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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

Labichthys carinatus

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

Avocettina paucipora

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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.

Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.

Black sawtooth eel

Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Acromycter longipectoralis

Benthenchelys indicus

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.

Avocettina bowersii

Leptocephalus congroides

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis bullisi

Naked barracuda

Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.

Barracudina

Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Paralepis speciosa

Stemonosudis intermedia

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Slender barracudina

Lestidiops extrema

Benthalbella elongata

Scopelarchoides climax

Atlantic sabretooth

Southern barracudina

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

Scopelarchus stephensi

Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.

Barracudina

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

Zugmayer's pearleye

Scopelarchoides danae

Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.

White barracudina

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Ahliesaurus brevis

Order Beryciformes

Parinoberyx horridus

Longwing spinyfin

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Atlantic roughy

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

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.

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Slimy head

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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.

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

Aulotrachichthys latus

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Ataxolepis henactis

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.

Gyrinomimus myersi

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Patagonian codling

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

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

Physiculus sazonovi

Trachonurus sentipellis

Kumba musorstom

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Bighead grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

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

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Globehead grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Bristly grenadier

Kumba punctulata

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Fragile grenadier

Carmine grenadier

Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.

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.

Squalogadus modificatus

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Physiculus roseus

Guttigadus nudicephalus

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

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.

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

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

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

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.

Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

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.

Chaenophryne ramifera

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.

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne lucifer

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Linophryne arcturi

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Gigantactis savagei

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

Acentrophryne longidens

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

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Dolopichthys karsteni

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Linophryne andersoni

Melanocetus eustalus

Gigantactis microphthalmus

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.

Pentherichthys venustus

Gigantactis longicauda

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Dolopichthys dinema

Linophryne argyresca

Melanocetus rossi

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

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

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.

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

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 .

Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Order Myctophiformes

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Symbolophorus rufinus

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Pacific blackchin

Spothead lantern fish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Nannobrachium idostigma

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium crypticum

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

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.

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Triphoturus oculeum

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lampanyctus simulator

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Diaphus minax

Laura's lantern fish

Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.

Diaphus longleyi

Myctophum fissunovi

Lampanyctus turneri

Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.

Short-headed lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Broadfin lampfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Evermann's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Metelectrona ventralis

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lampanyctus

Nannobrachium bristori

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia oleosa

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Halosaur

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus attenuatus

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaurus parvipennis

Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus carinicauda

Order Ophidiiformes

Barathronus pacificus

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathrites parri

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Apagesoma delosommatus

Barathronus diaphanus

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Aphyonus bolini

Alcockia rostrata

Leucobrotula adipata

Two-spined slopebrotula

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Apagesoma edentatum

Bony-eared assfish

Barathronus multidens

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nigra

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Marshall slopebrotula

Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.

Barathronus bruuni

Violet cuskeel

Order Osmeriformes

Mentodus eubranchus

Krefft's smooth-head

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Snubnose blacksmelt

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Normichthys yahganorum

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Mentodus perforatus

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Deep-sea smelt

Threadfin slickhead

Leptoderma affinis

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Barrel-eye

Winged spookfish

Mentodus mesalirus

Searsioides multispinus

California smoothtongue

Loosescale smooth-head

Bathylaco nielseni

Bigeye smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Fanfin smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Antillean smooth-head

Mentodus facilis

Winteria telescopa

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Abyssal smooth-head

Brown slickhead

Leptoderma lubricum

Koefoed's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Asquamiceps caeruleus

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

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

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

Hairfin 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

Fangtooth smooth-head

Northern smooth-tongue - The Northen smoothtongue is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres .

Mentodus longirostris

Norman's smooth-head

Searsioides calvala

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Bathylagus andriashevi

Robust blacksmelt

Nansenia iberica

Rouleina eucla

Toothless smooth-head

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Leptoderma retropinna

Michael Sars smooth-head

Pygmy argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Bathytroctes breviceps

Order Perciformes

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Stout slipskin

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Kali falx

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Blue driftfish

Bigmouth veilfin

Tonga escolar

Malakichthys barbatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Pale eelpout

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Kali macrura

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Melanostigma bathium

Pachycara dolichaulus

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Stubraker sculpin

Pseudoscopelus parini

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Platyberyx opalescens

Kali indica

Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.

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

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Eumegistus brevorti

Atrobucca geniae

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Ariommid

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

Black swallower

Bathyclupea megaceps

Paracaristius maderensis

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

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

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

Trewavas croaker

Cutlassfish

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.

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

Acantholiparis caecus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

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

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

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

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Large-headed midnight fish

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

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.

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias curtifilis

Scaleless dragonfish

Highfin dragonfish

Maurolicus breviculus

Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.

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.

Cyclothone obscura

Astronesthes

Aristostomias grimaldii

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Benttooth bristlemouth

Astronesthes similus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias cirritus

Eustomias ioani

Bathophilus altipinnis

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias schiffi

Pacific hatchet fish

Eustomias gibbsi

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Stomias danae

Astronesthes martensii

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias braueri

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Astronesthes lampara

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes albipennis

Slender bristlemouth

Borostomias elucens

Eustomias elongatus

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bathophilus kingi

Bigeye lightfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Loosejaw

Eustomias longiramis

Scaleless black dragonfish

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Garrick

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Sladen's hatchet fish

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Astronesthes tatyanae

Tentacle dragonfish

Eustomias bulbornatus

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

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

Snaggletooth

Scaly dragonfish

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

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 haplophos

Heterophotus ophistoma

Bathophilus indicus

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Aristostomias lunifer

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias schmidti

Bristlemouth

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.

Longfin dragonfish

Constellationfish

Astronesthes atlanticus

Astronesthes splendida

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.

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Eustomias problematicus

Diplophos australis

Stomias gracilis

Snaggletooth

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes leucopogon

Maurolicus stehmanni

Astronesthes indopacificus

Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.

Photonectes parvimanus

Eustomias albibulbus

Eustomias monoclonoides

Maurolicus kornilovorum

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.

Astronesthes decoratus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias cancriensis

Eustomias interruptus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Scaleless 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.

Eustomias bituberoides

Thysanactis dentex

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes macropogon

Eustomias pacificus

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias micropterygius

Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .

Scaleless dragonfish

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes illuminatus

Photonectes leucospilus

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Photonectes achirus

Cyclothone parapallida

Bonapartia pedaliota

Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.

Eustomias dispar

Eustomias medusa

Bathophilus irregularis

Hatchetfish

Astronesthes formosana

Aristostomias polydactylus

Eustomias lanceolatus

Bathophilus brevis

Eustomias spherulifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias crossotus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Astronesthes tanibe

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyripnus iridescens

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Eustomias quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

Stomias lampropeltis

Snaggletooth

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias bulbiramis

Atlantic fangjaw

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Thorophos euryops

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Black-belly dragonfish

Pacific astronesthid fish

Araiophos eastropas

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Astronesthes karsteni

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes gudrunae

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Arrow dragonfish

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

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.

False boarfish

Allocyttus guineensis

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

Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

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Bathypelagic fish - Fish living in the bathypelagic environment

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