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
Avocettina bowersii
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.
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.
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
Acromycter longipectoralis
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Telescopefish
Scopelarchoides kreffti
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
Lestidiops similis
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Scopelarchoides danae
Scopelosaurus adleri
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
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
Ahliesaurus berryi
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Barracudina
Lestidium prolixum
Undistinguished sabretooth
Slender barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Scopelarchoides climax
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Southern barracudina
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Ahliesaurus brevis
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
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.
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.
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.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Pink flabby whalefish
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
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Fragile grenadier
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.
Bristly grenadier
Finescale mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
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
Naked snout rattail
Squalogadus modificatus
Kumba maculisquama
Berry's grenadier
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Coelorinchus trunovi
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
Bathygadus spongiceps
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Patagonian codling
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Pugnose grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Coryphaenoides microps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
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.
Kumba musorstom
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Kumba calvifrons
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Trachonurus sentipellis
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Ventrifossa paxtoni
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
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Order Lampriformes
Southern ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
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.
Regalecus russelii
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
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.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
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
Order Lophiiformes
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus mauli
Dolopichthys karsteni
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Oneirodes kreffti
Himantolophus crinitus
Linophryne maderensis
Oneirodes dicromischus
Himantolophus azurlucens
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
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
Gigantactis golovani
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
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
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus compressus
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis meadi
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
Acentrophryne longidens
Oneirodes posti
Pacific footballfish
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Robia legula
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Linophryne sexfilis
Linophryne parini
Nightmare dreamer
Himantolophus borealis
Gigantactis paxtoni
Deepsea angler - Linophryne arborifera, or illuminated netdevil, is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m .
Blackdevil - The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters .
Gigantactis longicirra
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes thysanema
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.
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
Torpedo batfish
Oneirodes pietschi
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Gigantactis balushkini
Oneirodes melanocauda
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Dolopichthys jubatus
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
Oneirodes heteronema
Himantolophus cornifer
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
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
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
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Linophryne lucifer
Lophodolos indicus
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 macronema
Atlantic footballfish
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne coronata
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Oneirodes flagellifer
Himantolophus brevirostris
Puck pinnata
Gigantactis savagei
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Oneirodes anisacanthus
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
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes plagionema
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Gigantactis elsmani
Order Myctophiformes
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus umbroculus
Slimtail lampfish
Broadfin lampfish
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Pacific blackchin
Diaphus drachmanni
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus subtilis
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Metelectrona ventralis
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Fragile lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Diaphus thiollierei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus dahlgreni
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus similis
Spinytail lampfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lampanyctus vadulus
Myctophum indicum
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus antonbruuni
Highseas lampfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Diaphus whitleyi
Lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus ehrhorni
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus richardsoni
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Diaphus pallidus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Longfin lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Golden lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus trachops
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Diaphus dehaveni
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Bolin's lantern fish
Lampadena pontifex
Arctic telescope
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
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
Mead's lanternfish
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus arabicus
Triphoturus oculeum
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Diaphus faustinoi
Lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Brokenline lanternfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus roei
Lampadena yaquinae
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Diaphus longleyi
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.
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
Bonapart's spiny eel
Aldrovandia rostrata
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
Barathronus bruuni
Apagesoma edentatum
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Alcockia rostrata
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Nielsen's catetyx
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus multidens
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus unicolor
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Bathylagus tenuis
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Ghost smelt
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Conocara bertelseni
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus mesalirus
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Hairfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Normichthys herringi
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
Fangtooth 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 .
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Longfin smooth-head
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Asquamiceps hjorti
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Bigeye smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Krefft's smooth-head
Bruce's argentine
Snubnose blacksmelt
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Salmon smooth-head
Bathylagus niger
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Brown slickhead
Multipore searsid
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.
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Searsioides multispinus
California smoothtongue
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Elongate smooth-head
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Bathylaco nielseni
Fanfin smooth-head
Loosescale smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Koefoed's searsid
Blackchin blacksmelt
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Conocara kreffti
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Malakichthys levis
Kali falx
Bathyclupea gracilis
Ariommid
Bigmouth veilfin
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
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.
Caristius groenlandicus
Kali macrura
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.
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
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 hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
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
Escolar
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Blue driftfish
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Tonga escolar
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Atrobucca geniae
Tasmanian ruffe
Lycenchelys imamurai
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Howella zina
Malakichthys similis
Melanostigma vitiazi
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Melanostigma bathium
Pachycara dolichaulus
Thinlip splitfin
Stubraker sculpin
Pseudoscopelus parini
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Eyebrow - The bluefin driftfish or scissortail, Psenes pellucidus, is a pelagic driftfish of the genus Psenes, found in all the world's oceans at depths down to 1,000 m.
Howella parini
Order Pleuronectiformes
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Bathysolea lactea
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Saccopharynx trilobatus
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
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
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
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
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
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.
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.
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.
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
Threelight dragonfish
Eustomias curtifilis
Ebeling's fangjaw
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
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Leptostomias robustus
Snaggletooth
Maurolicus stehmanni
Pacific astronesthid fish
Eustomias albibulbus
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Lovely hatchetfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes karsteni
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Cyclothone pygmaea
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Sparing
Eustomias macronema
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Astronesthes gudrunae
Bristlemouth
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias satterleei
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Sonoda paucilampa
Eustomias pinnatus
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes similus
Thysanactis dentex
Eustomias bituberoides
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.
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Bigeye lightfish
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Half-naked hatchetfish
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
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Astronesthes indicus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Photonectes achirus
Cyclothone parapallida
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Bathophilus irregularis
Eustomias medusa
Argyripnus iridescens
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes galapagensis
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes tatyanae
Black-belly dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Eustomias digitatus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Eustomias monoclonus
Aristostomias grimaldii
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias australensis
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias contiguus
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Bathophilus pawneei
Eustomias metamelas
Pacific hatchet fish
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes kreffti
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Hatchetfish - Phosichthys argenteus, a lightfish and the only member of the genus Phosichthys, is found in deep subtropical waters of all oceans, from depths of 500 to 2,000 m.
Cyclothone obscura
Constellationfish
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
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes exsul
Benttooth bristlemouth
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias ioani
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Astronesthes atlanticus
Stomias danae
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Loosejaw
Leptostomias multifilis
Snaggletooth
Eustomias bibulboides
Ichthyococcus parini
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Chauliodus minimus
Bathophilus kingi
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Argyripnus pharos
Maurolicus javanicus
Astronesthes indopacificus
Borostomias elucens
Photonectes albipennis
Slender bristlemouth
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.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias longiramis
Eustomias tetranema
Snaggletooth
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.
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes decoratus
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias bimargaritoides
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
Eustomias multifilis
Aristostomias lunifer
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Pearlside
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Hatchetfish
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Bathophilus proximus
Eustomias micraster
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.
Chauliodus dentatus
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 lamellosus
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Yellow bristlemouth
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Astronesthes illuminatus
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Eustomias schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
Bristlemouth
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Stomias gracilis
Astronesthes tanibe
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Triacanthodes intermedius
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
Black oreo - The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.
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.
Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
