Pelagic-oceanic fish - Fish living in the pelagic-oceanic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Thalassenchelys coheni

Saurenchelys stylura

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Thread eel

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Lestidiops cadenati

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus ahlstromi - Scopelosaurus ahlstromi is a waryfish of the family Notosudidae, found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m.

Lestidiops distans

Hubb's pearleye

Macroparalepis brevis

Lestidiops bathyopteryx

Stemonosudis elongata

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Lestidiops neles

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

Paralepis brevirostris

Duckbill barracudina

Order Beloniformes

African flyingfish

Black wing flyingfish

Shoulderspot needlefish

Hound needlefish - While the houndfish has no spines, its dorsal fin has 21–25 soft rays, and its anal fin has 19–22.

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Pacific saury - It is known as sanma in Japanese, kongchi in Korean, qiu dao yu in Chinese, and saira in Russian.

Cheilopogon ventralis

Agujon needlefish

Sailor flyingfish

Barbel flyingfish

Coromandel flyingfish

Keeltail needlefish

Short-beaked garfish

Glider flyingfish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Mirrorwing flyingfish - Mirrorwing flyingfish have 10-12 soft rays on their dorsal fins and 11-13 rays on their anal fins.

Balao

Agujon needlefish

Cape needlefish

Bandwing flyingfish

Slender halfbeak

Saury

Whitetip flyingfish

Banded flyingfish

Pharao flyingfish

Margined flyingfish

Saury

Stained flyingfish

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Gyre flyingfish

Whitespot flyingfish

Platybelone argalus lovii

Guinean flyingfish

Dwarf saury

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blue whaler shark - The blue shark is the most widely distrubted animal in the world.

Carcharhinus macrops

Variegated catshark - The Australian spotted catshark, Asymbolus analis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only around Australia between latitudes 32° S and 38° S, at depths of between 10 and 180 m.

Holohalaelurus grennian - The Holohalaelurus grennian is a type of shark in the Western Indian Ocean waters near Kenya.

Dwarf catshark - Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off West Australia, at depths of between 200 and 400 m.

Proscyllium magnificum

Asymbolus rubiginosus - Asymbolus rubiginosus is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off West Australia, at depths of between 25 and 540 m.

Holohalaelurus favus - The Holohalaelurus favus is a type of shark in the Western Indian Ocean areas near South Africa.

Gulf smoothhound - Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Key anchovy

Marini's anchovy

Order Gadiformes

North Pacific hake - Its length is about 3 ft and they live up to 15 years.

Lyconus pinnatus

Codlet

Svetovidovia lucullus

Ahuru - The ahuru is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus Auchenoceros, found on the east coast of New Zealand.

Silvery cod

Lyconodes argenteus

Order Lamniformes

Porbeagle - Adult salmon sharks are medium grey to black over most of the body, with a white underside with darker blotches.

Crocodile shark - The crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, is a species of shark and the only member of the family Pseudocarchariidae.

Great white shark - The best selling novel Jaws and the subsequent film by Steven Spielberg provided the great white shark with the image of a "man eater" in the public mind.

Beaumaris shark - The porbeagle is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.

Megamouth shark - The appearance of the megamouth is distinctive, but little else is known about it.

Hoe-mother - This shark is called the basking shark because it is most often observed when feeding at the surface and appears to be basking in the warmer water there.

Bigeye sand tiger - The bigeye sand tiger, Odontaspis noronhai, is a species of sand shark, family Odontaspididae, possibly found worldwide at depths of 60–1,000 m .

Order Lampriformes

Regalecus kinoi

Trachipterus ishikawae

Pacific king-of-salmon - King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae.

Streamer fish

Whiptail ribbonfish

King of herrings

Southern opah

Tapertail ribbonfish

Tapertail

Order Myctophiformes

Diaphus kapalae

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Diaphus danae

Lanternfish

Lamp fish

Diaphus wisneri

Lanternfish

Large scale lantern fish

Diaphus regani

Diaphus gigas

Andre's lanternfish

Myctophum lunatum

Southern lanternfish

Diaphus suborbitalis

California flashlightfish

Mexican lampfish

Diaphus kora

Diaphus diadematus

Lanternfish

Metelectrona herwigi

Diogenichthys panurgus

Diaphus rivatoni

Diaphus impostor

Centrobranchus brevirostris

Reverse gland lanternfish

Myctophum ovcharovi

Giant lampfish

Glacial lanternfish

Diaphus vanhoeffeni

Protomyctophum subparallelum - Protomyctophum subparallelum is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere south of about 30° S, in deep water.

Lanternfish

Bigfin lanternfish

Diaphus malayanus

Lantern fish

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Hector's lanternfish - It is a widespread marine fish, known from shallow tropical waters in the south-eastern Atlantic, from the western Pacific off Australia and New Zealand, and from the eastern Pacific off Chile.

Diaphus signatus

Protomyctophum beckeri

Loweina terminata

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Persparsia kopua - Persparsia kopua, is a tubeshoulder of the family Platytroctidae, found around the world in the southern hemisphere between latitudes 30° S and 50° S.

Bathylagichthys australis

Nansenia oblita

Xenophthalmichthys danae

Nansenia atlantica

Bathylagichthys problematicus

Nansenia pelagica

Breakfast fish - Females reach 20 cm in length, while males are up to 25 cm long.

Nansenia macrolepis

Javelin spookfish - The species is notable for unusual protuberances that grow from its eyes, which each have "a well developed lens"

Nansenia tenera

Order Perciformes

Plectranthias klausewitzi

Yellowtail horse mackerel - The yellowtail horse mackerel is very similar to the greenback horse mackerel but has 68 to 73 lateral line scutes, compared with 76 to 82 for the greenback horse mackerel.

Pacific pomfret

Big eye tunny - In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ‘ahi; the other is yellowfin tuna.

Naked-head toothfish

Black fathead

Bigscaled mackerel - The butterfly kingfish, bigscale mackerel, or butterfly mackerel, Gasterochisma melampus, the only species in the genus Gasterochisma, is found around the world in southern temperate waters, down to 200 m in open water.

Arabian blackspot threadfin

Barracuda - The body is elongated and covered with small, scarcely visible scales; the back is an iridescent blue, while the sides are silvery, with a pattern of vertical blue bars.

Prickly pomfret

Bluestriped sea chub

Bandtail notothen

Atlantic white marlin - Average size is 45 to 65 lbs , with females reaching relatively larger sizes.

Mackerel icefish

Checked swallowtail

Maldives Slopefish

Stout infantfish - S.

Antarctic silverfish - The Antarctic Silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum is a member of the suborder Notothenioidei of the Perciform fishes.

Marlin sucker

Japanese scad

Allison's tuna - The yellowfin tuna is often marketed as ahi tuna, from its Hawaiian name ʻahi although the name ʻahi in Hawaiian also refers to the closely related bigeye tuna.

Picarel

Maori cod - Paranotothenia magellanica, the Maori cod, is also known as Magellanic rockcod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen.

Roundscale spearfish - A team of university and government scientists has confirmed the existence of the enigmatic billfish species closely resembling the heavily fished, overexploited white marlin.

Longfin cigarfish

Cryothenia amphitreta - In November 2004, a researcher by the name of Paul A.

Antarctic toothfish - Though sometimes called the Antarctic Cod, the Antarctic toothfish is quite unrelated to a cod.

Atlantic sailfish - Tests in the 1920s estimated that they were capable of short sprints of up to 111 kilometres per hour, however, a more conservative estimates of 37 to 55 kilometres per hour are more widely accepted .

Silver driftfish

Pacific black marlin - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the black marlin to its seafood red list.

Bigeye squaretail

Driftfish

Luvar - It is a big ellipsoidal fish, growing to two meters in length.

Pelagic butterfish - The pelagic butterfish, Schedophilus maculatus, is a medusafish of the genus Schedophilus found in all warm oceans.

Neoscombrops atlanticus

Akarnax Slopefish

Plectranthias lasti

Whale remora - The whalesucker, Remora australis, is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, so named because it attaches itself exclusively to cetaceans.

Brama myersi

R - The slender suckerfish or lousefish, Phtheirichthys lineatus, is a rare species of remora, family Echeneidae, and the only member of the genus Phtheirichthys.

Scad - The koheru, Decapterus koheru, is a jack of the genus Decapterus, found only between the North Cape and the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand, in mid-waters of reef and offshore areas.

Escolar - The snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus Gempylus, belonging to the family Gempylidae .

Parabarossia lanceolata

Japanese spearfish - The shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris, is a species of marlin found in Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface.

Large-scale cigarfish

Palm ruff

Pompano dolphinfish - Pompano dolphinfish have a lifespan of 3 to 4 years.

Champsodon longipinnis

Blackblotch swallowtail

Ragfish - The southern driftfish or ragfish, Icichthys australis, is a medusafish of the genus Icichthys found around the world in all southern oceans between latitudes 50° S and 60° S, from the surface down to 2,000 m.

Driftfish

Schedophilus griseolineatus

Bluefish - In South Africa, this fish is commonly known as shad on the east coast, and elf on the west coast.

Mantasucker - The white suckerfish or mantasucker, Remorina albescens, is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, a group of elongate marine fish with adhesive discs for attaching to larger organisms.

Cocinero - The cocinero is classified within the genus Caranx, one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies.

Plectranthias jothyi

Inca scad

Caribbean pomfret

Bluefin - The southern bluefin tuna is a large, streamlined, fast swimming fish with a long, slender caudal peduncle and relatively short dorsal, pectoral and anal fins.

Gvozdarus balushkini

Broad-bill sword-fish - They are the sole member of their family Xiphiidae.

Atlantic fanfish

Picarel

Atlantic longbill spearfish

Pithead

Arctic bonito - It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals , feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and mollusks.

North-west ruffe

Bathyclupea elongata

Bald notothen - Growing to a maximum length of about 28 cm , it is yellow with dark spots and irregular crossbars.

Ravenfish

Schedophilus marmoratus

Sala y G

Plectranthias sheni - This is a deep-bodied fish with large mouth and eyes, growing up to 11 cm standard length.

Bonito

Caristius japonicus

Grey marlinsucker - The spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera, is a remora of the family Echeneidae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical seas.

Brama pauciradiata

Japanese scad

Whitemouth jack

Slender tuna - The slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, is a species of tuna, the only species in the genus Allothunnus, found around the world in the southern oceans between latitudes 20° and 50° South.

Longfinned albacore - It is found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Pacific striped marlin - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the striped marlin to its seafood red list.

Dwarf cigarfish

Spotted fanfish - The spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the indo-west Pacific oceans from South Africa to New Zealand, at depths to 500 m.

Patagonian toothfish - A close relative, the Antarctic toothfish , is found farther south around the edges of the Antarctic shelf; it also lives in the Ross Sea.

Brown rudderfish

Banded driftfish

Champsodon nudivittis

Angel - The big-scale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 m.

Chiasmodon subniger

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

Mocosa ruff

Symphysanodon disii

Order Pristiophoriformes

Tropical sawshark - This is a small species; the maximum known length is 85 cm for females and 63 cm for males .

Order Rajiformes

Bentfin devil ray - The bentfin devil ray, lesser devil ray, smoothtail devil ray, smoothtail mobula, or Thurton's devil ray is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family.

Shortfin devilray

Guilers stingray - The pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, and the sole member of its genus.

Fanfin skate

Munk's devil ray - The manta de monk, Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, or smoothtail mobula is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family.

Pygmy devilray - It is a brownish-grey colour, with a whitish underside.

Order Salmoniformes

Sockeye salmon or kokanee - Sockeye salmon , also called red salmon or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean.

Order Scorpaeniformes

Psednos carolinae

Lopholiparis flerxi

Pelagic scorpionfish

Order Squaliformes

Eastern longnose spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Etmopterus burgessi - Etmopterus burgessi is a newly described lanternshark of the family Dalatiidae in the order Squaliformes.

Eastern highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Kermadec spiny dogfish

Squalus crassispinus - The fatspine spurdog is a rare, small and slender dogfish with a broad head and short snout.

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

Western longnose spurdog - The western longnose is a rare, small and slender dogfish with a narrow head and long narrow snout.

Western highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Edmund's spurdog

Bartail spurdog - The bartail spurdog, Squalus notocaudatus, is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths of between 220 and 450 m .

Fatspine spurdog

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias flagellifer

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Eustomias woollardi

Photonectes phyllopogon

Polyipnus oluolus

Aristostomias xenostoma

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Eustomias tenisoni

Bottlelights

Eustomias arborifer

Eustomias precarius

Manducus greyae

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Eustomias insularum

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Polyipnus surugaensis

Astronesthes gibbsi

Leptostomias macropogon

Eustomias danae

Eustomias variabilis

Deepsea loosejaw

Grammatostomias circularis

Polyipnus danae

Leptostomias bilobatus

Borostomias abyssorum

Melanostomias margaritifer

Eustomias acinosus

Eustomias simplex

Eustomias perplexus

Bathophilus schizochirus

Eustomias leptobolus

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes lupina

Eustomias xenobolus

Eustomias dinema

Leptostomias leptobolus

Polyipnus ovatus

Astronesthes caulophorus

Eustomias borealis

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Polyipnus asper

Leptostomias analis

Eustomias pyrifer

Eustomias melanonema

Eustomias intermedius

Eustomias fissibarbis

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Astronesthes longiceps

Eustomias decoratus

Eustomias vulgaris

Photonectes munificus

Polyipnus limatulus

Leptostomias gracilis

Eustomias suluensis

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Eustomias appositus

Eustomias polyaster

Eustomias lipochirus

Ichthyococcus australis

Eustomias grandibulbus

Astronesthes oligoa

Eustomias dubius

Astronesthes spatulifer

Polyipnus paxtoni

Astronesthes fedorovi

Long-threaded dragon fish

Eustomias crucis

Eustomias triramis

Polyipnus bruuni

Leptostomias bermudensis

Photonectes dinema

Eustomias achirus

Eustomias similis

Eustomias orientalis

Bathophilus abarbatus

Eustomias kreffti

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Slender sunfish - Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish

Southern sunfish