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
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Serrivomer schmidti
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Avocettina bowersii
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
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.
Sawtooth eel - The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the south west Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m.
Avocettina paucipora
Black sawtooth eel
Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Avocettina acuticeps
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
Scopelosaurus adleri
Macroparalepis danae
Ahliesaurus brevis
Lestidium prolixum
Bigfin pearleye
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
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
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Lestidiops similis
Scopelarchus stephensi
Barracudina
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
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Ahliesaurus berryi
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Scopelosaurus mauli
Uncisudis longirostra
Paperbones
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Pearleye
Barracudina
Magnisudis indica
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
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
Aulotrachichthys latus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Ataxolepis apus
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
Ataxolepis henactis
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Megalomycter teevani
Gyrinomimus simplex
Cetomimus picklei
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
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Fragile 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
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
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.
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Globehead grenadier
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Kumba punctulata
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean 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
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Naked snout rattail
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
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.
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
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Oneirodes alius
Short-rod anglerfish
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.
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
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
Gigantactis gibbsi
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
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
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
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
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus melanolophus
Robia legula
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus danae
Rhynchactis leptonema
Dolopichthys pullatus
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
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Nannobrachium crypticum
Taaningichthys minimus
Lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
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
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus arabicus
Lampanyctus simulator
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
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.
Laura's lantern fish
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
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Neoscopelus microchir
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Benoit's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
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
Apagesoma edentatum
Barathronus multidens
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus parfaiti
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathronus bruuni
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Leucobrotula adipata
Two-spined slopebrotula
Gunther's cuskeel
Barathronus pacificus
Barathronus unicolor
Nielsen's catetyx
Pelagic brotula
Barathrites parri
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Alcockia rostrata
Apagesoma delosommatus
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus diaphanus
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Aphyonus bolini
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus bicolor
Violet cuskeel
Order Osmeriformes
Mentodus eubranchus
Krefft's smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Normichthys yahganorum
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Barrel-eye
Winged spookfish
Mentodus mesalirus
Searsioides multispinus
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Normichthys herringi
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Bathylaco nielseni
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Winteria telescopa
Werner's smooth-head
Asquamiceps hjorti
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Koefoed's searsid
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Bruce's argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Threadfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
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
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Mentodus crassus
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Multipore searsid
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Bigeye smooth-head
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
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.
Fanfin smooth-head
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
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Legless searsid
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
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
Brown slickhead
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Order Perciformes
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Atrobucca geniae
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Escolar
Kali falx
Lycodapus derjugini
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Ariommid
Blue driftfish
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
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
Plectranthias robertsi
Trewavas croaker
Stubraker sculpin
Cutlassfish
Pseudoscopelus parini
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
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
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
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.
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
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.
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
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White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Pseudoscopelus stellatus
Brilliant pomfret
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
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
Monognathus jesse
Saccopharynx ramosus
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
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
Gibberfish
Melamphaes hubbsi
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Order Stomiiformes
Eustomias curtifilis
Snaggletooth
Scaleless dragonfish
Highfin dragonfish
Eustomias trewavasae - Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m.
Maurolicus breviculus
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.
Benttooth bristlemouth
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Astronesthes decoratus
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias ioani
Bathophilus altipinnis
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Margrethia valentinae
Lovely hatchetfish
Stomias danae
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias braueri
Astronesthes macropogon
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Astronesthes lamellosus
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Maurolicus javanicus
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias elongatus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bathophilus kingi
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias longiramis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias tetranema
Aristostomias polydactylus
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Astronesthes formosana
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Astronesthes tanibe
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias radicifilis
Half-naked hatchetfish
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
Scaly dragonfish
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Snaggletooth
Eustomias paxtoni
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Araiophos eastropas
Highlight hatchetfish
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Pacific astronesthid fish
Astronesthes karsteni
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
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.
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Yellow bristlemouth
Eustomias digitatus
Astronesthes gudrunae
Eustomias magnificus
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias schmidti
Aristostomias grimaldii
Bristlemouth
Threelight dragonfish
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Astronesthes
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 similus
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias problematicus
Pacific hatchet fish
Diplophos australis
Stomias gracilis
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Astronesthes martensii
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
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Leptostomias robustus
Maurolicus stehmanni
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes galapagensis
Eustomias macronema
Sparing
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Eustomias tomentosis
Maurolicus australis
Loosejaw
Bristlemouth
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Alcock's boafish
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Astronesthes tatyanae
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias satterleei
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Argyripnus pharos
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Gonostoma longipinnis
Thysanactis dentex
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 bituberoides
Snaggletooth
Snaggletooth
Eustomias pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Astronesthes kreffti
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
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
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias vitiazi
Maurolicus inventionis
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias medusa
Bathophilus irregularis
Hatchetfish
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias spherulifer
Aristostomias lunifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Astronesthes exsul
Astronesthes atlanticus
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias quadrifilis
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.
Diplophos pacificus
Stomias lampropeltis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Snaggletooth
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Astronesthes leucopogon
Astronesthes indopacificus
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Yarrella argenteola
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
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.
Rosy dory
Neocyttus
Allocyttus guineensis
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus