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

Order Anguilliformes

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Saurenchelys stylura

Thalassenchelys coheni

Thread eel

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Lestidiops cadenati

Barracudina

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

Lestidiops distans

Hubb's pearleye

Paralepis brevirostris

Macroparalepis brevis

Lestidiops bathyopteryx

Stemonosudis elongata

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Lestidiops neles

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

Duckbill barracudina

Order Beloniformes

Shoulderspot needlefish

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

Black wing flyingfish

Margined flyingfish

Cheilopogon ventralis

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

Sailor flyingfish

Guinean flyingfish

Coromandel flyingfish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Barbel flyingfish

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Platybelone argalus lovii

Slender halfbeak

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

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Balao

Whitetip flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Saury

Pharao flyingfish

Short-beaked garfish

Saury

Banded flyingfish

Glider flyingfish

Stained flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Keeltail needlefish

Gyre flyingfish

Bandwing flyingfish

Whitespot flyingfish

African flyingfish

Dwarf saury

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

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

Carcharhinus macrops

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

Proscyllium magnificum

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.

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

Gulf smoothhound - Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Marini's anchovy

Key anchovy

Order Gadiformes

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

Lyconus pinnatus

Svetovidovia lucullus

Codlet

Silvery cod

Lyconodes argenteus

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

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.

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

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

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 .

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.

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

Tapertail ribbonfish

Whiptail ribbonfish

King of herrings

Southern opah

Trachipterus ishikawae

Tapertail

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

Order Myctophiformes

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Diaphus wisneri

Diaphus regani

Diaphus gigas

Reverse gland lanternfish

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Lanternfish

Large scale lantern fish

Giant lampfish

Diaphus suborbitalis

Myctophum lunatum

Diaphus kora

Lanternfish

Southern lanternfish

Diaphus diadematus

Lamp fish

California flashlightfish

Diogenichthys panurgus

Diaphus rivatoni

Diaphus impostor

Andre's lanternfish

Metelectrona herwigi

Diaphus vanhoeffeni

Myctophum ovcharovi

Diaphus malayanus

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

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.

Bigfin lanternfish

Diaphus signatus

Diaphus kapalae

Centrobranchus brevirostris

Diaphus danae

Mexican lampfish

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.

Glacial lanternfish

Protomyctophum beckeri

Loweina terminata

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Nansenia pelagica

Nansenia oblita

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

Xenophthalmichthys danae

Nansenia atlantica

Bathylagichthys australis

Nansenia tenera

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.

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

Nansenia macrolepis

Bathylagichthys problematicus

Order Perciformes

Parabarossia lanceolata

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

Bathyclupea elongata

Blackblotch swallowtail

Naked-head toothfish

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

Arabian blackspot threadfin

Caristius japonicus

Prickly pomfret

Japanese scad

Plectranthias jothyi

Brama pauciradiata

Inca scad

Bluestriped sea chub

Stout infantfish - S.

Longfin cigarfish

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.

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

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

Atlantic longbill spearfish

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

Ravenfish

Champsodon nudivittis

Marlin sucker

Sala y G

Picarel

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

Pacific pomfret

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

Silver driftfish

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

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.

Large-scale cigarfish

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

Driftfish

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

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

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

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

Mackerel icefish

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

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.

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.

Symphysanodon disii

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

Palm ruff

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.

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

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

Pithead

Driftfish

Schedophilus griseolineatus

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.

Checked swallowtail

Maldives Slopefish

Gvozdarus balushkini

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

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

Atlantic fanfish

Picarel

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.

Japanese scad

Brama myersi

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

North-west ruffe

Dwarf cigarfish

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.

Schedophilus marmoratus

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.

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.

Bigeye squaretail

Champsodon longipinnis

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

Chiasmodon subniger

Neoscombrops atlanticus

Akarnax Slopefish

Whitemouth jack

Bonito

Plectranthias lasti

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

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.

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

Caribbean pomfret

Brown rudderfish

Banded driftfish

Black fathead

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

Mocosa ruff

Order Pristiophoriformes

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

Order Rajiformes

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

Shortfin devilray

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

Fanfin skate

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

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

Order Salmoniformes

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

Order Scorpaeniformes

Psednos carolinae

Pelagic scorpionfish

Lopholiparis flerxi

Order Squaliformes

Eastern longnose spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Eastern highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Kermadec spiny dogfish

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

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

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

Western highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Edmund's spurdog

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

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

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias orientalis

Astronesthes caulophorus

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Eustomias kreffti

Polyipnus oluolus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias flagellifer

Astronesthes spatulifer

Eustomias woollardi

Manducus greyae

Eustomias danae

Eustomias acinosus

Eustomias tenisoni

Photonectes munificus

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Eustomias precarius

Astronesthes longiceps

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Bathophilus abarbatus

Polyipnus surugaensis

Leptostomias macropogon

Eustomias insularum

Grammatostomias circularis

Polyipnus danae

Leptostomias bilobatus

Melanostomias margaritifer

Eustomias dinema

Eustomias variabilis

Eustomias borealis

Eustomias simplex

Photonectes dinema

Astronesthes oligoa

Eustomias perplexus

Astronesthes fedorovi

Polyipnus ovatus

Leptostomias leptobolus

Eustomias leptobolus

Eustomias fissibarbis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Polyipnus asper

Leptostomias analis

Eustomias decoratus

Eustomias xenobolus

Eustomias appositus

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Photonectes phyllopogon

Borostomias abyssorum

Eustomias pyrifer

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias melanonema

Bathophilus schizochirus

Aristostomias xenostoma

Leptostomias gracilis

Eustomias intermedius

Polyipnus limatulus

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Eustomias dubius

Eustomias vulgaris

Eustomias crucis

Eustomias achirus

Eustomias suluensis

Deepsea loosejaw

Ichthyococcus australis

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Eustomias polyaster

Astronesthes gibbsi

Eustomias lipochirus

Polyipnus paxtoni

Long-threaded dragon fish

Eustomias grandibulbus

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Polyipnus bruuni

Leptostomias bermudensis

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Eustomias triramis

Eustomias arborifer

Bottlelights

Eustomias similis

Astronesthes lupina

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

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

Southern sunfish