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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Duckbill oceanic eel

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.

Avocettina acuticeps

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.

Acromycter longipectoralis

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

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.

Avocettina bowersii

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

Serrivomer danae

Nemichthys larseni

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Avocettina paucipora

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Ahliesaurus berryi

Scopelarchus stephensi

Lestidiops similis

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Coccorella atrata

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

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Uncisudis advena

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

Scopelarchoides kreffti

White barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.

Barracudina

Stemonosudis intermedia

Benthalbella elongata

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Southern barracudina

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

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Scopelosaurus mauli

Paperbones

Uncisudis longirostra

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

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

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

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

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Aulotrachichthys latus

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

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

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.

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.

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.

Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.

Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.

Order Cetomimiformes

Pink flabby whalefish

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Ditropichthys storeri

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

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

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Coryphaenoides grahami

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Physiculus therosideros

Bristly grenadier

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Smallhead moray cod

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

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

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

Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.

Shortbeard grenadier

Squalogadus modificatus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Guttigadus nudicephalus

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

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Globehead grenadier

Finescale mora

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Physiculus sazonovi

Trachonurus sentipellis

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

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.

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

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.

Pentherichthys venustus

Gigantactis longicauda

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes cristatus

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.

Chaenophryne ramifera

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

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

Linophryne trewavasae

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.

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Oneirodes thysanema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

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.

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

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

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

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

Acentrophryne longidens

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Order Myctophiformes

Andersen's lantern fish

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Evermann's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Mead's lanternfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Lampanyctus

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lobisomem

Diaphus jenseni

Nannobrachium bristori

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Symbolophorus rufinus

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Pacific blackchin

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus megalops

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Wisner's lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

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.

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Diaphus arabicus

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Black lantern fish

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin 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

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

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

Gunther's cuskeel

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

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Leucobrotula adipata

Alcockia rostrata

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Bruce's argentine

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Threadfin smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

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

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Barbantus elongatus

Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

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

Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Fanfin smooth-head

Fangtooth smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Winteria telescopa

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

Toothless smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Koefoed's searsid

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Mentodus eubranchus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Snubnose blacksmelt

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Bathytroctes squamosus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

California smoothtongue

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Nansenia ahlstromi

Loosescale smooth-head

Bathylaco nielseni

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Mentodus facilis

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Asquamiceps hjorti

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Order Perciformes

Stout slipskin

Malakichthys levis

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Lycodapus derjugini

Bathyclupea gracilis

Gaper

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Pseudoscopelus microps

Plectranthias pallidus

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.

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

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Paracaristius maderensis

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

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

Malakichthys mochizuki

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

Brilliant pomfret

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Kali falx

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Malakichthys barbatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Kali macrura

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Howella zina

Melanostigma vitiazi

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Malakichthys similis

Cutlassfish

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pachycara dolichaulus

Plectranthias robertsi

Pseudoscopelus parini

Thinlip splitfin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Platyberyx opalescens

Kali indica

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

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

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

Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.

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

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Icelus mandibularis

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Squaloliparis dentatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Acantholiparis caecus

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

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

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.

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes haplophos

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Photonectes parvimanus

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

Eustomias albibulbus

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias monoclonoides

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes atlanticus

Scaleless dragonfish

Cyclothone pygmaea

Astronesthes splendida

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Eustomias satterleei

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

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.

Gonostoma longipinnis

Eustomias bituberoides

Thysanactis dentex

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Leptostomias longibarba

Snaggletooth

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Scaleless black dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

Eustomias micropterygius

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes decoratus

Photonectes leucospilus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Photonectes achirus

Cyclothone parapallida

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.

Eustomias dispar

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Eustomias spherulifer

Aristostomias lunifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Astronesthes macropogon

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

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

Stomias lampropeltis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Heterophotus ophistoma

Astronesthes illuminatus

Black-belly dragonfish

Maurolicus walvisensis

Astronesthes formosana

Sternoptyx obscura

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

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

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Photonectes caerulescens

Astronesthes tanibe

Borostomias pacificus

Arrow dragonfish

Polyipnus inermis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Eustomias curtifilis

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.

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

Snaggletooth

Benttooth bristlemouth

Pacific astronesthid fish

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Eustomias schiffi

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes karsteni

Stomias danae

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes gudrunae

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Eustomias macronema

Sparing

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.

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Astronesthes

Eustomias interruptus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Maurolicus javanicus

Photonectes albipennis

Aristostomias polydactylus

Garrick

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias radicifilis

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

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Scaly dragonfish

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Astronesthes indicus

Scaly dragonfish

Pacific blackdragon

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Hatchetfish

Eustomias paxtoni

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Araiophos eastropas

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Highlight hatchetfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Eustomias lanceolatus

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.

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Photonectes gracilis

Astronesthes tatyanae

Panama snaggletooth

Polyipnus meteori

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias ignotus

Eustomias digitatus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Aristostomias grimaldii

Bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias problematicus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

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

Allocyttus guineensis

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.

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

False boarfish

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Order Ateleopodiformes

Order Aulopiformes

Order Beryciformes

Order Carcharhiniformes

Order Cetomimiformes

Order Chimaeriformes

Order Gadiformes

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Order Myctophiformes

Order Notacanthiformes

Order Ophidiiformes

Order Osmeriformes

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Order Scorpaeniformes

Order Squaliformes

Order Stephanoberyciformes

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