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
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
Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.
Avocettina acuticeps
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.
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Nessorhamphus danae
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Telescopefish
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
Scopelosaurus adleri
Ahliesaurus berryi
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Antarctic jonasfish
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Paperbones
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Lestidiops pacificus
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Undistinguished sabretooth
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Longfin pearleye
Ahliesaurus brevis
White barracudina
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Lestidium prolixum
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Slender barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Scopelarchoides climax
Southern barracudina
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
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.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Parinoberyx horridus
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Hoplostethus rifti
Aulotrachichthys latus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Longwing spinyfin
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 tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Parmops echinatus
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
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 fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
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.
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Cetomimus gillii
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Ataxolepis apus
Parataeniophorus brevis
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Danacetichthys galathenus
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Gyrinomimus simplex
Ataxolepis henactis
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Trunov southern cetomimid
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Bluntnose grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Threadfin grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Mediterranean grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Carmine 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.
Shortbeard grenadier
Roundhead grenadier
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Squalogadus modificatus
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.
Nezumia cyrano
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Physiculus longifilis
Patagonian codling
Kumba hebetata
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Striped codlet
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Finescale mora
Bighead mora
Kumba musorstom
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Kumba calvifrons
Parin's grenadier
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Southern 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.
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.
Dealfish
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes clarkei
Oneirodes appendixus
Dolopichthys karsteni
Oneirodes schmidti
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Acentrophryne longidens
Linophryne racemifera
Pietschichthys horridus
Himantolophus crinitus
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes posti
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Haplophryne triregium
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes mirus
Gigantactis longicauda
Oneirodes luetkeni
Gigantactis golovani
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus macroceras
Bulbous dreamer
Rhynchactis microthrix
Oneirodes thysanema
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes sabex
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes alius
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis meadi
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes pietschi
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes melanocauda
Gigantactis ios
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes heteronema
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Oneirodes cristatus
Robia legula
Linophryne indica
Bufoceratias wedli
Whalehead dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes basili
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Linophryne brevibarbata
Linophryne sexfilis
Linophryne parini
Himantolophus borealis
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis paxtoni
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 .
Oneirodes myrionemus
Gigantactis longicirra
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 macronema
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Short-rod anglerfish
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes flagellifer
Gigantactis balushkini
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Linophryne digitopogon
Bufoceratias shaoi
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Dolopichthys jubatus
Oneirodes schistonema
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Himantolophus cornifer
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
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Oneirodes plagionema
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes micronema
Gigantactis kreffti
Oneirodes kreffti
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Linophryne lucifer
Lophodolos indicus
Oneirodes dicromischus
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 bradburyae
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Spiny dreamer
Linophryne coronata
Pentherichthys venustus
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Gigantactis savagei
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Smooth anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Smooth dreamer
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes macrosteus
Gigantactis herwigi
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes haplonema
Gigantactis elsmani
Order Myctophiformes
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Pig-headed lantern fish
Pacific blackchin
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Topside lampfish
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus kuroshio
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus antonbruuni
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Short-headed lantern fish
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lobisomem
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Hygophum bruuni
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.
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Hintonia candens
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus arabicus
Diaphus jenseni
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Japanese lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
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
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.
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus parvipennis
Bonapart's spiny eel
Aldrovandia rostrata
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Halosaur
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus bruuni
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Apagesoma delosommatus
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Bony-eared assfish
Aphyonus bolini
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Nielsen's catetyx
Apagesoma edentatum
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
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.
Mentodus eubranchus
Bruce's argentine
Abyssal smooth-head
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
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
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Murray's smooth-head
Bathylagus tenuis
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Bighead searsid
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Conocara bertelseni
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus mesalirus
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Hairfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
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
Bathytroctes inspector
Fanfin smooth-head
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fangtooth smooth-head
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Maulisia isaacsi
Longfin smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Narcetes erimelas
Rouleina nuda
Binghamichthys aphos
Starry smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Multipore searsid
Robust blacksmelt
Bathylagus andriashevi
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Toothless smooth-head
Barrel-eye
Mentodus facilis
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Pectinantus parini
Bigeye smooth-head
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Krefft's smooth-head
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Salmon smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bathylagus niger
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Brown slickhead
Winged spookfish
Searsioides multispinus
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Smallscale searsid
Longsnout blacksmelt
Elongate smooth-head
California smoothtongue
Narcetes lloydi
Bluntsnout slickhead
Barbantus elongatus
Normichthys yahganorum
Bathylagus borealis
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Bathylaco nielseni
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Mentodus longirostris
Legless searsid
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Antillean smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Koefoed's searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Palegold searsid
Conocara kreffti
Blackchin blacksmelt
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Normichthys herringi
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Order Perciformes
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Malakichthys levis
Kali falx
Bathyclupea gracilis
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
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.
Longfin fathead
Cocoa snapper
Lycodapus
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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.
Caristius groenlandicus
Tasmanian ruffe
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
Atrobucca geniae
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.
Bothrocara nyx
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Midwater eelpout
African barrelfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Kali indica
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
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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
Brilliant pomfret
Escolar
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Ariommid
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Paracaristius heemstrai
Lycodapus derjugini
Blue driftfish
Pachycara dolichaulus
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Howella zina
Malakichthys similis
Melanostigma vitiazi
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Melanostigma bathium
Thinlip splitfin
Cutlassfish
Stubraker sculpin
Pseudoscopelus parini
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Paracaristius maderensis
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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus smithi
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
Monognathus jesse
Gulper
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
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
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
Order Scorpaeniformes
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Icelus mandibularis
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Blackmouth rockfish
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Squaloliparis dentatus
Paraliparis carlbondi
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
Acantholiparis caecus
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Order Squaliformes
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.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
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.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Scopelogadus beanii
Bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
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
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
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
Order Stomiiformes
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Photonectes achirus
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
Astronesthes haplophos
Leptostomias robustus
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Astronesthes exsul
Maurolicus stehmanni
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Odontostomias micropogon
Astronesthes atlanticus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes splendida
Cyclothone pygmaea
Borostomias mononema
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.
Sparing
Loosejaw
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes leucopogon
Alcock's boafish
Photostomias atrox
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Sonoda paucilampa
Astronesthes indopacificus
Shortbarbel 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.
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias bituberoides
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias elongatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Photonectes caerulescens
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.
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Snaggletooth
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Cyclothone parapallida
Bonapartia pedaliota
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Deep-water bristlemouth
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias ignotus
Polyipnus meteori
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 quadrifilis
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes lamellosus
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Black-belly dragonfish
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Bathophilus pawneei
Astronesthes bilobatus
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Cyclothone obscura
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
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.
Maurolicus breviculus
Eustomias schiffi
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias gibbsi
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes karsteni
Stomias danae
Photonectes gracilis
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes gudrunae
Leptostomias multifilis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Slender snaggletooth
Astronesthes
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Bathophilus kingi
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes similus
Slender bristlemouth
Borostomias elucens
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes martensii
Garrick
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias radicifilis
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 lampara
Scaly dragonfish
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias paxtoni
Astronesthes indicus
Scaly dragonfish
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Opostomias micripnus
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Scaleless dragonfish
Pearlside
Highlight hatchetfish
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
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.
Astronesthes tatyanae
Panama snaggletooth
Snaggletooth
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Longfin dragonfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias schmidti
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Loosejaw
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias hulleyi
Polyipnus inermis
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
Astronesthes kreffti
Stomias gracilis
Pachystomias microdon
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Triacanthodes intermedius
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
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
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
Stethopristes eos
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.
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
False boarfish