesthes lampara
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias inconstans
Pachystomias microdon
Eustomias radicifilis
Eustomias dispar
Aristostomias polydactylus
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
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Astronesthes indicus
Diplophos pacificus
Chauliodus dentatus
Astronesthes tatyanae
Stomias lampropeltis
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Eustomias uniramis
Slender fangjaw
Snaggletooth
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias magnificus
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias australensis
Bristlemouth
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Eustomias schmidti
Slim lightfish
Photostomias atrox
Snaggletooth
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Astronesthes kreffti
Maurolicus mucronatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Arrow dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias hulleyi
Pitgum lanternfish
Eustomias problematicus
Photonectes caerulescens
Borostomias pacificus
Polyipnus inermis
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.
Maurolicus breviculus
Scaleless dragonfish
Leptostomias robustus
Highfin dragonfish
Eustomias curtifilis
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias parri
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
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes haplophos
Argyripnus iridescens
Stomias danae
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Cyclothone pygmaea
Eustomias mesostenus
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes splendida
Araiophos eastropas
Snaggletooth
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.
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias tomentosis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias satterleei
Photonectes margarita
Astronesthes leucopogon
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias interruptus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias elongatus
Loosejaw
Eustomias pinnatus
Photonectes albipennis
Borostomias elucens
Maurolicus javanicus
Gonostoma longipinnis
Leptostomias longibarba
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias pacificus
Astronesthes indopacificus
Scaleless dragonfish
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
Cyclothone parapallida
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Snaggletooth
Eustomias vitiazi
Pacific blackdragon
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias austratlanticus
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias lanceolatus
Astronesthes decoratus
Eustomias spherulifer
Bulldog lightfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Astronesthes macropogon
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Panama snaggletooth
Polyipnus meteori
Astronesthes lamellosus
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
Eustomias patulus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias digitatus
Aristostomias lunifer
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
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.
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Astronesthes illuminatus
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes tanibe
Stomias gracilis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Diplophos australis
Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.
Ichthyococcus polli
Ebeling's fangjaw
Snaggletooth
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Eustomias bifilis
Cyclothone obscura
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Astronesthes bilobatus
Eustomias schiffi
Photonectes parvimanus
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias albibulbus
Benttooth bristlemouth
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
Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
Stethopristes eos
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus