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 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.

Avocettina acuticeps

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

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

Labichthys yanoi

Crossthroat sawpalate

Leptocephalus congroides

Avocettina bowersii

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

Acromycter longipectoralis

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Avocettina paucipora

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Ahliesaurus brevis

Telescopefish

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Sharpchin barracudina

Evermannella ahlstromi

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Scopelarchus stephensi

Lestidiops similis

Zugmayer's pearleye

Lestidiops indopacifica

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Coccorella atrata

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

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Undistinguished sabretooth

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Stemonosudis gracilis

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Barracudina

Lestidium bigelowi

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Pearleye

Barracudina

Magnisudis indica

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

Barracudina

Stemonosudis molesta

Evermannella megalops

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Stemonosudis bullisi

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

Chubby pearleye

Barracudina

Scopelarchoides kreffti

White barracudina

Paralepis speciosa

Ahliesaurus berryi

Barracudina

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

Stemonosudis intermedia

Scopelosaurus adleri

Lestidium prolixum

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Benthalbella elongata

Lestidiops extrema

Scopelarchoides climax

Barracudina

Atlantic sabretooth

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

Southern barracudina

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

Macroparalepis nigra

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Paperbones

Stemonosudis elegans

Fierce pike smelt

Atlantic barracudina

Benthalbella macropinna

Strange pike smelt

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

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 melanopterus

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.

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Hoplostethus confinis

Diretmoides veriginae

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus rifti

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.

Slimy head

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Parin's spiny fin

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

Hoplostethus crassispinus

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus rubellopterus

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Hoplostethus metallicus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Parmops echinatus

Longwing spinyfin

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Order Carcharhiniformes

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.

Pale spotted catshark - The pale spotted spotted catshark, Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland, at depths of between 225 and 400 m.

Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis, the fat catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only in deep water in the East China Sea.

White ghost catshark - Apristurus aphyodes, the white ghost catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N.

Whitefin swellshark - Early specimens of the whitefin swellshark were often mistaken for the Australian swellshark or the draughtsboard shark .

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

Narrowbar swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens applied the provisional name Cephaloscyllium "sp.

Haploblepharus kistnasamyi - This species was once considered to be the "Natal" form of the puffadder shyshark, which differed from the main "Cape" form in appearance and habitat preferences.

Spatulasnout cat shark - The spatulasnout cat shark, Apristurus platyrhynchus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 35° N and 1° N.

Apristurus australis - The pinocchio catshark, Apristurus australis, is a species of fish in the Scyliorhinidae family.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Pink flabby whalefish

Whalefish

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Megalomycter teevani

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Procetichthys kreffti

Ataxolepis apus

Cetomimus kerdops

Flabby whalefish - Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans.

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Festive ribbonfish

Trunov southern cetomimid

Ditropichthys storeri

Parataeniophorus brevis

Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.

Ataxolepis henactis

Cetomimus picklei

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Order Chimaeriformes

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Gal

Order Gadiformes

Grenadier fish

Myers' grenadier

Arrowtail

Whitson's grenadier

Coryphaenoides grahami

Gadella edelmanni

Large-eye grenadier

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Physiculus nigriscens

Bluntnose grenadier

Smallhead moray cod

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

Mediterranean grenadier

Threadfin grenadier

Bighead mora

Kumba musorstom

Carmine grenadier

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

Kumba calvifrons

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.

Squalogadus modificatus

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Physiculus roseus

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Guttigadus nudicephalus

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.

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Doublethread grenadier

Couch's whiting - Exploitation of blue whiting only started in the 1970s.

Coryphaenoides camurus

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Bathypelagic rattail

Kumba japonica - This fish reaches a length of up to 18 cm.

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Patagonian codling

Pugnose grenadier

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Physiculus parini

Parin's grenadier

Finescale mora

Dusky rattail

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Gadomus multifilis

Globehead grenadier

Striped codlet

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Kumba punctulata

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Echinomacrurus mollis

Grenadier

Gadella brocca

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

Coelorinchus vityazae

Slendertail grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

Physiculus longifilis

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Gadomus capensis

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Naked snout rattail

Laemonema melanurum

Bighead grenadier

Dogtooth grenadier

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Berry's grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Physiculus peregrinus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail ribbonfish

Unicorn crestfish - The unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus.

Regalecus russelii

Ribbon fish - Trachipterus trachypterus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.

Sticklebacks - It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the day and making nightly vertical migrations to feed on plankton.

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.

Crested oarfish

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

Order Lophiiformes

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bufoceratias thele

Linophryne escaramosa

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne bipennata

Short-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes alius

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Dolopichthys jubatus

Melanocetus eustalus

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Torpedo batfish

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

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

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne macrodon

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.

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Two-rod anglerfish

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Melanocetus rossi

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Gigantactis meadi

Lophodolos indicus

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

Triplewart seadevil

Gigantactis gargantua

Caulophryne pelagica

Linophryne pennibarbata

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bufoceratias wedli

Linophryne indica

Smooth dreamer

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Rhynchactis leptonema

Linophryne brevibarbata

Oneirodes anisacanthus

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Acentrophryne longidens

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Dolopichthys karsteni

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 .

Gigantactis paxtoni

Oneirodes thysanema

Gigantactis longicirra

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Pietschichthys horridus

Linophryne racemifera

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.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Diceratias trilobus

Chirophryne xenolophus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Bufoceratias shaoi

Linophryne digitopogon

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Stargazing seadevil

Dolopichthys dinema

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

Lasiognathus saccostoma - The closest relative of Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum.

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes pterurus

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Gigantactis gibbsi

Caulophryne pietschi

Linophryne polypogon

Linophryne lucifer

Smooth dreamer

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Linophryne coronata

Oneirodes appendixus

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Dolopichthys pullatus

Puck pinnata

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Whalehead dreamer

Oneirodes whitleyi

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Gigantactis macronema

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 plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Order Myctophiformes

Diaphus pallidus

Lampadena dea

Slimtail lampfish

Broadfin lampfish

Andersen's lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Longfin lanternfish

Electron subantarctic

Spothead lantern fish

Diaphus trachops

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Protomyctophum bolini

Mirror lanterfish

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Diaphus lobatus

Horned lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Spiny lantern fish

Evermann's lantern fish

Popeye lampfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus dehaveni

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Lantern fish

Spinycheek lanternfish

Diaphus basileusi

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Lampadena pontifex

Longfin lampfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Diaphus nielseni

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Taaning's lantern fish

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Spinytail lampfish

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Diaphus jenseni

Lobisomem

Nannobrachium bristori

Diaphus roei

Spotted laternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Benoit's lanternfish

Highseas lampfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Lanternfish

Myctophum indicum

Lampanyctus vadulus

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Diaphus parri

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium wisneri

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.

Lanternfish

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Diaphus umbroculus

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Protomyctophum chilense

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Nannobrachium fernae

Diaphus longleyi

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 subtilis

Diaphus handi

Cocco's lantern fish

Lantern fish

Symbolophorus rufinus

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Diaphus drachmanni

Pig-headed lantern fish

Pacific blackchin

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Lanternfish

Rakery beaconlamp

Electrona antarctica

Pinpoint lampfish

Diaphus aliciae

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Lanternfish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Diaphus thiollierei

Protomyctophum luciferum

Lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Nannobrachium crypticum

Taaningichthys minimus

Lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus similis

Wisner's lantern fish

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.

Lanternfish

Hygophum bruuni

Triphoturus oculeum

Fragile lantern fish

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Myctophum lychnobium

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Diaphus dahlgreni

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus arabicus

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Lanternfish

Lampanyctus simulator

Chubby flashlightfish

Bigeye lanternfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Tarletonbeania taylori

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Diaphus taaningi

Lanternfish

Lampadena yaquinae

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Diaphus lucidus

Hudson's lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Lantern fish

Diaphus richardsoni

Myctophum orientale

Smallfin lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Diaphus ehrhorni

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Myctophum fissunovi

Lampanyctus turneri

Short-headed lantern fish

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Halosaurus attenuatus

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

Order Ophidiiformes

Pelagic brotula

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Parabrotula tanseimaru

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Aphyonus bolini

Lamprogrammus niger

Brotulotaenia nigra

Marshall slopebrotula

Barathronus multidens

Apagesoma edentatum

Gunther's cuskeel

Alcockia rostrata

Violet cuskeel

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Barathronus pacificus

Bony-eared assfish

Barathrites parri

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Two-spined slopebrotula

Barathronus diaphanus

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

Leucobrotula adipata

Nielsen's catetyx

Apagesoma delosommatus

Order Osmeriformes

Krefft's smooth-head

Bruce's argentine

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Abyssal smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Koefoed's smooth-head

Leptoderma lubricum

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.

Mentodus perforatus

Winged spookfish

Murray's smooth-head

Bathylagus tenuis

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Rouleina watasei

Blackhead salmon

Mentodus crassus

Multipore searsid

Brown slickhead

Longsnout blacksmelt

Conocara bertelseni

Ghost smelt

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bighead searsid

Rouleina guentheri

Nansenia megalopa

Nansenia antarctica

Boneythroat

Loosescale smooth-head

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Barbantus elongatus

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

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

Mentodus longirostris

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.

Fangtooth smooth-head

Fanfin smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Longfin smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Binghamichthys aphos

Rouleina nuda

Narcetes erimelas

Legless searsid

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Bathylagus andriashevi

Robust blacksmelt

Rouleina eucla

Nansenia iberica

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Winteria telescopa

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

Michael Sars smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Shining tubeshoulder

Pygmy argentine

Koefoed's searsid

Bathytroctes breviceps

Mentodus eubranchus

Salmon smooth-head

Snubnose blacksmelt

Asquamiceps caeruleus

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Dolichopteryx rostrata

Rouleina livida

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Normichthys yahganorum

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Bathylagus niger

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bluethroat argentine

Bathytroctes squamosus

Starry smooth-head

Threadfin slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Bathytroctes macrognathus

Leptoderma affinis

Barrel-eye

Mentodus mesalirus

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Elongate smooth-head

California smoothtongue

Smallscale searsid

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Narcetes lloydi

Leaf searsid

Mentodus bythios

Eared blacksmelt

Bathylagus borealis

Rouleina euryops

Nansenia longicauda

Normichthys herringi

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Nansenia ahlstromi

Bathylaco nielseni

Toothless smooth-head

Smallscale smooth-head

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Agassiz' smooth-head

Antillean smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Mentodus facilis

Werner's smooth-head

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Conocara kreffti

Blackchin blacksmelt

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Madeiran smooth-head

Nansenia tenuicauda

Bigeye smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Softskin smooth-head

Greenland argentine

Order Perciformes

Stout slipskin

Malakichthys levis

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Lycodapus derjugini

Bathyclupea gracilis

Seleniolycus robertsi

Gaper

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Pseudoscopelus microps

Plectranthias pallidus

Kali normani

Kali colubrina

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Longfin fathead

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

Seleniolycus pectoralis

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.

Atrobucca geniae

Pale eelpout

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Lycenchelys imamurai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Bothrocara nyx

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

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.

Stubraker sculpin

Malakichthys mochizuki

Cocoa snapper

Atlantic soft pout

Silver splitfin

Deepwater slipskin

Bathyclupea hoskynii

White warehou - The white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m.

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Pseudoscopelus stellatus

Plectranthias parini

Kali parri

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

Escolar

Eumegistus brevorti

Kali falx

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Ariommid

Blue driftfish

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.

Tonga escolar

Bigmouth veilfin

Malakichthys barbatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Trewavas croaker

Lycodapus microchir

Lycodapus

Bathyclupea argentea

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

Tasmanian ruffe

Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi

Kali macrura

Cutlassfish

Barracuda cardinalfish

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Howella zina

Melanostigma vitiazi

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Malakichthys similis

Deepsea herring

Paracaristius heemstrai

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pachycara dolichaulus

Plectranthias robertsi

Pseudoscopelus parini

Thinlip splitfin

Brilliant pomfret

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Platyberyx opalescens

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

Kali indica

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

Monognathus berteli

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 bruuni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus bertini

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 taningi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Monognathus nigeli

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.

Monognathus boehlkei

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Order Scorpaeniformes

Blackmouth rockfish

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis carlbondi

Icelus mandibularis

Midwater scorpionfish

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Acantholiparis caecus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Squaloliparis dentatus

Genioliparis kafanovi

Careproctus marginatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Tadpole liparid

Short-headed sculpin

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.

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is 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.

Pygmy shark - Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about 8 young in each litter.

Dwarf lantern shark - American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H.

Etmopterus caudistigmus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Isistius labialis - Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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.

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.

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

Cigar shark - The cookiecutter shark , also called the cigar shark, is a species of small dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Poromitra unicornis

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Highsnout bigscale

Melamphaes hubbsi

Gibberfish

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus unispinis

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Melamphaes ebelingi

Large-headed midnight fish

Scopelogadus beanii

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Ridgehead

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

Slender bigscale

Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Ridgehead

Melamphaes eulepis

Bigscale

Poromitra gibbsi

Twospine bigscale

Melamphaes spinifer

Melamphaes parini

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes laeviceps

Order Stomiiformes

Highfin dragonfish

Ebeling's fangjaw

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias parri

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Leptostomias robustus

Astronesthes haplophos

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias braueri

Eustomias bibulboides

Photonectes parvimanus

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

Eustomias macronema

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Bathophilus altipinnis

Chauliodus pammelas

Eustomias monoclonoides

Maurolicus stehmanni

Astronesthes exsul

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias mesostenus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Astronesthes atlanticus

Eustomias aequatorialis

Cyclothone pygmaea

Scaleless dragonfish

Borostomias mononema

Astronesthes splendida

Eustomias interruptus

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Loosejaw

Bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Eustomias elongatus

Triplophos hemingi

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Eustomias satterleei

Sladen's hatchet fish

Alcock's boafish

Astronesthes leucopogon

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Astronesthes indopacificus

Thysanactis dentex

Scaleless dragonfish

Gonostoma longipinnis

Black dragonfish - Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m.

Bigeye lightfish

Bathophilus kingi

Sonoda paucilampa

Manducus maderensis

Eustomias pinnatus

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias bulbornatus

Diplophos rebainsi - Diplophos rebainsi is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the south-east and west Pacific, and the South Atlantic oceans.

Eustomias pacificus

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Leptostomias longibarba

Snaggletooth

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias medusa

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Scaleless black dragonfish

Polyipnus soelae

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

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias micropterygius

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes decoratus

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photonectes leucospilus

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Eustomias lanceolatus

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Bonapartia pedaliota

Astronesthes quasiindicus

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

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Eustomias ignotus

Eustomias spherulifer

Aristostomias lunifer

Deep-water bristlemouth

Astronesthes macropogon

Eustomias digitatus

Valdivia black dragon fish

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.

Stomias lampropeltis

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias contiguus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Thorophos euryops

Atlantic fangjaw

Heterophotus ophistoma

Bathophilus indicus

Slender fangjaw

Eustomias patulus

Black-belly dragonfish

Astronesthes illuminatus

Diplophos australis

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Sternoptyx obscura

Maurolicus walvisensis

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias bifilis

Photostomias atrox

Slim lightfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Constellationfish

Longfin dragonfish

Chauliodus schmidti

Eustomias monoclonus

Yarrella argenteola

Bathophilus pawneei

Eustomias metamelas

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

Astronesthes bilobatus

Eustomias albibulbus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Borostomias pacificus

Astronesthes tanibe

Eustomias ioani

Polyipnus inermis

Odontostomias masticopogon

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.

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.

Snaggletooth

Eustomias gibbsi

Benttooth bristlemouth

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias curtatus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Eustomias schiffi

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Lovely hatchetfish

Stomias danae

Astronesthes karsteni

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias globulifer

Torpedo dragonfish

Eustomias parini

Leptostomias multifilis

Astronesthes gudrunae

Eustomias bituberoides

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias melanostigmoides

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

Photonectes margarita

Astronesthes

Eustomias longiramis

Chauliodus minimus

Eustomias minimus

Slender snaggletooth

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Eustomias bertelseni

Maurolicus javanicus

Slender bristlemouth

Photonectes albipennis

Borostomias elucens

Astronesthes similus

Eustomias inconstans

Eustomias tetranema

Aristostomias polydactylus

Garrick

Astronesthes martensii

Eustomias dispar

Eustomias radicifilis

Half-naked hatchetfish

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes lampara

Eustomias crossotus

Tentacle dragonfish

Scaly dragonfish

Astronesthes indicus

Thorophos nexilis

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Pacific blackdragon

Hatchetfish

Bathophilus irregularis

Eustomias paxtoni

Argyripnus iridescens

Eustomias bulbiramis

Diplophos pacificus

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Eustomias multifilis

Araiophos eastropas

Highlight hatchetfish

Pearlside

Scaleless dragonfish

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Photostomias goodyeari

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias magnificus

Bathophilus brevis

Chauliodus dentatus

Bathophilus proximus

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.

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Eustomias australensis

Photonectes gracilis

Panama snaggletooth

Astronesthes tatyanae

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

Polyipnus meteori

Odontostomias micropogon

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Yellow bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Eustomias hulleyi

Eustomias schmidti

Aristostomias grimaldii

Bristlemouth

Snaggletooth

Eustomias curtifilis

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias problematicus

Pacific hatchet fish

Stomias gracilis

Astronesthes kreffti

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias melanopogon

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Order Tetraodontiformes

Atrophacanthus japonicus

Triacanthodes intermedius

Sharpfin sunfish - The sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus, is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters.

Order Zeiformes

Allocyttus guineensis

Elongate dory - The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m.

Rosy dory

Neocyttus

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus

Stethopristes eos

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

Spiky oreo - The spiky oreo, Neocyttus rhomboidalis, is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m.

False boarfish