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

Leptocephalus bellottii

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

Serrivomer schmidti

Avocettina bowersii

Serrivomer danae

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

Black saw-toothed eel

Bean's sawtooth eel

Chlopsis longidens

Benthenchelys indicus

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

Leptocephalus congroides

Avocettina paucipora

Serrivomer garmani

Labichthys carinatus

Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Nemichthys larseni

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

Benthenchelys pacificus

Dogface witch-eel

Acromycter longipectoralis

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Crossthroat sawpalate

Labichthys yanoi

Duckbill oceanic eel

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Evermannella ahlstromi

Antarctic jonasfish

Japanese barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Barracudina

Scopelarchus stephensi

Lestidiops similis

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Undistinguished sabretooth

Lestidium bigelowi

Southern barracudina

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

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

Lestidiops pacificus

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelarchoides signifer

Stemonosudis elegans

Barracudina

Pearleye

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

Fierce pike smelt

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Evermannella megalops

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Sharpchin barracudina

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Longfin pearleye

Ahliesaurus berryi

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

Scopelosaurus adleri

Lestidium prolixum

Bigfin pearleye

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

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

Slender barracudina

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Atlantic sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Barracudina

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Atlantic barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Stemonosudis molesta

Strange pike smelt

Uncisudis advena

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Stemonosudis bullisi

Benthalbella macropinna

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

White barracudina

Telescopefish

Ahliesaurus brevis

Order Beryciformes

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

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

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

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys latus

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

Order Carcharhiniformes

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus brevis

Gyrinomimus simplex

Cetomimus picklei

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetichthys indagator

Pink flabby whalefish

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

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Megalomycter teevani

Trunov southern cetomimid

Cetichthys parini

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

Ditropichthys storeri

Procetichthys kreffti

Gyrinomimus myersi

Cetomimus kerdops

Ataxolepis apus

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Roundhead grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Physiculus parini

Pugnose grenadier

Globehead grenadier

Fragile grenadier

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Kumba punctulata

Finescale mora

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Smallhead moray cod

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Bluntnose grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Physiculus sazonovi

Slendertail grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus longifilis

Shortbeard grenadier

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

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Laemonema melanurum

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Kumba maculisquama

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Coelorinchus trunovi

Berry's grenadier

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

Nezumia cyrano

Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.

Bathygadus spongiceps

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coryphaenoides camurus

Physiculus peregrinus

Patagonian codling

Whitson's grenadier

Arrowtail

Parin's grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Kumba hebetata

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Dusky rattail

Gadella brocca

Physiculus therosideros

Grenadier

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

Bristly grenadier

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

Narrowsnout grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Striped codlet

Bighead mora

Echinomacrurus mollis

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Kumba calvifrons

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Naked snout rattail

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Squalogadus modificatus

Physiculus roseus

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.

Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.

Bluntsnout grenadier

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Bathypelagic rattail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Order Lampriformes

Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.

Regalecus russelii

Southern ribbonfish

Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.

Order Lophiiformes

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Torpedo batfish

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Oneirodes pietschi

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Gigantactis longicauda

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

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes melanocauda

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Gigantactis golovani

Dolopichthys jubatus

Himantolophus cornifer

Oneirodes heteronema

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

Oneirodes cristatus

Linophryne macrodon

Stargazing seadevil

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

Oneirodes basili

Rhynchactis microthrix

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Linophryne densiramus

Caulophryne pietschi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Linophryne argyresca

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Lophodolos indicus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Smooth dreamer

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

Atlantic footballfish

Oneirodes macronema

Linophryne trewavasae

Gigantactis ios

Gigantactis gargantua

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Himantolophus brevirostris

Oneirodes flagellifer

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Linophryne indica

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Bulbous dreamer

Robia legula

Bufoceratias wedli

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Oneirodes schistonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Gigantactis paxtoni

Acentrophryne longidens

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Oneirodes plagionema

Deepsea angler - Linophryne arborifera, or illuminated netdevil, is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m .

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Gigantactis longicirra

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes kreffti

Short-rod anglerfish

Linophryne racemifera

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Dolopichthys karsteni

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

Melanocetus eustalus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Oneirodes dicromischus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Linophryne maderensis

Gigantactis balushkini

Chirophryne xenolophus

Haplophryne triregium

Oneirodes bradburyae

Spiny dreamer

Linophryne digitopogon

Pentherichthys venustus

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne bicornis

Caulophryne polynema

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

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Plainchin dreamarm

Himantolophus nigricornis

Smooth anglerfish

Linophryne algibarbata

Diceratias trilobus

Gigantactis microdontis

Chaenophryne ramifera

Gigantactis kreffti

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

Himantolophus macroceras

Oneirodes macrosteus

Linophryne polypogon

Gigantactis gibbsi

Dolopichthys dinema

Melanocetus rossi

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes haplonema

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne lucifer

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes clarkei

Oneirodes appendixus

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Oneirodes schmidti

Linophryne coronata

Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.

Caulophryne pelagica

Gigantactis savagei

Puck pinnata

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes posti

Linophryne arcturi

Whalehead dreamer

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Gigantactis macronema

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus melanolophus

Oneirodes mirus

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

Himantolophus danae

Oneirodes luetkeni

Linophryne sexfilis

Gigantactis herwigi

Dolopichthys pullatus

Gigantactis elsmani

Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .

Himantolophus borealis

Nightmare dreamer

Linophryne parini

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Oneirodes sabex

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Pietschichthys horridus

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

Oneirodes alius

Order Myctophiformes

Mirror lanterfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Electron subantarctic

Diaphus lobatus

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Longfin lanternfish

Diaphus trachops

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Spiny lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus dehaveni

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Taaningichthys minimus

Diaphus basileusi

Lanternfish

Bolin's lantern fish

Longfin lampfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Lanternfish

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

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

Triphoturus oculeum

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Hygophum bruuni

Diaphus nielseni

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Mead's lanternfish

Lampanyctus

Spinytail lampfish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Diaphus jenseni

Nannobrachium bristori

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lobisomem

Lanternfish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Diaphus faustinoi

Spotted laternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Diaphus roei

Lampanyctus vadulus

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Myctophum indicum

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lantern fish

Diaphus parri

Nannobrachium wisneri

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Protomyctophum chilense

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

Diaphus longleyi

Laura's lantern fish

Nannobrachium fernae

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lampadena dea

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Lanternfish

Diaphus subtilis

Garnet lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Pinpoint lampfish

Slendertail lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Evermann's lantern fish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Nannobrachium idostigma

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lampadena pontifex

Arctic telescope

Electrona antarctica

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Wisner's lantern fish

Diaphus thiollierei

Lanternfish

Diaphus dahlgreni

Myctophum lychnobium

Diaphus similis

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Diaphus arabicus

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Lampanyctus simulator

Lanternfish

Gonichthys barnesi

Large-scaled lantern fish

Brokenline lanternfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lampadena yaquinae

Lanternfish

Chubby flashlightfish

Diaphus lucidus

Hudson's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Myctophum orientale

Diaphus taaningi

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Smallfin lanternfish

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.

Lampanyctus turneri

Short-headed lantern fish

Myctophum fissunovi

Diaphus richardsoni

Lanternfish

Diaphus pallidus

Broadfin lampfish

Gonichthys venetus

Slimtail lampfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Andersen's lantern fish

Spothead lantern fish

Nannobrachium indicum

Pig-headed lantern fish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Lanternfish

Order Notacanthiformes

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus parvipennis

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

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Order Ophidiiformes

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathrites parri

Gunther's cuskeel

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Alcockia rostrata

Violet cuskeel

Nielsen's catetyx

Pelagic brotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Leucobrotula adipata

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Order Osmeriformes

Koefoed's smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

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.

Starry smooth-head

Blackhead salmon

Murray's smooth-head

Rouleina watasei

Bathylagus tenuis

Nansenia megalopa

Multipore searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Rouleina guentheri

Mentodus mesalirus

Barrel-eye

Nansenia antarctica

Winged spookfish

Ghost smelt

Boneythroat

Leaf searsid

Longsnout blacksmelt

Smallscale searsid

Mentodus bythios

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Pectinantus parini

Searsioides multispinus

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Vaillant's smooth-head

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

Loosescale smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Fangtooth smooth-head

Longfin smooth-head

Rouleina nuda

Norman's smooth-head

Asquamiceps hjorti

Narcetes erimelas

Pacific black smelt

Binghamichthys aphos

Nansenia iberica

Robust blacksmelt

Antillean smooth-head

Rouleina eucla

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Mentodus facilis

Palebelly searsid

Bathylagus andriashevi

Leptoderma retropinna

Bruce's argentine

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Pygmy argentine

Bigeye smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Salmon smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Snubnose blacksmelt

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Mentodus perforatus

Bluethroat argentine

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Mentodus crassus

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bathytroctes squamosus

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Leptoderma affinis

Bighead searsid

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Brown slickhead

Narcetes lloydi

Elongate smooth-head

Bluntsnout slickhead

Fanfin smooth-head

Eared blacksmelt

California smoothtongue

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

Nansenia longicauda

Normichthys herringi

Hairfin smooth-head

Rouleina euryops

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.

Nansenia ahlstromi

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Bathylaco nielseni

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

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Legless searsid

Maulisia isaacsi

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Winteria telescopa

Toothless smooth-head

Werner's smooth-head

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bathytroctes elegans

Conocara kreffti

Madeiran smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Nansenia tenuicauda

Blackchin blacksmelt

Greenland argentine

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Softskin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Krefft's smooth-head

Abyssal smooth-head

Mentodus eubranchus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Maulisia acuticeps

Leptoderma lubricum

Order Perciformes

Bathyclupea gracilis

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Malakichthys barbatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Trewavas croaker

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Longfin fathead

Rosenblattia robusta - Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters.

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Caristius groenlandicus

Kali macrura

Black swallower

Pale eelpout

Bathyclupea megaceps

Howella zina

Lycenchelys imamurai

Barracuda cardinalfish

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Melanostigma vitiazi

Malakichthys similis

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Bothrocara nyx

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Melanostigma bathium

Cutlassfish

Paracaristius heemstrai

Pachycara dolichaulus

African barrelfish

Stubraker sculpin

Plectranthias robertsi

Thinlip splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

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

Kali indica

Platyberyx opalescens

Silver splitfin

Bathyclupea hoskynii

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Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Howella parini

Malakichthys levis

Escolar

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Blue driftfish

Eumegistus brevorti

Seleniolycus robertsi

Lycodapus microchir

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Lycodapus

Kali colubrina

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

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

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

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

Paracaristius maderensis

Atrobucca geniae

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Bigtooth eelpout

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.

Malakichthys mochizuki

Pseudoscopelus parini

Midwater eelpout

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Atlantic soft pout

Cocoa snapper

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

Brilliant pomfret

Ariommid

White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

Stout slipskin

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

New Zealand ruffe

Lycodapus derjugini

Kali falx

Order Pleuronectiformes

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Smallmouth moonflounder

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus herringi

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

Monognathus smithi

Saccopharynx ramosus

Monognathus jesse

Gulper

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rajui

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Monognathus isaacsi

Gulper eel

Monognathus berteli

Monognathus taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus bruuni

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

Monognathus rosenblatti

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus bertini

Saccopharynx trilobatus

Monognathus ozawai

Order Scorpaeniformes

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Genioliparis ferox

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Icelus mandibularis

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Order Squaliformes

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

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

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Melamphaes indicus

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

Slender bigscale

Ridgehead

Ridgehead

Gibberfish

Melamphaes polylepis

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes spinifer

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Scopelogadus beanii

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Bigscale

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes ebelingi

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Order Stomiiformes

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Melanostomias globulifer

Cyclothone pygmaea

Eustomias mesostenus

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Margrethia valentinae

Astronesthes similus

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Bristlemouth

Eustomias macronema

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

Eustomias tomentosis

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Sparing

Eustomias interruptus

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias satterleei

Astronesthes martensii

Photonectes margarita

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Eustomias aequatorialis

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias pinnatus

Photonectes albipennis

Maurolicus javanicus

Gonostoma longipinnis

Astronesthes

Half-naked hatchetfish

Astronesthes lampara

Leptostomias longibarba

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias pacificus

Astronesthes indicus

Scaleless dragonfish

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

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

Scaly dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Tentacle dragonfish

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias micropterygius

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Cyclothone parapallida

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Scaly dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Bonapartia pedaliota

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Snaggletooth

Bulldog lightfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Bathophilus brevis

Photonectes gracilis

Polyipnus meteori

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.

Eustomias ignotus

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias quadrifilis

Snaggletooth

Eustomias patulus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Atlantic fangjaw

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias digitatus

Astronesthes tatyanae

Astronesthes kreffti

Pacific hatchet fish

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias stewarti

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias monoclonus

Astronesthes haplophos

Chauliodus schmidti

Diplophos australis

Stomias gracilis

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Astronesthes exsul

Yarrella argenteola

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

Ichthyococcus polli

Ebeling's fangjaw

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Eustomias bifilis

Cyclothone obscura

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus pawneei

Borostomias pacificus

Highfin dragonfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias ioani

Loosejaw

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias schiffi

Snaggletooth

Photonectes parvimanus

Maurolicus stehmanni

Eustomias albibulbus

Bathophilus altipinnis

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Sladen's hatchet fish

Opostomias micripnus

Eustomias posti

Astronesthes leucopogon

Scaleless dragonfish

Maurolicus australis

Leptostomias multifilis

Eustomias curtatus

Argyripnus pharos

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Astronesthes indopacificus

Astronesthes splendida

Eustomias minimus

Snaggletooth

Chauliodus minimus

Alcock's boafish

Slender snaggletooth

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias bituberoides

Scaleless dragonfish

Thysanactis dentex

Slender bristlemouth

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

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

Manducus maderensis

Sonoda paucilampa

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Bathophilus kingi

Astronesthes decoratus

Borostomias elucens

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Eustomias bertelseni

Garrick

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Lightfish

Loosejaw

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias radicifilis

Astronesthes macropogon

Photonectes leucospilus

Polyipnus soelae

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Eustomias inconstans

Aristostomias lunifer

Pachystomias microdon

Eustomias dispar

Eustomias paxtoni

Photonectes achirus

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

Maurolicus inventionis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Astronesthes trifibulatus

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

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Diplophos pacificus

Chauliodus dentatus

Stomias lampropeltis

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias magnificus

Eustomias uniramis

Slender fangjaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Yellow bristlemouth

Panama snaggletooth

Bathophilus proximus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Bathophilus indicus

Eustomias australensis

Bristlemouth

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

Constellationfish

Eustomias schmidti

Snaggletooth

Slim lightfish

Photostomias atrox

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Longfin dragonfish

Polyipnus inermis

Maurolicus mucronatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Arrow dragonfish

Eustomias hulleyi

Pitgum lanternfish

Eustomias problematicus

Pacific astronesthid fish

Photonectes caerulescens

Eustomias parri

Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.

Maurolicus breviculus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias robustus

Eustomias curtifilis

Astronesthes tanibe

Astronesthes karsteni

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias monoclonoides

Astronesthes gudrunae

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

Chauliodus pammelas

Order Tetraodontiformes

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

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Triacanthodes intermedius

Order Zeiformes

Stethopristes eos

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

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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