Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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

Order Anguilliformes

Serrivomer garmani

Avocettina bowersii

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

Leptocephalus bellottii

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

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

Nemichthys larseni

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

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black sawtooth eel

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Avocettina paucipora

Leptocephalus congroides

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Avocettina acuticeps

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

Acromycter longipectoralis

Black saw-toothed eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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

Labichthys yanoi

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

Barracudina

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

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

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidiops indopacifica

Lestidium prolixum

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

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

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

Paperbones

Scopelosaurus mauli

Uncisudis longirostra

Pearleye

Barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Atlantic barracudina

Fierce pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Strange pike smelt

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Stemonosudis bullisi

Telescopefish

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Ahliesaurus berryi

Japanese barracudina

White barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Paralepis speciosa

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

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

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Atlantic sabretooth

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidiops extrema

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Southern barracudina

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

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

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Uncisudis advena

Ahliesaurus brevis

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus confinis

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus rifti

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

Longwing spinyfin

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

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

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Aulotrachichthys latus

Common fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

Diretmoides veriginae

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

Australian reticulate swellshark - Once thought to be the same species as the reticulated swellshark of Vietnam and Hainan, the Australian reticulate swellshark was described as a separate species by William White and David Ebert in a 2008 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation publication.

Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.

White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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

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

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

Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.

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

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

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

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

Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Pink flabby whalefish

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Grenadier fish

Whitson's grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Large-eye grenadier

Finescale mora

Globehead grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Kumba punctulata

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

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

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

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Threadfin grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Physiculus sazonovi

Trachonurus sentipellis

Shortbeard grenadier

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

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Sphagemacrurus richardi

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

Bathygadus spongiceps

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

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Coryphaenoides camurus

Patagonian codling

Arrowtail

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Dusky rattail

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Coryphaenoides microps

Gadomus multifilis

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

Physiculus therosideros

Bristly grenadier

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Fragile grenadier

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bighead mora

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

Kumba musorstom

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Kumba calvifrons

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Bighead grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Bathypelagic rattail

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

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

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

Crested oarfish

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

Regalecus russelii

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

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

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

Order Lophiiformes

Gigantactis longicirra

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Spiny dreamer

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

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

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Stargazing seadevil

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Dolopichthys dinema

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Caulophryne pietschi

Linophryne polypogon

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes clarkei

Smooth dreamer

Himantolophus albinares

Linophryne lucifer

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes schmidti

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

Linophryne arcturi

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis savagei

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

Whalehead dreamer

Acentrophryne longidens

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Rhynchactis leptonema

Dolopichthys pullatus

Gigantactis herwigi

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Oneirodes thysanema

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes sabex

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

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

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne andersoni

Melanocetus eustalus

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Pentherichthys venustus

Gigantactis longicauda

Oneirodes melanocauda

Chirophryne xenolophus

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Gigantactis golovani

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes cristatus

Chaenophryne ramifera

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

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

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

Linophryne argyresca

Melanocetus rossi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Oneirodes pterurus

Lophodolos indicus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Gigantactis ios

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

Linophryne trewavasae

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne pennibarbata

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne indica

Bulbous dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes schistonema

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

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

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

Gigantactis paxtoni

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Order Myctophiformes

Broadfin lampfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Nannobrachium indicum

Garnet lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Pig-headed lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Spiny lantern fish

Lantern fish

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus megalops

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

Lanternfish

Hygophum bruuni

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

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Triphoturus oculeum

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Nannobrachium bristori

Diaphus arabicus

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Myctophum indicum

Lampanyctus vadulus

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

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

Short-headed lantern fish

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Horned lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Golden lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Pinpoint lampfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Diaphus basileusi

Arctic telescope

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Nannobrachium crypticum

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Mead's lanternfish

Myctophum lychnobium

Hintonia candens

Lanternfish

Lobisomem

Diaphus jenseni

Lampanyctus simulator

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Benoit's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Highseas lampfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Black lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Myctophum orientale

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

Laura's lantern fish

Diaphus longleyi

Myctophum fissunovi

Lampanyctus turneri

Order Notacanthiformes

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Aldrovandia rostrata

Longnose tapirfish

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

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus bruuni

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Lamprogrammus niger

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Alcockia rostrata

Leucobrotula adipata

Barathronus diaphanus

Two-spined slopebrotula

Apagesoma delosommatus

Nielsen's catetyx

Pelagic brotula

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Bony-eared assfish

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Aphyonus bolini

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus multidens

Marshall slopebrotula

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Gunther's cuskeel

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Order Osmeriformes

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Bruce's argentine

Mentodus eubranchus

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Bluethroat argentine

Bluntsnout smooth-head - The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m.

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Starry smooth-head

Murray's smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Conocara bertelseni

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Ghost smelt

Bighead searsid

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Mentodus mesalirus

Boneythroat

Nansenia antarctica

Narcetes lloydi

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Leaf searsid

Eared blacksmelt

Mentodus bythios

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Bathytroctes inspector

Vaillant's smooth-head

Nansenia longicauda

Rouleina euryops

Normichthys herringi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

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

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

Fangtooth smooth-head

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Fanfin smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Norman's smooth-head

Searsioides calvala

Longfin smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Pacific black smelt

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Robust blacksmelt

Bathylagus andriashevi

Toothless smooth-head

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

Mentodus facilis

Bigeye smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Nansenia tenuicauda

Madeiran smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Bathytroctes breviceps

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Salmon smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Krefft's smooth-head

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Maulisia acuticeps

Bathylagus niger

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Threadfin smooth-head

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina watasei

Mentodus crassus

Bathytroctes squamosus

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Leptoderma affinis

Nansenia megalopa

Rouleina guentheri

Multipore searsid

Brown slickhead

Barrel-eye

Winged spookfish

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Elongate smooth-head

Smallscale searsid

California smoothtongue

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Longsnout blacksmelt

Hairfin smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Bathylagus borealis

Mentodus longirostris

Bathylaco nielseni

Nansenia ahlstromi

Loosescale smooth-head

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

Narcetes erimelas

Binghamichthys aphos

Rouleina nuda

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

Nansenia iberica

Rouleina eucla

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Bathytroctes elegans

Agassiz' smooth-head

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Asquamiceps hjorti

Winteria telescopa

Pygmy argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Conocara kreffti

Palegold searsid

Blackchin blacksmelt

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Order Perciformes

Escolar

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Malakichthys levis

Bathyclupea gracilis

Kali falx

Bigmouth veilfin

Tonga escolar

Gaper

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Trewavas croaker

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Lycodapus

Tasmanian ruffe

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

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Kali macrura

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Paracaristius maderensis

Cutlassfish

Howella zina

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Malakichthys mochizuki

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Kali indica

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Cocoa snapper

Howella parini

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

Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Melanostigma orientale

New Zealand ruffe

Stout slipskin

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Ariommid

Eumegistus brevorti

Blue driftfish

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Malakichthys barbatus

Bathyclupea argentea

Longfin fathead

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

Kali colubrina

Caristius groenlandicus

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

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

Atrobucca geniae

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

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Malakichthys similis

Kali macrodon

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Pachycara dolichaulus

Pseudoscopelus parini

Midwater eelpout

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

African barrelfish

Stubraker sculpin

Silver splitfin

Atlantic soft pout

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Brilliant pomfret

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

Order Pleuronectiformes

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Gulper eel

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx trilobatus

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

Saccopharynx hjorti

Monognathus taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

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

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Careproctus marginatus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Order Squaliformes

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

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

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

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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

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

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus beanii

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

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

Melamphaes hubbsi

Gibberfish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes ebelingi

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes parini

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Slender bigscale

Highsnout bigscale

Bigscale

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Large-headed midnight fish

Order Stomiiformes

Leptostomias robustus

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

Snaggletooth

Cyclothone obscura

Eustomias curtifilis

Astronesthes haplophos

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

Ebeling's fangjaw

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Maurolicus stehmanni

Pacific astronesthid fish

Benttooth bristlemouth

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Astronesthes exsul

Astronesthes karsteni

Stomias danae

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Astronesthes atlanticus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Loosejaw

Sparing

Eustomias macronema

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

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Eustomias satterleei

Photonectes margarita

Astronesthes

Eustomias aequatorialis

Sladen's hatchet fish

Eustomias interruptus

Eustomias elongatus

Astronesthes indopacificus

Manducus maderensis

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Astronesthes similus

Slender bristlemouth

Argyripnus pharos

Astronesthes martensii

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Snaggletooth

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes lampara

Scaly dragonfish

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Astronesthes decoratus

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Thorophos nexilis

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Aristostomias lunifer

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Astronesthes tatyanae

Hatchet fish - The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.

Odontostomias micropogon

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias ignotus

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Snaggletooth

Yellow bristlemouth

Eustomias digitatus

Astronesthes illuminatus

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias contiguus

Astronesthes formosana

Threelight dragonfish

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Astronesthes kreffti

Stomias gracilis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Bathophilus pawneei

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Maurolicus breviculus

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

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Highfin dragonfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus altipinnis

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias schiffi

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

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias albibulbus

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Astronesthes splendida

Cyclothone pygmaea

Lovely hatchetfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Snaggletooth

Bristlemouth

Eustomias curtatus

Astronesthes gudrunae

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes leucopogon

Alcock's boafish

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Scaleless dragonfish

Gonostoma longipinnis

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

Eustomias bituberoides

Thysanactis dentex

Bathophilus kingi

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Maurolicus javanicus

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Aristostomias polydactylus

Scaleless black dragonfish

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Photonectes leucospilus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Half-naked hatchetfish

Polyipnus soelae

Eustomias inconstans

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

Eustomias radicifilis

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

Eustomias dispar

Astronesthes indicus

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Cyclothone parapallida

Argyripnus iridescens

Astronesthes macropogon

Deep-water bristlemouth

Araiophos eastropas

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Astronesthes galapagensis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Highlight hatchetfish

Astronesthes lamellosus

Stomias lampropeltis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Chauliodus dentatus

Bathophilus proximus

Eustomias micraster

Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Bathophilus indicus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Eustomias magnificus

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Aristostomias grimaldii

Longfin dragonfish

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

Constellationfish

Eustomias schmidti

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Astronesthes tanibe

Pacific hatchet fish

Arrow dragonfish

Odontostomias masticopogon

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias hulleyi

Diplophos australis

Eustomias problematicus

Order Tetraodontiformes

Triacanthodes intermedius

Atrophacanthus japonicus

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

Order Zeiformes

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

Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.

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

False boarfish

Stethopristes eos

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus