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.
Acromycter longipectoralis
Benthenchelys indicus
Chlopsis longidens
Crossthroat sawpalate
Narrownecked oceanic eel - The skin is scaleless and red-brown.
Avocettina paucipora
Leptocephalus congroides
Labichthys carinatus
Serrivomer schmidti
Nessorhamphus danae
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Avocettina acuticeps
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.
Ahliesaurus berryi
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
White barracudina
Japanese barracudina
Lestidiops similis
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
Scopelosaurus adleri
Bigfin pearleye
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Stemonosudis gracilis
Barracudina
Barracudina
Lestidium bigelowi
Uncisudis longirostra
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.
Ahliesaurus brevis
Barracudina
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Naked barracuda
Stemonosudis bullisi
Barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Longfin pearleye
Barracudina
Chubby pearleye
Antarctic jonasfish
Paralepis speciosa
Scopelarchus stephensi
Macroparalepis danae
Stemonosudis intermedia
Lestidium prolixum
Uncisudis posteropelvis
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
Stemonosudis elegans
Fierce pike smelt
Atlantic barracudina
Uncisudis advena
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.
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.
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.
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
Cetomimus gillii
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus picklei
Ditropichthys storeri
Ataxolepis henactis
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Vitiaziella cubiceps
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
Tripterophycis svetovidovi
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
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Finescale mora
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean grenadier
Echinomacrurus mollis
Graceful grenadier - This is one of the smallest of the rattails, growing to no more than 13 cm in length.
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.
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Laemonema melanurum
Naked snout rattail
Squalogadus modificatus
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.
Nezumia cyrano
Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.
Bathygadus spongiceps
Doublethread grenadier
Coryphaenoides macrolophus
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Coryphaenoides camurus
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
Patagonian codling
Kumba hebetata
Roundhead grenadier
Coelorinchus melanosagmatus
Pugnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides striaturus
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Striped codlet
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Bristly grenadier
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
Coelorinchus vityazae
Slendertail grenadier
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Kumba calvifrons
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Physiculus roseus
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
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Crested oarfish
Regalecus russelii
Southern ribbonfish
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.
Dealfish
Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
Order Lophiiformes
Bufoceratias thele
Linophryne escaramosa
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Dolopichthys karsteni
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Linophryne bipennata
Pietschichthys horridus
Linophryne racemifera
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Linophryne andersoni
Melanocetus eustalus
Haplophryne triregium
Oneirodes bradburyae
Lasiognathus waltoni - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Spiny dreamer
Gigantactis longicauda
Pentherichthys venustus
Gigantactis golovani
Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Oneirodes rosenblatti
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Linophryne macrodon
Stargazing seadevil
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Linophryne argyresca
Melanocetus rossi
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne polypogon
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Dolopichthys dinema
Gigantactis meadi
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus albinares
Oneirodes clarkei
Oneirodes appendixus
Lasiognathus intermedius - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes schmidti
Gigantactis ios
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Robia legula
Bufoceratias wedli
Linophryne indica
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Whalehead dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Linophryne sexfilis
Linophryne parini
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
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
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes sabex
Gigantactis gracilicauda
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
Torpedo batfish
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Chirophryne xenolophus
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Oneirodes melanocauda
Bufoceratias shaoi
Linophryne digitopogon
Dolopichthys jubatus
Gigantactis watermani
Linophryne bicornis
Caulophryne polynema
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Chaenophryne ramifera
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 cristatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Gigantactis microdontis
Linophryne algibarbata
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Oneirodes basili
Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
Gigantactis kreffti
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Linophryne lucifer
Lophodolos indicus
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
Linophryne coronata
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne pennibarbata
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Gigantactis savagei
Linophryne arcturi
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
Smooth dreamer
Bulbous dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Acentrophryne longidens
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Lasiognathus beebei - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.
Oneirodes schistonema
Gigantactis herwigi
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Order Myctophiformes
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Cocco's lantern fish
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Pig-headed lantern fish
Pacific blackchin
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Diaphus drachmanni
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Spiny lantern fish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lantern fish
Longfin lampfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Diaphus kuroshio
Japanese lanternfish
Triphoturus oculeum
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
Fragile lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Lanternfish
Neoscopelus microchir
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Nannobrachium bristori
Lanternfish
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lanternfish
Spotted laternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Diaphus lucidus
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Nannobrachium wisneri
Diaphus antonbruuni
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Topside lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
Short-headed lantern fish
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Lanternfish
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Spothead lantern fish
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Diaphus garmani
Doflein's false headlightfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
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
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Myctophum lychnobium
Lanternfish
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lampanyctus simulator
Diaphus arabicus
Diaphus jenseni
Lobisomem
Highseas lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Large-scaled lantern fish
Tarletonbeania taylori
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Myctophum orientale
Smallfin lanternfish
Thickhead 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.
Diaphus longleyi
Laura's lantern fish
Myctophum fissunovi
Lampanyctus turneri
Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.
Order Notacanthiformes
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Halosaurus attenuatus
Order Ophidiiformes
Pelagic brotula
Barathronus bruuni
Apagesoma edentatum
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Bony-eared assfish
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus pacificus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Barathrites parri
Brotulotaenia nigra
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Two-spined slopebrotula
Barathronus diaphanus
Violet cuskeel
Nielsen's catetyx
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Marshall slopebrotula
Barathronus multidens
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Alcockia rostrata
Leucobrotula adipata
Gunther's cuskeel
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
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
Murray's smooth-head
Bathylagus tenuis
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Conocara bertelseni
Ghost smelt
Bighead searsid
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Boneythroat
Nansenia antarctica
Mentodus mesalirus
Mentodus bythios
Leaf searsid
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 .
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Longfin smooth-head
Pacific black smelt
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Maulisia isaacsi
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Palebelly searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Toothless smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Asquamiceps hjorti
Michael Sars smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Bigeye smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bruce's argentine
Krefft's smooth-head
Salmon smooth-head
Snubnose blacksmelt
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bathylagus niger
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Maulisia acuticeps
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
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
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Searsioides multispinus
Elongate smooth-head
California smoothtongue
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
Smallscale searsid
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Barbantus elongatus
Bathylagus borealis
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Bathylaco nielseni
Fanfin smooth-head
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Mentodus longirostris
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Legless searsid
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Bathytroctes elegans
Agassiz' smooth-head
Antillean smooth-head
Winteria telescopa
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Werner's smooth-head
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Koefoed's searsid
Conocara kreffti
Blackchin blacksmelt
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Palegold searsid
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Order Perciformes
New Zealand ruffe
Melanostigma orientale
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Malakichthys levis
Kali falx
Bathyclupea gracilis
Ariommid
Tonga escolar
Bigmouth veilfin
Gaper
Seleniolycus robertsi
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Lycodapus microchir
Pseudoscopelus microps
Trewavas croaker
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.
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
Tasmanian ruffe
Kali macrura
Black swallower
Bathyclupea megaceps
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
Fan-tailed rag-fish - The ragfish body is scaleless and limp, both because of the cartilaginous skeleton, as well as its flabby muscles.
African barrelfish
Midwater eelpout
Plectranthias robertsi
Cutlassfish
Malakichthys mochizuki
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Cocoa snapper
Silver splitfin
Atlantic soft pout
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Kali indica
Platyberyx opalescens
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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
Escolar
Stout slipskin
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Lycodapus derjugini
Blue driftfish
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Malakichthys barbatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Kali colubrina
Bathyclupea argentea
Seleniolycus pectoralis
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Pale eelpout
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Atrobucca geniae
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
Neocyema erythrosoma - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.
Saccopharynx hjorti
Monognathus smithi
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
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
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.
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Blackmouth rockfish
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Squaloliparis dentatus
Acantholiparis caecus
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Melamphaes laeviceps
Order Stomiiformes
Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Eustomias curtifilis
Eustomias parri
Scaleless dragonfish
Ebeling's fangjaw
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Leptostomias robustus
Snaggletooth
Pacific astronesthid fish
Maurolicus stehmanni
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias cirritus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Eustomias braueri
Melanostomias globulifer
Torpedo dragonfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Lovely hatchetfish
Astronesthes karsteni
Opostomias micripnus
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Cyclothone pygmaea
Borostomias mononema
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias macronema
Oceanic lightfish - The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m.
Sparing
Eustomias tomentosis
Astronesthes gudrunae
Maurolicus australis
Bristlemouth
Alcock's boafish
Astronesthes
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias satterleei
Astronesthes dupliglandis
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Manducus maderensis
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Astronesthes similus
Gonostoma longipinnis
Thysanactis dentex
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
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias elongatus
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Eustomias pacificus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Leptostomias longibarba
Astronesthes martensii
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Photonectes leucospilus
Eustomias bulbornatus
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias micropterygius
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Scaleless dragonfish
Half-naked hatchetfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Pachystomias microdon
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Eustomias vitiazi
Astronesthes indicus
Maurolicus inventionis
Cyclothone parapallida
Bonapartia pedaliota
Photonectes achirus
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Bathophilus irregularis
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias lanceolatus
Bathophilus brevis
Araiophos eastropas
Eustomias spherulifer
Astronesthes galapagensis
Deep-water bristlemouth
Eustomias ignotus
Odontostomias micropogon
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias quadrifilis
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Diplophos pacificus
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes tatyanae
Black-belly dragonfish
Snaggletooth
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Aristostomias grimaldii
Sternoptyx obscura
Snaggletooth
Maurolicus walvisensis
Slim lightfish
Eustomias australensis
Photostomias atrox
Eustomias contiguus
Threelight dragonfish
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Melanostomias melanopogon
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Eustomias metamelas
Yarrella argenteola
Bathophilus pawneei
Pacific hatchet fish
Astronesthes kreffti
Pitgum lanternfish
Maurolicus mucronatus
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
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.
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.
Astronesthes haplophos
Maurolicus breviculus
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes exsul
Benttooth bristlemouth
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Bathophilus altipinnis
Eustomias gibbsi
Eustomias posti
Astronesthes atlanticus
Margrethia valentinae
Stomias danae
Astronesthes splendida
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Eustomias parini
Loosejaw
Leptostomias multifilis
Snaggletooth
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
Astronesthes leucopogon
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias cancriensis
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Bathophilus kingi
Argyripnus pharos
Astronesthes indopacificus
Maurolicus javanicus
Slender bristlemouth
Borostomias elucens
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Scaleless black dragonfish
Eustomias tetranema
Snaggletooth
Garrick
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias radicifilis
Astronesthes decoratus
Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Eustomias paxtoni
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Thorophos nexilis
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Eustomias crossotus
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Aristostomias lunifer
Highlight hatchetfish
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Pearlside
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias bulbiramis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias micraster
Chauliodus dentatus
Bathophilus proximus
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
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 magnificus
Bathophilus indicus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Eustomias uniramis
Astronesthes illuminatus
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias jimcraddocki - Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic.
Constellationfish
Longfin dragonfish
Eustomias schmidti
Astronesthes formosana
Bristlemouth
Eustomias hulleyi
Odontostomias masticopogon
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias problematicus
Astronesthes bilobatus
Diplophos australis
Stomias gracilis
Astronesthes tanibe
Order Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodes intermedius
Atrophacanthus japonicus
Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.
Order Zeiformes
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
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.
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.
Allocyttus guineensis
False boarfish
