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
Acromycter longipectoralis
Labichthys carinatus
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
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
Avocettina paucipora
Duckbill oceanic eel
Serrivomer garmani
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.
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Stemonosudis bullisi
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
White barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Stemonosudis intermedia
Ahliesaurus brevis
Scopelosaurus adleri
Macroparalepis danae
Lestidium prolixum
Bigfin pearleye
Undistinguished sabretooth
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Slender barracudina
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Atlantic sabretooth
Southern barracudina
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Uncisudis advena
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Telescopefish
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Sharpchin barracudina
Evermannella ahlstromi
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Barracudina
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Ahliesaurus berryi
Barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Uncisudis longirostra
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Evermannella megalops
Order Beryciformes
Parinoberyx horridus
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.
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
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.
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
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Aulotrachichthys latus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Danacetichthys galathenus
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Trunov southern cetomimid
Cetichthys parini
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Ataxolepis henactis
Gyrinomimus myersi
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Megalomycter teevani
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Cetichthys indagator
Ataxolepis apus
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Patagonian codling
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Dusky rattail
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Fragile grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Bighead mora
Finescale mora
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Bighead grenadier
Dogtooth grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
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.
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Mediterranean grenadier
Threadfin grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Carmine grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Shortbeard grenadier
Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.
Kumba calvifrons
Naked snout rattail
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Nezumia cyrano
Bathygadus spongiceps
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
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.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Order Lampriformes
Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.
Scalloped ribbon fish - The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths down to 90 m.
Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.
Crested oarfish
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Regalecus russelii
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
Gigantactis longicirra
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes sabex
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Linophryne maderensis
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
Dolopichthys jubatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Stargazing seadevil
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.
Oneirodes basili
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis kreffti
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Oneirodes pterurus
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Linophryne lucifer
Oneirodes myrionemus
Two-rod anglerfish
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Whalehead dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Oneirodes schistonema
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis herwigi
Linophryne sexfilis
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Dolopichthys karsteni
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Oneirodes bradburyae
Haplophryne triregium
Spiny dreamer
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Acentrophryne longidens
Gigantactis golovani
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Smooth anglerfish
Diceratias trilobus
Himantolophus nigricornis
Linophryne macrodon
Oneirodes macrosteus
Himantolophus macroceras
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Gigantactis meadi
Lophodolos indicus
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes appendixus
Oneirodes schmidti
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Gigantactis ios
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 posti
Pacific footballfish
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Robia legula
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
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 .
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 .
Order Myctophiformes
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pacific blackchin
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Diaphus aliciae
Slendertail lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Diaphus nielseni
Wisner's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Barnards lanternfishes - Symbolophorus barnardi is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between about 30° S and 11° S at depths of between 100 and 800 m.
Hygophum bruuni
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Diaphus dahlgreni
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Lampanyctus simulator
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Topside lampfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus minax
Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.
Diaphus longleyi
Laura's lantern fish
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.
Short-headed lantern fish
Andersen's lantern fish
Gonichthys venetus
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus dehaveni
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Neoscopelus microchir
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Nannobrachium fernae
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Halosaur
Aldrovandia oleosa
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus attenuatus
Halosaurus parvipennis
Aldrovandia rostrata
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus carinicauda
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathronus bruuni
Apagesoma edentatum
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus parfaiti
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Gunther's cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Alcockia rostrata
Apagesoma delosommatus
Barathronus bicolor
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Aphyonus bolini
Bony-eared assfish
Violet cuskeel
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Krefft's smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Salmon smooth-head
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Normichthys yahganorum
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Searsioides multispinus
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Normichthys herringi
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Bathylaco nielseni
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Winteria telescopa
Asquamiceps hjorti
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Bigeye smooth-head
Koefoed's searsid
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Bruce's argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
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
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Mentodus crassus
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Multipore searsid
Brown slickhead
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Bathytroctes inspector
Vaillant's smooth-head
Hairfin smooth-head
Fangtooth smooth-head
Fanfin smooth-head
Mirrorbelly - The 'mirrorbelly' or 'barreleye' is a barreleye of the genus Opisthoproctus, is found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 200 to 2,000 m.
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .
Mentodus longirostris
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Binghamichthys aphos
Narcetes erimelas
Rouleina nuda
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Toothless smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Order Perciformes
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Escolar
Kali falx
Lycodapus derjugini
Ariommid
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Blue driftfish
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Bathyclupea argentea
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Tasmanian ruffe
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Kali macrura
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Howella zina
Melanostigma vitiazi
Malakichthys similis
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Plectranthias robertsi
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
Pseudoscopelus parini
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
Kali indica
Deepwater slipskin
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
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Longfin fathead
Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.
Kali colubrina
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
Bathyclupea megaceps
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.
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.
Bothrocara nyx
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Kali macrodon
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Midwater eelpout
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
African barrelfish
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
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Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Brilliant pomfret
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Monognathus berteli
Gulper eel
Monognathus taningi
Saccopharynx thalassa
Monognathus nigeli
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Monognathus bruuni
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
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
Monognathus jesse
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Saccopharynx ramosus
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
Order Scorpaeniformes
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Blackmouth rockfish
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Tadpole liparid
Acantholiparis caecus
Short-headed sculpin
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Paraliparis carlbondi
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Icelus mandibularis
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Order Squaliformes
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
Knifetooth dogfish - The knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m.
Rasptooth dogfish - The rasptooth dogfish, Miroscyllium sheikoi, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Miroscyllium, found on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of 360 m.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
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.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
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.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
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.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Scopelogadus beanii
Poromitra unicornis
Ridgehead
Melamphaes macrocephalus
Ridgehead
Melamphaes indicus
Slender bigscale
Ridgehead
Bigscale
Melamphaes polylepis
Longjaw bigscale
Ridgehead
Melamphaes eulepis
Bigscale
Melamphaes spinifer
Twospine bigscale
Melamphaes parini
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Large-headed midnight fish
Melamphaes laeviceps
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
Ridgehead
Highsnout bigscale
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Order Stomiiformes
Eustomias curtifilis
Highfin dragonfish
Scaleless 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
Snaggletooth
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.
Pacific astronesthid fish
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Eustomias gibbsi
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Stomias danae
Astronesthes karsteni
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias parini
Astronesthes gudrunae
Leptostomias multifilis
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias minimus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus javanicus
Borostomias elucens
Astronesthes similus
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias elongatus
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Aristostomias polydactylus
Eustomias tetranema
Astronesthes martensii
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
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.
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes indicus
Thorophos nexilis
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Pacific blackdragon
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias paxtoni
Araiophos eastropas
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Eustomias multifilis
Highlight hatchetfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bulldog lightfish
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
Eustomias micraster
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.
Panama snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
Photonectes gracilis
Snaggletooth
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias schmidti
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias problematicus
Diplophos australis
Stomias gracilis
Astronesthes kreffti
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bifilis
Ichthyococcus polli
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias parri
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Astronesthes haplophos
Leptostomias robustus
Astronesthes exsul
Maurolicus stehmanni
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias albibulbus
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Borostomias mononema
Astronesthes splendida
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Sparing
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.
Loosejaw
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Snaggletooth
Bristlemouth
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias interruptus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias satterleei
Sonoda paucilampa
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes indopacificus
Thysanactis dentex
Gonostoma longipinnis
Eustomias bituberoides
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 pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Snaggletooth
Leptostomias longibarba
Loosejaw
Eustomias bertelseni
Lightfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias micropterygius
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Bonapartia pedaliota
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
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
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Thorophos euryops
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Black-belly dragonfish
Astronesthes illuminatus
Chauliodus schmidti
Eustomias monoclonus
Sternoptyx obscura
Astronesthes formosana
Maurolicus walvisensis
Photostomias atrox
Eustomias australensis
Slim lightfish
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Astronesthes bilobatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Astronesthes tanibe
Photonectes caerulescens
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Order Zeiformes
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
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
Rosy dory
Allocyttus guineensis
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus