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
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Acromycter longipectoralis
Dogface witch-eel
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Labichthys yanoi
Serrivomer garmani
Avocettina bowersii
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Leptocephalus bellottii
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Nessorhamphus danae
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
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Telescopefish
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Ahliesaurus berryi
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Scopelarchoides danae
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Undistinguished sabretooth
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Atlantic sabretooth
Benthalbella elongata
Lestidiops extrema
Southern barracudina
Scopelarchoides signifer
Macroparalepis nigra
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Benthalbella macropinna
Strange pike smelt
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Ahliesaurus brevis
White barracudina
Scopelarchoides kreffti
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Sharpchin barracudina
Evermannella ahlstromi
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
Barracudina
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Scopelosaurus adleri
Coccorella atrata
Zugmayer's pearleye
Lestidiops indopacifica
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Barracudina
Stemonosudis gracilis
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Paperbones
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Lestidiops pacificus
Pearleye
Barracudina
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Magnisudis indica
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Barracudina
Stemonosudis molesta
Evermannella megalops
Order Beryciformes
Parinoberyx horridus
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 tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
Hoplostethus marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Longwing spinyfin
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Aulotrachichthys latus
Parmops echinatus
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.
Paratrachichthys argyrophanus
Slimy head
Hoplostethus melanopterus
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Diretmoides veriginae
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.
Hoplostethus shubnikovi
Hoplostethus mikhailini
Flintperch
Hoplostethus confinis
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Parin's spiny fin
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Order Carcharhiniformes
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.
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.
Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .
Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.
Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.
Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.
Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.
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.
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.
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.
Order Cetomimiformes
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Pink flabby whalefish
Whalefish
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Festive ribbonfish
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Parataeniophorus brevis
Gyrinomimus simplex
Procetichthys kreffti
Cetomimus kerdops
Ataxolepis apus
Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Danacetichthys galathenus
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetomimus picklei
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Ditropichthys storeri
Order Chimaeriformes
Gal
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Order Gadiformes
Patagonian codling
Dogtooth grenadier
Arrowtail
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadomus multifilis
Grenadier
Gadella brocca
Arctic cod - It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland.
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Narrowsnout grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Bluntnose grenadier
Bighead mora
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
Kumba musorstom
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Kumba calvifrons
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Gadomus capensis
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Bighead grenadier
Nezumia cyrano
Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Bathypelagic rattail
Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Myers' grenadier
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
Grenadier fish
Whitson's grenadier
Coryphaenoides grahami
Gadella edelmanni
Physiculus parini
Parin's grenadier
Large-eye grenadier
Fragile grenadier
Globehead grenadier
Finescale mora
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Kumba punctulata
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Smallhead moray cod
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Mediterranean grenadier
Threadfin grenadier
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Carmine grenadier
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.
Physiculus longifilis
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Naked snout rattail
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Laemonema melanurum
Squalogadus modificatus
Echinomacrurus mollis
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Coelorinchus trunovi
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Doublethread grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Coryphaenoides camurus
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.
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Southern ribbonfish
Dealfish
Order Lophiiformes
Gigantactis longicirra
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne escaramosa
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
Linophryne bipennata
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Dolopichthys pullatus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
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 cristatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne macrodon
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne densiramus
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
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
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Oneirodes pterurus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Oneirodes myrionemus
Lophodolos indicus
Dolopichthys jubatus
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
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Oneirodes whitleyi
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Gigantactis macronema
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Linophryne indica
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
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
Two-rod anglerfish
Linophryne brevibarbata
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 .
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
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
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Gigantactis golovani
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Stargazing seadevil
Himantolophus nigricornis
Smooth anglerfish
Dolopichthys karsteni
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Oneirodes clarkei
Gigantactis meadi
Linophryne lucifer
Linophryne coronata
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
Diceratias trilobus
Gigantactis savagei
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Triplewart seadevil
Gigantactis gargantua
Robia legula
Whalehead dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Dolopichthys dinema
Linophryne sexfilis
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne parini
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
Acentrophryne longidens
Order Myctophiformes
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Gonichthys venetus
Lampadena dea
Lantern fish
Chubby flashlightfish
Diaphus lucidus
Lanternfish
Hudson's lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Horned lanternfish
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Diaphus ehrhorni
Diaphus taaningi
Doflein's false headlightfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Pinpoint lampfish
Short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus richardsoni
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium idostigma
Diaphus pallidus
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lanternfish
Andersen's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Lampadena pontifex
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Spothead lantern fish
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
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.
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus lobatus
Longfin lanternfish
Diaphus trachops
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Hintonia candens
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Lampanyctus simulator
Lobisomem
Diaphus dehaveni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Bigeye lanternfish
Brokenline lanternfish
Diaphus basileusi
Black lantern fish
Bolin's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Diaphus nielseni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mead's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Diaphus jenseni
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
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
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
Diaphus faustinoi
Taaning's lantern fish
Broadfin lampfish
Cocco's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus roei
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus antonbruuni
Garnet lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Diaphus parri
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pig-headed lantern fish
Pacific blackchin
Protomyctophum bolini
Mirror lanterfish
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Diaphus minax
Slendertail lanternfish
Lanternfish
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
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.
Diaphus longleyi
Lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Spinycheek lanternfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Metelectrona ventralis
Japanese lanternfish
Longfin lampfish
Diaphus drachmanni
Diaphus subtilis
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Triphoturus oculeum
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lampanyctus
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium bristori
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus megalops
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Large-scaled lantern fish
Spotted laternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Electrona antarctica
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Fragile lantern fish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium wisneri
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Lanternfish
Diaphus dahlgreni
Diaphus similis
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus arabicus
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum chilense
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Nannobrachium fernae
Lanternfish
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus attenuatus
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Apagesoma delosommatus
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Bony-eared assfish
Brotulotaenia nigra
Aphyonus bolini
Barathronus multidens
Marshall slopebrotula
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Apagesoma edentatum
Violet cuskeel
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Lamprogrammus niger
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Barathronus diaphanus
Two-spined slopebrotula
Alcockia rostrata
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Krefft's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Maulisia acuticeps
Rouleina livida
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Toothless smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Mentodus perforatus
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Mentodus crassus
Bathytroctes squamosus
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Leptoderma affinis
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Brown slickhead
Multipore searsid
Barrel-eye
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Searsioides multispinus
Holtbyrnia laticauda
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Smallscale searsid
Bluntsnout slickhead
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Fanfin smooth-head
Rouleina euryops
Nansenia longicauda
Hairfin smooth-head
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Bathylaco nielseni
Nansenia ahlstromi
Mentodus longirostris
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Winged spookfish
Longsnout blacksmelt
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Werner's smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Koefoed's searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Palegold searsid
Madeiran smooth-head
Nansenia tenuicauda
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Loosescale smooth-head
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Softskin smooth-head
Greenland argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Mentodus eubranchus
Koefoed's smooth-head
Leptoderma lubricum
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Normichthys yahganorum
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.
Starry smooth-head
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Rouleina watasei
Blackhead salmon
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia megalopa
Threadfin slickhead
Deep-sea smelt
Mentodus mesalirus
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Leaf searsid
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Dolichopteryx rostrata
Dolichopteryx anascopa
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
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 .
Sagamichthys gracilis
Searsioides calvala
Norman's smooth-head
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Maulisia isaacsi
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Narcetes erimelas
Asquamiceps hjorti
Antillean smooth-head
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Rouleina eucla
Nansenia iberica
Mentodus facilis
Bigeye smooth-head
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Bruce's argentine
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Bathytroctes breviceps
Order Perciformes
Escolar
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Eumegistus brevorti
Blue driftfish
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali normani
Malakichthys barbatus
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Caristius groenlandicus
Atrobucca geniae
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.
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Howella zina
Bothrocara nyx
Lycenchelys imamurai
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Barracuda cardinalfish
Malakichthys similis
Kali macrodon
Deepsea herring
Paracaristius heemstrai
Pachycara dolichaulus
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
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.
Stubraker sculpin
Deepwater slipskin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Atlantic soft pout
Silver splitfin
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Brilliant pomfret
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
Ariommid
Plectranthias parini
Kali parri
Malakichthys levis
Bathyclupea gracilis
Kali falx
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Trewavas croaker
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Pseudoscopelus aphos
Longfin fathead
Lycodapus
Tasmanian ruffe
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.
Kali macrura
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Melanostigma vitiazi
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.
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Cutlassfish
Sherborn's cardinalfish
Plectranthias robertsi
Malakichthys mochizuki
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
Kali indica
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
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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
Order Pleuronectiformes
Bathysolea lactea
Smallmouth moonflounder
Deepwater sole
Order Polymixiiformes
Japanese beardfish
Order Saccopharyngiformes
Gulper eel
Monognathus berteli
Saccopharynx trilobatus
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 taningi
Monognathus nigeli
Monognathus bruuni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
Saccopharynx ramosus
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx berteli
Monognathus bertini
Saccopharynx lavenbergi
Monognathus ozawai
Monognathus herringi
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 thalassa
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Monognathus boehlkei
Gulper
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Monognathus rajui
Monognathus isaacsi
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Icelus mandibularis
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Midwater scorpionfish
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis kafanovi
Tadpole liparid
Short-headed sculpin
Paraliparis carlbondi
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Careproctus marginatus
Acantholiparis caecus
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Genioliparis ferox
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Order Squaliformes
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.
Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
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.
Whitetail dogfish - The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers.
Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.
Japanese velvet dogfish - The Japanese velvet dogfish, Zameus ichiharai, is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of Japan at depths of between 500 and 800 m.
Spined pygmy shark - The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.
Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.
Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pocket shark - The pocket shark is a very poorly known deepwater shark recorded from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off northern Chile.
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.
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.
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.
Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.
Order Stephanoberyciformes
Ridgehead
Poromitra unicornis
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
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
Bigscale
Scopelogadus beanii
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
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Longjaw bigscale
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Ridgehead
Poromitra gibbsi
Little bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Twospine bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
Order Stomiiformes
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.
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Highfin dragonfish
Scaleless 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.
Diplophos pacificus
Astronesthes atlanticus
Eustomias schiffi
Benttooth bristlemouth
Loosejaw
Snaggletooth
Photonectes parvimanus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Bathophilus altipinnis
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias ioani
Astronesthes splendida
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Stomias danae
Sladen's hatchet fish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Astronesthes indopacificus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias curtatus
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Argyripnus pharos
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Snaggletooth
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Chauliodus minimus
Eustomias minimus
Bathophilus kingi
Bigeye lightfish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Maurolicus javanicus
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
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
Astronesthes decoratus
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Loosejaw
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Scaleless black dragonfish
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Eustomias longiramis
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaly dragonfish
Aristostomias lunifer
Astronesthes macropogon
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Photonectes leucospilus
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias inconstans
Eustomias radicifilis
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias dispar
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.
Astronesthes lamellosus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Eustomias multifilis
Highlight hatchetfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Pearlside
Astronesthes illuminatus
Astronesthes formosana
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Bathophilus proximus
Chauliodus dentatus
Eustomias micraster
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.
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias uniramis
Yellow bristlemouth
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Bathophilus indicus
Eustomias magnificus
Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.
Astronesthes bilobatus
Longfin dragonfish
Constellationfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Snaggletooth
Photostomias atrox
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Pacific astronesthid fish
Astronesthes tanibe
Arrow dragonfish
Borostomias pacificus
Photonectes caerulescens
Polyipnus inermis
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias hulleyi
Eustomias problematicus
Stomias gracilis
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Leptostomias robustus
Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
Eustomias parri
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes karsteni
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias monoclonoides
Maurolicus stehmanni
Astronesthes gudrunae
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Torpedo dragonfish
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias braueri
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Astronesthes similus
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
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 macronema
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Bristlemouth
Diplophos australis
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Aristostomias polydactylus
Astronesthes martensii
Astronesthes
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias aequatorialis
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias elongatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Half-naked hatchetfish
Astronesthes lampara
Astronesthes indicus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Argyripnus iridescens
Araiophos eastropas
Astronesthes galapagensis
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Eustomias micropterygius
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Hatchetfish
Eustomias medusa
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Snaggletooth
Photostomias goodyeari
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Bathophilus brevis
Eustomias lanceolatus
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Aristostomias grimaldii
Snaggletooth
Astronesthes tatyanae
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Polyipnus meteori
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias ignotus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Stomias lampropeltis
Black-belly dragonfish
Eustomias digitatus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias patulus
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes kreffti
Threelight dragonfish
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Chauliodus schmidti
Eustomias monoclonus
Sternoptyx obscura
Maurolicus walvisensis
Astronesthes haplophos
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Bathophilus pawneei
Yarrella argenteola
Eustomias metamelas
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Astronesthes exsul
Order Tetraodontiformes
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Triacanthodes intermedius
Order Zeiformes
Stethopristes eos
Neocyttus
Allocyttus guineensis
Rosy dory
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
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.
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.
False boarfish