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.
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.
Benthenchelys indicus
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.
Avocettina paucipora
Black sawtooth eel
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus congroides
Benthenchelys pacificus
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Serrivomer danae
Avocettina acuticeps
Nemichthys larseni
Acromycter longipectoralis
Black saw-toothed eel
Avocettina bowersii
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Telescopefish
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Sharpchin barracudina
Evermannella ahlstromi
White barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Pearleye
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Coccorella atrata
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Scopelosaurus adleri
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Ahliesaurus berryi
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Evermannella megalops
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Benthalbella elongata
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Lestidium prolixum
Benthalbella macropinna
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Slender barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Southern barracudina
Ahliesaurus brevis
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Zugmayer's pearleye
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Strange pike smelt
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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 druzhinini
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.
Parin's spiny fin
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Longwing spinyfin
Parinoberyx horridus
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
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 crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
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
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Danacetichthys galathenus
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Myers' grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Bathygadus spongiceps
Kumba punctulata
Fragile grenadier
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Finescale mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Mediterranean grenadier
Threadfin 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
Laemonema melanurum
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Squalogadus modificatus
Dusky rattail
Kumba maculisquama
Berry's grenadier
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
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.
Striped codlet
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Patagonian codling
Kumba hebetata
Roundhead grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Bighead mora
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Grenadier fish
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Kumba calvifrons
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Bathypelagic rattail
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
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Dolopichthys karsteni
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Oneirodes bradburyae
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.
Spiny dreamer
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Bufoceratias wedli
Gigantactis golovani
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus nigricornis
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Linophryne argyresca
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Acentrophryne longidens
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
Bufoceratias shaoi
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Robia legula
Linophryne indica
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Linophryne sexfilis
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
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 .
Gigantactis paxtoni
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 longicirra
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
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Linophryne digitopogon
Dolopichthys jubatus
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Chaenophryne ramifera
Oneirodes cristatus
Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Oneirodes basili
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 theodoritissieri
Gigantactis kreffti
Bufoceratias thele
Oneirodes pterurus
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Linophryne lucifer
Lophodolos indicus
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.
Linophryne trewavasae
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne coronata
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Acentrophryne dolichonema
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
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Order Myctophiformes
Andersen's lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Diaphus drachmanni
Pig-headed lantern fish
Pacific blackchin
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Diaphus dahlgreni
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Myctophum indicum
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus antonbruuni
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Lanternfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Diaphus lobatus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Diaphus aliciae
Slendertail lanternfish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Diaphus dehaveni
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Hygophum bruuni
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus arabicus
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
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.
Laura's lantern fish
Lampanyctus turneri
Myctophum fissunovi
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
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Aldrovandia rostrata
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma edentatum
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Barathronus diaphanus
Lamprogrammus niger
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Violet cuskeel
Alcockia rostrata
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Two-spined slopebrotula
Nielsen's catetyx
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus multidens
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus unicolor
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus bruuni
Marshall slopebrotula
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Abyssal smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Bathytroctes inspector
Fangtooth smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
Normichthys yahganorum
Pacific black smelt
Binghamichthys aphos
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
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Murray's smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus mesalirus
Michael Sars smooth-head
Bigeye smooth-head
Leaf searsid
Eared blacksmelt
Mentodus bythios
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Bathytroctes breviceps
Snubnose blacksmelt
Hairfin smooth-head
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 .
Bathylagus niger
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bathytroctes squamosus
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Asquamiceps hjorti
Brown slickhead
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
California smoothtongue
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bruce's argentine
Krefft's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Smallscale smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Starry smooth-head
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Leptoderma affinis
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Multipore searsid
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Blackchin blacksmelt
Searsioides multispinus
Longsnout blacksmelt
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Fanfin smooth-head
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Koefoed's smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Legless searsid
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bathylagus tenuis
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Winteria telescopa
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Ghost smelt
Boneythroat
Koefoed's searsid
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Malakichthys levis
Bothrocara nyx
Kali falx
Ariommid
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Trewavas croaker
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
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.
Tasmanian ruffe
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Squaretail - The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m.
Limp eelpout - The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m.
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Sherborn's cardinalfish
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
Plectranthias robertsi
Cutlassfish
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea argentea
Cocoa snapper
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
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
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Deepsea herring
Blue driftfish
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Kali colubrina
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Atrobucca geniae
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Howella zina
Malakichthys similis
Melanostigma vitiazi
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali macrodon
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Stubraker sculpin
Pseudoscopelus parini
Caristius groenlandicus
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Bathyclupea megaceps
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
Bathysolea lactea
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
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 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
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Paraliparis carlbondi
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Acantholiparis caecus
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Blackmouth rockfish
Careproctus marginatus
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
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
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
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
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
Eustomias bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
Eustomias parri
Leptostomias robustus
Snaggletooth
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Scaleless dragonfish
Bonapartia pedaliota
Bathophilus irregularis
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus stehmanni
Eustomias albibulbus
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes karsteni
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias macronema
Astronesthes gudrunae
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes
Alcock's boafish
Eustomias interruptus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Eustomias satterleei
Sonoda paucilampa
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Astronesthes similus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Eustomias bituberoides
Thysanactis dentex
Gonostoma longipinnis
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.
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Astronesthes martensii
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Borostomias pacificus
Highfin dragonfish
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Astronesthes lampara
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Argyripnus iridescens
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus altipinnis
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias lanceolatus
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Eustomias quadrifilis
Astronesthes tatyanae
Stomias lampropeltis
Snaggletooth
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Thorophos euryops
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias digitatus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Bathophilus kingi
Borostomias elucens
Chauliodus schmidti
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias monoclonus
Snaggletooth
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Eustomias australensis
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Pacific hatchet fish
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Astronesthes kreffti
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
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.
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes haplophos
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
Astronesthes exsul
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Eustomias gibbsi
Astronesthes atlanticus
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes splendida
Stomias danae
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Loosejaw
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Bathophilus proximus
Panama snaggletooth
Bathophilus indicus
Astronesthes leucopogon
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Chauliodus minimus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias minimus
Argyripnus pharos
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Astronesthes indopacificus
Maurolicus javanicus
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Longfin dragonfish
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
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 decoratus
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias paxtoni
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Scaly dragonfish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Thorophos nexilis
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias multifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Borostomias mononema
Sparing
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Chauliodus dentatus
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 micraster
Astronesthes lamellosus
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.
Photonectes gracilis
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Astronesthes formosana
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Diplophos australis
Astronesthes bilobatus
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes tanibe
Stomias gracilis
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
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.
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
