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
Duckbill oceanic eel
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Benthenchelys indicus
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina paucipora
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Labichthys yanoi
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Serrivomer garmani
Benthenchelys pacificus
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
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.
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
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.
Black sawtooth eel
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Avocettina bowersii
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Stemonosudis bullisi
Ahliesaurus brevis
Barracudina
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Southern barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Longfin pearleye
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella elongata
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
White barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Ahliesaurus berryi
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Benthalbella macropinna
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Paperbones
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Lestidiops pacificus
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Order Beryciformes
Longwing spinyfin
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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 druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
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 shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
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.
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
Order Cetomimiformes
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
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
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Patagonian codling
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Kumba hebetata
Roundhead grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadomus multifilis
Finescale mora
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Physiculus therosideros
Bristly grenadier
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Bathygadus spongiceps
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
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
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Kumba calvifrons
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Physiculus roseus
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Bighead grenadier
Dusky rattail
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
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Whitson's grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Kumba punctulata
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Fragile grenadier
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Mediterranean grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Physiculus sazonovi
Trachonurus sentipellis
Carmine grenadier
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.
Grenadier fish
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Laemonema melanurum
Naked snout rattail
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Squalogadus modificatus
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sphagemacrurus richardi
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.
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
Order Lampriformes
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.
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.
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.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
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.
Oneirodes sabex
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Oneirodes melanocauda
Dolopichthys jubatus
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
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.
Oneirodes cristatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne macrodon
Linophryne densiramus
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Gigantactis kreffti
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Oneirodes pterurus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Lophodolos indicus
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.
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Bufoceratias wedli
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes schistonema
Gigantactis herwigi
Linophryne brevibarbata
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
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Dolopichthys karsteni
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Linophryne digitopogon
Bufoceratias shaoi
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Spiny dreamer
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Gigantactis golovani
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Stargazing seadevil
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Dolopichthys dinema
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
Gigantactis meadi
Linophryne lucifer
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes appendixus
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes schmidti
Gigantactis ios
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis savagei
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Linophryne sexfilis
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
Linophryne parini
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
Order Myctophiformes
Lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
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.
Lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Hintonia candens
Lampanyctus simulator
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Laura's lantern fish
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.
Diaphus longleyi
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
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.
Broadfin lampfish
Lanternfish
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Pig-headed lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lantern fish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Lampanyctus
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Nannobrachium bristori
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Popeye lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
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
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathrites parri
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus diaphanus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Alcockia rostrata
Violet cuskeel
Apagesoma delosommatus
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Barathronus multidens
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Lamprogrammus niger
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Two-spined slopebrotula
Apagesoma edentatum
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Bruce's argentine
Krefft's smooth-head
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Maulisia acuticeps
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Bathytroctes inspector
Threadfin smooth-head
Fangtooth smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Pacific black smelt
Binghamichthys aphos
Mentodus crassus
Leptoderma affinis
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Multipore searsid
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Michael Sars smooth-head
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Smallscale searsid
Elongate smooth-head
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Bigeye smooth-head
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Bathytroctes breviceps
Hairfin smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Mentodus longirostris
Fanfin smooth-head
Legless searsid
Bathylagus niger
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Agassiz' smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Winteria telescopa
Koefoed's searsid
Palegold searsid
Conocara kreffti
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Brown slickhead
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Abyssal smooth-head
California smoothtongue
Mentodus eubranchus
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Leptoderma lubricum
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Normichthys yahganorum
Bathylaco nielseni
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
Smallscale smooth-head
Starry smooth-head
Murray's smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Conocara bertelseni
Bighead searsid
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Bathytroctes elegans
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Mentodus mesalirus
Nansenia antarctica
Blackchin blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Normichthys herringi
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Vaillant's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx minuscula
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.
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Koefoed's smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Maulisia isaacsi
Longfin smooth-head
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Antillean smooth-head
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Bathylagus tenuis
Mentodus facilis
Asquamiceps hjorti
Leptoderma retropinna
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Order Perciformes
Escolar
Bathyclupea megaceps
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Kali colubrina
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
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.
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
Atrobucca geniae
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Howella zina
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Cutlassfish
Kali macrodon
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
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
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Bathyclupea argentea
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
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.
Howella parini
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Kali falx
Ariommid
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Deepsea herring
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Trewavas croaker
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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.
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
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Bathyclupea gracilis
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Cocoa snapper
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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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
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 harrisoni
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx berteli
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
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Gulper
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Acantholiparis caecus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Paraliparis carlbondi
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
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.
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.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
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.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
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.
Azores dogfish - The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae.
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.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Poromitra unicornis
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Ridgehead
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes eulepis
Scopelogadus unispinis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Large-headed midnight fish
Melamphaes parini
Melamphaes laeviceps
Bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Scopelogadus beanii
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Melamphaes pumilus
Highsnout bigscale
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
Cyclothone obscura
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.
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Astronesthes haplophos
Scaleless dragonfish
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.
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Scaleless dragonfish
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Bonapartia pedaliota
Bathophilus irregularis
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Astronesthes atlanticus
Eustomias gibbsi
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias posti
Stomias danae
Bathophilus brevis
Loosejaw
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Snaggletooth
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias cancriensis
Chauliodus minimus
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias minimus
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Maurolicus javanicus
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Scaleless dragonfish
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.
Gonostoma longipinnis
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias bituberoides
Thysanactis dentex
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Snaggletooth
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Scaly dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Photonectes leucospilus
Polyipnus soelae
Astronesthes decoratus
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.
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Valdivia black dragon fish
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias crossotus
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias multifilis
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Bathophilus altipinnis
Melanostomias melanopogon
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.
Eustomias bulbiramis
Chauliodus dentatus
Astronesthes lamellosus
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
Yellow bristlemouth
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Heterophotus ophistoma
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias magnificus
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Borostomias elucens
Bathophilus kingi
Photonectes caerulescens
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Polyipnus inermis
Astronesthes bilobatus
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Diplophos australis
Astronesthes tanibe
Eustomias problematicus
Stomias gracilis
Leptostomias robustus
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Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Chauliodus pammelas
Pacific astronesthid fish
Eustomias monoclonoides
Maurolicus stehmanni
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias braueri
Astronesthes karsteni
Eustomias mesostenus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Opostomias micripnus
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Astronesthes gudrunae
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
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Bathophilus proximus
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Manducus maderensis
Astronesthes similus
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Bathophilus indicus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Longfin dragonfish
Tentacle dragonfish
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias micropterygius
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Pacific blackdragon
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias austratlanticus
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Scaleless dragonfish
Photonectes gracilis
Panama snaggletooth
Polyipnus meteori
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes tatyanae
Eustomias quadrifilis
Stomias lampropeltis
Black-belly dragonfish
Sparing
Eustomias digitatus
Snaggletooth
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Melanostomias stewarti
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias contiguus
Threelight dragonfish
Chauliodus schmidti
Snaggletooth
Eustomias monoclonus
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Astronesthes kreffti
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Maurolicus mucronatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
Stethopristes eos
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
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