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
Serrivomer garmani
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
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.
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.
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black sawtooth eel
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Duckbill oceanic eel
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Black saw-toothed eel
Benthenchelys indicus
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Lestidium prolixum
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Slender barracudina
Bigfin pearleye
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Stemonosudis bullisi
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Ahliesaurus berryi
Japanese barracudina
White barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Undistinguished sabretooth
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Southern barracudina
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Ahliesaurus brevis
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Hoplostethus fedorovi
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.
Longwing spinyfin
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
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 crassispinus
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
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.
Diretmoides veriginae
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.
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
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
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Gyrinomimus simplex
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Procetichthys kreffti
Ataxolepis apus
Cetomimus kerdops
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Finescale mora
Globehead grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Kumba punctulata
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Mediterranean grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Carmine grenadier
Physiculus sazonovi
Trachonurus sentipellis
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.
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Squalogadus modificatus
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
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.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Dusky rattail
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadomus multifilis
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Physiculus therosideros
Bristly grenadier
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Bighead 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
Kumba calvifrons
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Order Lampriformes
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.
Crested oarfish
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
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Gigantactis balushkini
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.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Stargazing seadevil
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Gigantactis kreffti
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes clarkei
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
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.
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis savagei
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Robia legula
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Gigantactis macronema
Whalehead dreamer
Acentrophryne longidens
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Gigantactis herwigi
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Oneirodes thysanema
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne escaramosa
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
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.
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis longicauda
Oneirodes melanocauda
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Dolopichthys jubatus
Gigantactis golovani
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Linophryne macrodon
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 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.
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Lophodolos indicus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Gigantactis meadi
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 macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Linophryne brevibarbata
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.
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
Order Myctophiformes
Broadfin lampfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Pig-headed lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Lantern fish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Hygophum bruuni
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.
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lampanyctus
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Nannobrachium bristori
Diaphus arabicus
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
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
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Nannobrachium fernae
Lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Diaphus basileusi
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Nannobrachium crypticum
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Lampanyctus simulator
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
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
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
Order Notacanthiformes
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Aldrovandia rostrata
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Alcockia rostrata
Leucobrotula adipata
Barathronus diaphanus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Apagesoma delosommatus
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Bony-eared assfish
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nigra
Barathronus multidens
Marshall slopebrotula
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Bruce's argentine
Mentodus eubranchus
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bluethroat argentine
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
Bathylagus tenuis
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Ghost smelt
Bighead searsid
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Bathytroctes inspector
Vaillant's smooth-head
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
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.
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
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fanfin smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Pacific black smelt
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Toothless smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Mentodus facilis
Bigeye smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Salmon smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Krefft's smooth-head
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Bathylagus niger
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
California smoothtongue
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Mentodus longirostris
Bathylaco nielseni
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Asquamiceps hjorti
Winteria telescopa
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Koefoed's searsid
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Order Perciformes
Escolar
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Trewavas croaker
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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.
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Paracaristius maderensis
Cutlassfish
Howella zina
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Malakichthys mochizuki
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Howella parini
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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
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Stout slipskin
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Ariommid
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Bathyclupea argentea
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.
Kali colubrina
Caristius groenlandicus
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
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
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.
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
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.
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
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.
Order Pleuronectiformes
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
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
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Gulper
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
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
Order Scorpaeniformes
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Acantholiparis caecus
Careproctus marginatus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Genioliparis ferox
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Order Squaliformes
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
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.
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.
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.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus beanii
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.
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Ridgehead
Melamphaes polylepis
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Melamphaes ebelingi
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Melamphaes parini
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Melamphaes laeviceps
Poromitra unicornis
Ridgehead
Melamphaes pumilus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Highsnout bigscale
Bigscale
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Ridgehead
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Large-headed midnight fish
Order Stomiiformes
Leptostomias robustus
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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.
Snaggletooth
Cyclothone obscura
Eustomias curtifilis
Astronesthes haplophos
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Maurolicus stehmanni
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Astronesthes exsul
Astronesthes karsteni
Stomias danae
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Astronesthes atlanticus
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Loosejaw
Sparing
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.
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Eustomias satterleei
Photonectes margarita
Astronesthes
Eustomias aequatorialis
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Astronesthes indopacificus
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Photonectes albipennis
Borostomias elucens
Astronesthes similus
Slender bristlemouth
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes martensii
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Snaggletooth
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Scaly dragonfish
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Astronesthes decoratus
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Aristostomias lunifer
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Eustomias spherulifer
Photonectes gracilis
Panama snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
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.
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias ignotus
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Astronesthes formosana
Threelight dragonfish
Chauliodus schmidti
Eustomias monoclonus
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes kreffti
Stomias gracilis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
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.
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Highfin dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Astronesthes splendida
Cyclothone pygmaea
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Eustomias curtatus
Astronesthes gudrunae
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes leucopogon
Alcock's boafish
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Scaleless dragonfish
Gonostoma longipinnis
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
Thysanactis dentex
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Maurolicus javanicus
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Aristostomias polydactylus
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Half-naked hatchetfish
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
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Photonectes achirus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Cyclothone parapallida
Argyripnus iridescens
Astronesthes macropogon
Deep-water bristlemouth
Araiophos eastropas
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Astronesthes galapagensis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Eustomias multifilis
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Astronesthes lamellosus
Stomias lampropeltis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias micraster
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
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias magnificus
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Aristostomias grimaldii
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Eustomias schmidti
Photonectes caerulescens
Borostomias pacificus
Astronesthes tanibe
Pacific hatchet fish
Arrow dragonfish
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias hulleyi
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
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
Stethopristes eos
Allocyttus guineensis
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus