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

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.

Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.

Black sawtooth eel

Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.

Labichthys yanoi

Crossthroat sawpalate

Acromycter longipectoralis

Leptocephalus congroides

Avocettina paucipora

Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.

Serrivomer schmidti

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nessorhamphus danae

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

Nemichthys larseni

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Scopelarchus stephensi

Lestidiops similis

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Coccorella atrata

Ahliesaurus berryi

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

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

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

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

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Barracudina

Pearleye

Magnisudis indica

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Stemonosudis bullisi

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Longfin pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Ahliesaurus brevis

Paralepis speciosa

Barracudina

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

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelosaurus adleri

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

Lestidium prolixum

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

Southern barracudina

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Paperbones

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Stemonosudis elegans

Atlantic barracudina

Fierce pike smelt

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

White barracudina

Strange pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

Parin's spiny fin

Common roughy - The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m.

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

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.

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

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

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Order Carcharhiniformes

Springer's sawtail cat shark - The Springer's sawtail cat shark, Galeus springeri, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western central Atlantic from Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the north coast of Hispaniola, and Cuba, at depths of between 450 and 700 m.

Black roughscale catshark - The flatnose cat shark, Apristurus acanutus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific Ocean off Zhujiang, South China Sea.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.

Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Megalomycter teevani

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Ditropichthys storeri

Ataxolepis henactis

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Festive ribbonfish

Trunov southern cetomimid

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Cetomimus picklei

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Ataxolepis apus

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Finescale mora

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Smallhead moray cod

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Bighead mora

Kumba musorstom

Carmine grenadier

Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.

Kumba calvifrons

Shortbeard grenadier

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

Squalogadus modificatus

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

Bathygadus spongiceps

Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.

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

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

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

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadomus multifilis

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Globehead grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Kumba punctulata

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Narrowsnout grenadier

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Naked snout rattail

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Laemonema melanurum

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

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

Linophryne escaramosa

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Acentrophryne longidens

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Spiny dreamer

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne macrodon

Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.

Chaenophryne ramifera

Oneirodes cristatus

Diceratias trilobus

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

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

Oneirodes basili

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes schmidti

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

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne indica

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Smooth dreamer

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

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

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 .

Oneirodes thysanema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

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.

Oneirodes sabex

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes pterurus

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Linophryne lucifer

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes clarkei

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Whalehead dreamer

Oneirodes whitleyi

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Oneirodes schistonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Order Myctophiformes

Diaphus pallidus

Lampadena dea

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Broadfin lampfish

Andersen's lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Spothead lantern fish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Lanternfish

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Electrona antarctica

Diaphus basileusi

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Lampadena pontifex

Longfin lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Diaphus nielseni

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Nannobrachium bristori

Spotted laternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Benoit's lanternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Lampanyctus vadulus

Myctophum indicum

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

Diaphus longleyi

Laura's lantern fish

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 handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pacific blackchin

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Pinpoint lampfish

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Taaningichthys minimus

Lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Japanese lanternfish

Wisner's lantern fish

Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.

Lanternfish

Hygophum bruuni

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Triphoturus oculeum

Lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus arabicus

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus simulator

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Diaphus lucidus

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Myctophum orientale

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Lampanyctus turneri

Myctophum fissunovi

Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.

Short-headed lantern fish

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

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

Halosaurus attenuatus

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Order Ophidiiformes

Alcockia rostrata

Barathronus bruuni

Pelagic brotula

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nigra

Bony-eared assfish

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Apagesoma delosommatus

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

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Aphyonus bolini

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Apagesoma edentatum

Two-spined slopebrotula

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus unicolor

Nielsen's catetyx

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

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

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Mentodus crassus

Multipore searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Ghost smelt

Bighead searsid

Rouleina guentheri

Nansenia megalopa

Nansenia antarctica

Boneythroat

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

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

Vaillant's smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Hairfin smooth-head

Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .

Mentodus longirostris

Dolichopteryx minuscula

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

Fangtooth smooth-head

Longfin smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Pacific black smelt

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Rouleina nuda

Binghamichthys aphos

Narcetes erimelas

Legless searsid

Bruce's argentine

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Palebelly searsid

Winteria telescopa

Asquamiceps hjorti

Toothless smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Pygmy argentine

Bigeye smooth-head

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Mentodus eubranchus

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Bathylagus niger

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Brown slickhead

Threadfin slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Winged spookfish

Barrel-eye

Mentodus mesalirus

Elongate smooth-head

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

California smoothtongue

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Narcetes lloydi

Eared blacksmelt

Leaf searsid

Mentodus bythios

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

Bathylagus borealis

Rouleina euryops

Nansenia longicauda

Barbantus elongatus

Normichthys herringi

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Fanfin smooth-head

Bathylaco nielseni

Smallscale smooth-head

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Antillean smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Conocara kreffti

Palegold searsid

Blackchin blacksmelt

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Order Perciformes

Stout slipskin

Malakichthys levis

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Lycodapus derjugini

Ariommid

Bathyclupea gracilis

Gaper

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Pseudoscopelus microps

Trewavas croaker

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Kali colubrina

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Longfin fathead

Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.

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

Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.

Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.

Pale eelpout

Lycenchelys imamurai

Cutlassfish

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

Cocoa snapper

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

Bathyclupea hoskynii

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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

Brilliant pomfret

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Kali falx

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Blue driftfish

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Malakichthys barbatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Lycodapus microchir

Lycodapus

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Atrobucca geniae

Kali macrura

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Howella zina

Melanostigma vitiazi

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Malakichthys similis

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Deepsea herring

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Paracaristius heemstrai

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pachycara dolichaulus

Plectranthias robertsi

Pseudoscopelus parini

Thinlip splitfin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Kali indica

Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.

Howella parini

Order Pleuronectiformes

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx hjorti

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

Monognathus bruuni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus bertini

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

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

Gulper eel

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis ferox

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Squaloliparis dentatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Order Squaliformes

Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.

Lantern sharks - Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.

Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.

Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.

Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.

Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.

Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.

Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.

Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.

Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Highsnout bigscale

Gibberfish

Melamphaes hubbsi

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Large-headed midnight fish

Scopelogadus beanii

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

Slender bigscale

Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Poromitra gibbsi

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Melamphaes parini

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Scaleless dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Leptostomias robustus

Snaggletooth

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Eustomias bifilis

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias albibulbus

Photonectes parvimanus

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

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Pacific astronesthid fish

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias mesostenus

Lovely hatchetfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes karsteni

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Cyclothone pygmaea

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Eustomias gibbsi

Eustomias tomentosis

Astronesthes gudrunae

Maurolicus australis

Bristlemouth

Eustomias curtatus

Sparing

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias satterleei

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Astronesthes

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes similus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Eustomias bituberoides

Gonostoma longipinnis

Thysanactis dentex

Scaleless dragonfish

Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Manducus maderensis

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias pacificus

Aristostomias polydactylus

Leptostomias longibarba

Astronesthes martensii

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Eustomias bertelseni

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

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

Eustomias micropterygius

Half-naked hatchetfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes lampara

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Photonectes leucospilus

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Eustomias dispar

Bathophilus irregularis

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

Eustomias vitiazi

Astronesthes indicus

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes galapagensis

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Bathophilus brevis

Valdivia black dragon fish

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Astronesthes tatyanae

Stomias lampropeltis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias magnificus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Snaggletooth

Black-belly dragonfish

Snaggletooth

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

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

Constellationfish

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias metamelas

Pacific hatchet fish

Yarrella argenteola

Bathophilus pawneei

Astronesthes kreffti

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias curtifilis

Highfin dragonfish

Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.

Astronesthes haplophos

Maurolicus breviculus

Cyclothone obscura

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.

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias cirritus

Bathophilus altipinnis

Melanostomias pollicifer

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias schiffi

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes atlanticus

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes splendida

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Torpedo dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias parini

Loosejaw

Leptostomias multifilis

Snaggletooth

Eustomias bibulboides

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias macronema

Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias interruptus

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes indopacificus

Maurolicus javanicus

Slender bristlemouth

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Eustomias elongatus

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias tetranema

Snaggletooth

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Scaleless black 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.

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Thorophos nexilis

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Eustomias paxtoni

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Aristostomias lunifer

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes macropogon

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias lanceolatus

Chauliodus dentatus

Eustomias micraster

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.

Bathophilus proximus

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.

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias digitatus

Bathophilus indicus

Eustomias uniramis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias schmidti

Astronesthes formosana

Bristlemouth

Eustomias contiguus

Longfin dragonfish

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Stomias gracilis

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Melanostomias melanopogon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Triacanthodes intermedius

Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.

Order Zeiformes

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

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.

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

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.

Allocyttus guineensis

False boarfish