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

Order Anguilliformes

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Saurenchelys stylura

Thread eel

Thalassenchelys coheni

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Macroparalepis brevis

Stemonosudis elongata

Lestidiops bathyopteryx

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Lestidiops neles

Hubb's pearleye

Paralepis brevirostris

Duckbill barracudina

Lestidiops cadenati

Barracudina

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

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

Lestidiops distans

Order Beloniformes

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Saury

Margined flyingfish

Slender halfbeak

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

Banded flyingfish

Sailor flyingfish

Whitetip flyingfish

Guinean flyingfish

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Whitespot flyingfish

Platybelone argalus lovii

Pharao flyingfish

Saury

Stained flyingfish

Dwarf saury

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Agujon needlefish

Shoulderspot needlefish

Black wing flyingfish

Short-beaked garfish

African flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Glider flyingfish

Coromandel flyingfish

Keeltail needlefish

Barbel flyingfish

Gyre 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

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

Balao

Cape needlefish

Order Carcharhiniformes

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

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.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

Carcharhinus macrops

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

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.

Proscyllium magnificum

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Marini's anchovy

Key anchovy

Order Gadiformes

Silvery cod

Lyconodes argenteus

Codlet

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

Lyconus pinnatus

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.

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

Regalecus kinoi

Streamer fish

Southern opah

Whiptail ribbonfish

Tapertail ribbonfish

King of herrings

Trachipterus ishikawae

Tapertail

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

Order Myctophiformes

Diaphus suborbitalis

Glacial lanternfish

Diaphus kora

Diaphus diadematus

Reverse gland lanternfish

Myctophum ovcharovi

Lanternfish

Giant lampfish

Diogenichthys panurgus

Diaphus rivatoni

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Diaphus impostor

Lanternfish

Bigfin lanternfish

California flashlightfish

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 vanhoeffeni

Lamp fish

Diaphus malayanus

Lantern fish

Loweina terminata

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Andre's lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus signatus

Diaphus kapalae

Large scale lantern fish

Diaphus danae

Myctophum lunatum

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.

Southern lanternfish

Diaphus wisneri

Diaphus regani

Lanternfish

Diaphus gigas

Mexican lampfish

Centrobranchus brevirostris

Metelectrona herwigi

Protomyctophum beckeri

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Nansenia pelagica

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

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

Xenophthalmichthys danae

Nansenia macrolepis

Nansenia tenera

Bathylagichthys australis

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

Bathylagichthys problematicus

Nansenia atlantica

Order Perciformes

Caribbean pomfret

Palm ruff

Parabarossia lanceolata

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

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.

Blackblotch swallowtail

Schedophilus griseolineatus

Driftfish

Arabian blackspot threadfin

Prickly pomfret

Bathyclupea elongata

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.

Plectranthias jothyi

Inca scad

Caristius japonicus

Large-scale cigarfish

Gvozdarus balushkini

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.

Atlantic longbill spearfish

Brama pauciradiata

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

Picarel

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

Ravenfish

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.

Marlin sucker

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.

Champsodon nudivittis

Silver driftfish

Pithead

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

Pacific pomfret

Bonito

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

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.

Brown rudderfish

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

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.

Mocosa ruff

Symphysanodon disii

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

Mackerel icefish

Japanese scad

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.

Naked-head toothfish

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

Dwarf cigarfish

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.

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.

Chiasmodon subniger

Bluestriped sea chub

Bandtail notothen

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

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.

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

Stout infantfish - S.

Checked swallowtail

Maldives Slopefish

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

Atlantic fanfish

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.

North-west ruffe

Black fathead

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.

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.

Brama myersi

Picarel

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

Bigeye squaretail

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 .

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

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

Driftfish

Whitemouth jack

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.

Champsodon longipinnis

Japanese scad

Plectranthias lasti

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

Banded driftfish

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.

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

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

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

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

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

Eastern longnose spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Eastern highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Kermadec spiny dogfish

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

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.

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias dinema

Eustomias xenobolus

Astronesthes caulophorus

Polyipnus oluolus

Eustomias borealis

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Eustomias pyrifer

Eustomias melanonema

Leptostomias gracilis

Eustomias intermedius

Photonectes munificus

Eustomias fissibarbis

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Astronesthes spatulifer

Astronesthes longiceps

Eustomias decoratus

Eustomias vulgaris

Polyipnus surugaensis

Eustomias appositus

Eustomias suluensis

Ichthyococcus australis

Polyipnus danae

Eustomias polyaster

Bathophilus abarbatus

Eustomias lipochirus

Long-threaded dragon fish

Astronesthes oligoa

Eustomias grandibulbus

Photonectes dinema

Leptostomias bermudensis

Eustomias dubius

Astronesthes fedorovi

Eustomias triramis

Polyipnus ovatus

Eustomias crucis

Eustomias achirus

Eustomias similis

Polyipnus asper

Eustomias orientalis

Photonectes phyllopogon

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Eustomias kreffti

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Eustomias flagellifer

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Manducus greyae

Eustomias woollardi

Borostomias abyssorum

Aristostomias xenostoma

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Polyipnus limatulus

Eustomias arborifer

Eustomias tenisoni

Eustomias precarius

Bathophilus schizochirus

Bottlelights

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Leptostomias macropogon

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Eustomias insularum

Grammatostomias circularis

Deepsea loosejaw

Leptostomias bilobatus

Scaleless dragonfish

Melanostomias margaritifer

Astronesthes gibbsi

Eustomias danae

Eustomias variabilis

Polyipnus paxtoni

Eustomias acinosus

Eustomias simplex

Polyipnus bruuni

Eustomias perplexus

Eustomias leptobolus

Leptostomias leptobolus

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias analis

Astronesthes lupina

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

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

Southern sunfish