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
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Avocettina bowersii
Leptocephalus bellottii
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
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
Acromycter longipectoralis
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.
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
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Sharpchin barracudina
Evermannella ahlstromi
Ahliesaurus berryi
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidium prolixum
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Slender barracudina
Bigfin pearleye
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Paperbones
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis bullisi
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
White barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Southern barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis elegans
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Parinoberyx horridus
Shorthorn fangtooth - While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Parmops echinatus
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.
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Hoplostethus fedorovi
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
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.
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.
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.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
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.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
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.
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.
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
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
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
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Striped codlet
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
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Carmine grenadier
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
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.
Shortbeard grenadier
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Coelorinchus trunovi
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.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Fragile grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Dusky rattail
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Finescale mora
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
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
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Kumba calvifrons
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
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.
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
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
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Gigantactis balushkini
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Linophryne digitopogon
Bufoceratias shaoi
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.
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
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
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
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
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.
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
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.
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis longicauda
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Dolopichthys jubatus
Gigantactis golovani
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne macrodon
Oneirodes cristatus
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.
Chaenophryne ramifera
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
Linophryne trewavasae
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.
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Bufoceratias wedli
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.
Acentrophryne longidens
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
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Pacific blackchin
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pig-headed lantern fish
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
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Hygophum bruuni
Lanternfish
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
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
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin 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
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
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
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
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
Laura's lantern fish
Diaphus longleyi
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.
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
Order Notacanthiformes
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Apagesoma delosommatus
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus bolini
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Apagesoma edentatum
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Gunther's cuskeel
Alcockia rostrata
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Mentodus eubranchus
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
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
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Fanfin smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
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.
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fangtooth smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Sagamichthys gracilis
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Bigeye smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Krefft's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
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 .
Asquamiceps hjorti
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Bruce's argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Pygmy argentine
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Order Perciformes
Escolar
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
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.
Kali macrura
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Howella zina
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Malakichthys mochizuki
Thinlip splitfin
Plectranthias robertsi
Platyberyx opalescens
Kali indica
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Ariommid
Howella parini
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.
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Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Stout slipskin
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
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
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.
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
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Malakichthys similis
Cutlassfish
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
African barrelfish
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.
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
Saccopharynx hjorti
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Monognathus taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx ramosus
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Gulper
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Monognathus bertini
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Order Scorpaeniformes
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
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
Acantholiparis caecus
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
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
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
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
Astronesthes atlanticus
G
Leptostomias robustus
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.
Cyclothone obscura
Snaggletooth
Eustomias curtifilis
Ebeling's fangjaw
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Loosejaw
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Benttooth bristlemouth
Pacific astronesthid fish
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes indopacificus
Stomias danae
Astronesthes karsteni
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias satterleei
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Astronesthes decoratus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
Astronesthes similus
Borostomias elucens
Garrick
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Aristostomias lunifer
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
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.
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Thorophos nexilis
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Astronesthes illuminatus
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes formosana
Photonectes gracilis
Astronesthes tatyanae
Panama snaggletooth
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias ignotus
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Black-belly dragonfish
Yellow bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias digitatus
Threelight dragonfish
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Stomias gracilis
Astronesthes kreffti
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
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
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes gudrunae
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias schiffi
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Scaleless dragonfish
Cyclothone pygmaea
Astronesthes splendida
Borostomias mononema
Eustomias gibbsi
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Thysanactis dentex
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
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Half-naked hatchetfish
Maurolicus javanicus
Argyripnus iridescens
Astronesthes indicus
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes galapagensis
Araiophos eastropas
Photonectes leucospilus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
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
Eustomias paxtoni
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Scaly dragonfish
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Deep-water bristlemouth
Astronesthes macropogon
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
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.
Pacific hatchet fish
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias uniramis
Thorophos euryops
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias magnificus
Bathophilus indicus
Astronesthes haplophos
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
Astronesthes exsul
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Astronesthes tanibe
Borostomias pacificus
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
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
Stethopristes eos
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus