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

Order Anguilliformes

Thread eel

Thalassenchelys coheni

Saurenchelys stylura

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Lestidiops distans

Macroparalepis brevis

Lestidiops bathyopteryx

Lestidiops neles

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

Paralepis brevirostris

Hubb's pearleye

Duckbill barracudina

Lestidiops cadenati

Stemonosudis elongata

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

Order Beloniformes

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

Balao

Dwarf saury

Cape needlefish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Agujon needlefish

Margined flyingfish

Shoulderspot needlefish

Slender halfbeak

Banded flyingfish

Whitetip flyingfish

Guinean flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Sailor flyingfish

Pharao flyingfish

Whitespot flyingfish

Saury

Platybelone argalus lovii

Stained flyingfish

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Black wing flyingfish

Saury

Short-beaked garfish

African flyingfish

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

Glider flyingfish

Keeltail needlefish

Coromandel flyingfish

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

Cheilopogon ventralis

Bandwing flyingfish

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Gyre flyingfish

Barbel flyingfish

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

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.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

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

Carcharhinus macrops

Gulf smoothhound - Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

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

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

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Key anchovy

Marini's anchovy

Order Gadiformes

Silvery cod

Lyconodes argenteus

Svetovidovia lucullus

Codlet

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

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

Lyconus pinnatus

Order Lamniformes

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

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.

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.

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

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 .

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

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.

Order Lampriformes

Tapertail

Regalecus kinoi

Southern opah

Trachipterus ishikawae

Whiptail ribbonfish

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

Streamer fish

King of herrings

Tapertail ribbonfish

Order Myctophiformes

Centrobranchus brevirostris

Diaphus suborbitalis

Protomyctophum beckeri

Glacial lanternfish

Metelectrona herwigi

Diaphus kora

Diaphus diadematus

Myctophum ovcharovi

Diogenichthys panurgus

Diaphus rivatoni

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Large scale lantern fish

Diaphus impostor

Giant lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus vanhoeffeni

Diaphus malayanus

California flashlightfish

Lamp fish

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.

Mexican lampfish

Lantern fish

Andre's lanternfish

Loweina terminata

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Diaphus signatus

Lanternfish

Reverse gland lanternfish

Diaphus kapalae

Diaphus danae

Diaphus wisneri

Myctophum lunatum

Diaphus regani

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

Southern lanternfish

Bigfin lanternfish

Diaphus gigas

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

Nansenia atlantica

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

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Nansenia pelagica

Bathylagichthys australis

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

Nansenia macrolepis

Nansenia tenera

Bathylagichthys problematicus

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.

Nansenia oblita

Xenophthalmichthys danae

Order Perciformes

Longfin cigarfish

Neoscombrops atlanticus

Driftfish

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

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

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

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

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.

Plectranthias lasti

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.

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.

Banded driftfish

Caribbean pomfret

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.

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

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

Mocosa ruff

Symphysanodon disii

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.

Parabarossia lanceolata

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.

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

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.

Blackblotch swallowtail

Arabian blackspot threadfin

Prickly pomfret

Driftfish

Caristius japonicus

Large-scale cigarfish

Plectranthias jothyi

Bluestriped sea chub

Brama pauciradiata

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

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

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.

Maldives Slopefish

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

Gvozdarus balushkini

Stout infantfish - S.

Marlin sucker

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.

Champsodon nudivittis

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

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

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.

Pithead

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

Silver driftfish

Pacific pomfret

Bigeye squaretail

Whitemouth jack

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

Akarnax Slopefish

Bonito

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

Brown rudderfish

Mackerel icefish

Japanese scad

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

Dwarf cigarfish

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

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.

Plectranthias klausewitzi

Palm ruff

Naked-head toothfish

Chiasmodon subniger

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.

Schedophilus griseolineatus

Inca scad

Bandtail notothen

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.

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.

Checked swallowtail

Atlantic fanfish

Picarel

Atlantic longbill spearfish

Black fathead

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

North-west ruffe

Brama myersi

Ravenfish

Schedophilus marmoratus

Sala y G

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

Bathyclupea elongata

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

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 .

Champsodon longipinnis

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

Japanese scad

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

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.

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

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

Fanfin skate

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

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

Lopholiparis flerxi

Pelagic scorpionfish

Psednos carolinae

Order Squaliformes

Fatspine spurdog

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

Eastern longnose spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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.

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

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

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 .

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias acinosus

Polyipnus bruuni

Eustomias simplex

Eustomias perplexus

Astronesthes spatulifer

Leptostomias leptobolus

Eustomias leptobolus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias analis

Eustomias dinema

Eustomias xenobolus

Bathophilus abarbatus

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias borealis

Polyipnus oluolus

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Aristostomias xenostoma

Eustomias pyrifer

Eustomias melanonema

Leptostomias gracilis

Photonectes munificus

Eustomias intermedius

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Eustomias fissibarbis

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Eustomias decoratus

Polyipnus surugaensis

Eustomias vulgaris

Astronesthes gibbsi

Eustomias appositus

Polyipnus danae

Eustomias suluensis

Ichthyococcus australis

Eustomias polyaster

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Eustomias lipochirus

Long-threaded dragon fish

Photonectes dinema

Eustomias grandibulbus

Leptostomias bermudensis

Eustomias dubius

Bathophilus schizochirus

Astronesthes lupina

Eustomias triramis

Eustomias crucis

Polyipnus ovatus

Astronesthes caulophorus

Eustomias achirus

Polyipnus asper

Eustomias similis

Eustomias orientalis

Borostomias abyssorum

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Photonectes phyllopogon

Eustomias kreffti

Eustomias flagellifer

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Eustomias woollardi

Manducus greyae

Astronesthes longiceps

Bottlelights

Eustomias arborifer

Polyipnus limatulus

Eustomias tenisoni

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Eustomias precarius

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Leptostomias macropogon

Deepsea loosejaw

Eustomias insularum

Grammatostomias circularis

Leptostomias bilobatus

Melanostomias margaritifer

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes oligoa

Polyipnus paxtoni

Eustomias variabilis

Eustomias danae

Astronesthes fedorovi

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Southern sunfish

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