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

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Acromycter longipectoralis

Serrivomer garmani

Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.

Leptocephalus bellottii

Nessorhamphus danae

Saurenchelys taiwanensis

Black serrivomerid eel - Stemonidium hypomelas is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean and the southern Atlantic Ocean, at depths of 500-1,229 m.

Nemichthys larseni

Avocettina bowersii

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.

Benthenchelys pacificus

Black sawtooth eel

Chlopsis longidens

Crossthroat sawpalate

Leptocephalus congroides

Duckbill oceanic eel

Labichthys carinatus

Avocettina paucipora

Serrivomer schmidti

Serrivomer danae

Spotted snipe eel - The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Avocettina acuticeps

Black saw-toothed eel

Benthenchelys indicus

Bean's sawtooth eel

Dogface witch-eel

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

Labichthys yanoi

Order Ateleopodiformes

Parateleopus microstomus

Order Aulopiformes

Naked barracuda

Barracudina

Barracudina

Longfin pearleye

Chubby pearleye

Scopelarchoides kreffti

Macroparalepis longilateralis

Evermannella ahlstromi

Sharpchin barracudina

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

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus adleri

Coccorella atrata

Lestidiops indopacifica

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

Ahliesaurus brevis

White barracudina

Lestidium prolixum

Stemonosudis siliquiventer

Slender barracudina

Bigfin pearleye

Barracudina

Stemonosudis gracilis

Scopelarchoides climax

Zugmayer's pearleye

Paperbones

Uncisudis longirostra

Scopelosaurus mauli

Barracudina

Magnisudis indica

Atlantic barracudina

Fierce pike smelt

Strange pike smelt

Benthalbella macropinna

Scopelarchoides nicholsi

Barracudina

Evermannella megalops

Stemonosudis molesta

Stemonosudis bullisi

Pearleye

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

Telescopefish

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

Scopelosaurus craddocki

Japanese barracudina

Antarctic jonasfish

Paralepis speciosa

Lestidiops similis

Scopelarchus stephensi

Scopelarchoides danae

Macroparalepis danae

Stemonosudis intermedia

Undistinguished sabretooth

Uncisudis posteropelvis

Atlantic sabretooth

Lestidiops extrema

Ahliesaurus berryi

Lestidium bigelowi

Barracudina

Southern barracudina

Lestidiops pacificus

Scopelarchoides signifer

Macroparalepis nigra

Dolichosudis fuliginosa

Stemonosudis rothschildi

Stemonosudis elegans

Benthalbella elongata

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

Uncisudis advena

Scopelosaurus gibbsi

Order Beryciformes

Slimy head

Aulotrachichthys latus

Hoplostethus melanopterus

Parinoberyx horridus

Hoplostethus tenebricus

Hoplostethus druzhinini

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.

Parin's spiny fin

Hoplostethus shubnikovi

Hoplostethus mikhailini

Flintperch

Paratrachichthys sajademalensis

Hoplostethus confinis

Hoplostethus rifti

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Slimy head

Parmops echinatus

Paratrachichthys argyrophanus

Hoplostethus fedorovi

Longwing spinyfin

Atlantic roughy

Hoplostethus marisrubri

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 crassispinus

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 rubellopterus

Hoplostethus metallicus

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus

Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus abramovi

Diretmoides veriginae

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.

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.

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.

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.

Saddled swellshark - In 1994, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief researchers Peter Last and John Stevens recognized five undescribed swellsharks in Australian waters.

Stout catshark - Apristurus fedorovi, or Federov's catshark, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Apristurus internatus - Reproduction is oviparous.

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

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

Savage's birdsnouted whalefish

Ataxolepis apus

Danacetichthys galathenus

Cetomimus gillii

Parataeniophorus gulosus

Trunov southern cetomimid

Megalomycter teevani

Cetomimus picklei

Ditropichthys storeri

Cetichthys indagator

Gyrinomimus myersi

Ataxolepis henactis

Pink flabby whalefish

Vitiaziella cubiceps

Whalefish

Gyrinomimus bruuni

Festive ribbonfish

Cetomimus teevani

Cetichthys parini

Gyrinomimus simplex

Parataeniophorus brevis

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

Procetichthys kreffti

Cetomimus kerdops

Order Chimaeriformes

Gal

Hydrolagus lusitanicus

Order Gadiformes

Myers' grenadier

Tripterophycis svetovidovi

Whitson's grenadier

Gadella edelmanni

Coryphaenoides grahami

Coryphaenoides striaturus

Parin's grenadier

Physiculus parini

Large-eye grenadier

Globehead grenadier

Grenadier fish

Hymenocephalus striatulus

Striped codlet

Kumba punctulata

Kumba gymnorhynchus

Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.

Smallhead moray cod

Coryphaenoides spinulosus

Threadfin grenadier

Mediterranean grenadier

Echinomacrurus mollis

Carmine grenadier

Trachonurus sentipellis

Physiculus sazonovi

Fragile grenadier

Javelin fish - The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m.

Shortbeard grenadier

Blunt-nosed grenadier

Physiculus longifilis

Finescale mora

Laemonema melanurum

Naked snout rattail

Ventrifossa paxtoni

Squalogadus modificatus

Hymenocephalus barbatulus

Dogtooth grenadier

Kumba maculisquama

Berry's grenadier

Sturgeon-like grenadier fish

Coelorinchus trunovi

Sphagemacrurus richardi

Goggly-eyed cod - The common mora, Mora moro, is a small deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora.

Bighead grenadier - The rudis rattail, Coryphaenoides rudis, is a fish of the family Macrouridae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 600 and 2,300 m.

Doublethread grenadier

Coryphaenoides macrolophus

Bluntsnout grenadier

Physiculus peregrinus

Coryphaenoides camurus

Patagonian codling

Bathygadus spongiceps

Arrowtail

Hymenocephalus antraeus

Roundhead grenadier

Kumba hebetata

Coelorinchus melanosagmatus

Pugnose grenadier

Gadomus multifilis

Coryphaenoides microps

Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Gadella brocca

Grenadier

Bristly grenadier

Physiculus therosideros

Bluntnose grenadier

Physiculus nigriscens

Narrowsnout grenadier

Bighead mora

Dusky rattail

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

Kumba musorstom

Slendertail grenadier

Coelorinchus vityazae

Kumba calvifrons

Muraenolepis andriashevi

Coryphaenoides semiscaber

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

Gadomus capensis

Coryphaenoides mcmillani

Kaiwi Channel grenadier

Guttigadus nudicephalus

Physiculus roseus

Bighead grenadier

Nezumia cyrano

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

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

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

Bathypelagic rattail

Coelorinchus nazcaensis

Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps

Order Lampriformes

Taper-tail 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.

Crested oarfish

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

Dealfish

Southern ribbonfish

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.

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

Order Lophiiformes

Gigantactis longicirra

Oneirodes micronema

Himantolophus mauli

Oneirodes kreffti

Himantolophus crinitus

Dolopichthys karsteni

Gigantactis gracilicauda

Linophryne racemifera

Pietschichthys horridus

Gigantactis balushkini

Linophryne maderensis

Oneirodes dicromischus

Himantolophus azurlucens

Linophryne digitopogon

Bufoceratias shaoi

Oneirodes bradburyae

Haplophryne triregium

Spiny dreamer

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

Oneirodes rosenblatti

Spiniphryne duhameli - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Linophryne bicornis

Gigantactis watermani

Stargazing seadevil

Smooth anglerfish

Himantolophus nigricornis

Diceratias trilobus

Linophryne algibarbata

Gigantactis microdontis

Gigantactis kreffti

Oneirodes macrosteus

Himantolophus macroceras

Rhynchactis microthrix

Acentrophryne dolichonema

Dolopichthys dinema

Gigantactis gibbsi

Ctenochirichthys longimanus

Linophryne polypogon

Caulophryne pietschi

Oneirodes haplonema

Himantolophus compressus

Oneirodes clarkei

Himantolophus albinares

Smooth dreamer

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.

Linophryne arcturi

Gigantactis savagei

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Oneirodes posti

Pacific footballfish

Oneirodes mirus

Himantolophus melanolophus

Robia legula

Gigantactis macronema

Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.

Whalehead dreamer

Linophryne sexfilis

Oneirodes luetkeni

Himantolophus danae

Dolopichthys pullatus

Rhynchactis leptonema

Gigantactis herwigi

Gigantactis elsmani

Linophryne parini

Nightmare dreamer

Himantolophus borealis

Oneirodes thysanema

Linophryne escaramosa

Bufoceratias thele

Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Oneirodes alius

Short-rod anglerfish

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.

Prickly dreamer - Spiniphryne, also called spiny dreamers, is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, containing two species.

Linophryne bipennata

Danaphryne nigrifilis

Linophryne andersoni

Gigantactis microphthalmus

Melanocetus eustalus

Torpedo batfish

Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.

Oneirodes pietschi

Himantolophus paucifilosus

Gigantactis longicauda

Pentherichthys venustus

Oneirodes melanocauda

Himantolophus macroceratoides

Chirophryne xenolophus

Acentrophryne longidens

Oneirodes heteronema

Himantolophus cornifer

Dolopichthys jubatus

Gigantactis golovani

Linophryne quinqueramosa

Caulophryne polynema

Linophryne macrodon

Oneirodes cristatus

Prickly anglerfish - The prickly anglerfish, Himantolophus appelii, is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans , in deep water.

Chaenophryne ramifera

Plainchin dreamarm

Linophryne densiramus

Oneirodes basili

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

Oneirodes theodoritissieri

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

Linophryne argyresca

Cosmopolitan whipnose

Melanocetus rossi

Oneirodes pterurus

Lophodolos indicus

Oneirodes myrionemus

Himantolophus multifurcatus

Two-rod anglerfish

Gigantactis meadi

Gigantactis ios

Linophryne trewavasae

Horned lantern fish - The horned lantern fish occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California south to the Marquesas Islands and the Gulf of California.

Oneirodes macronema

Atlantic footballfish

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Gigantactis gargantua

Triplewart seadevil

Linophryne pennibarbata

Caulophryne pelagica

Oneirodes flagellifer

Himantolophus brevirostris

Puck pinnata

Oneirodes whitleyi

Linophryne indica

Bufoceratias wedli

Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.

Bulbous dreamer

Smooth dreamer

Linophryne brevibarbata

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.

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

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 .

Oneirodes plagionema

Himantolophus pseudalbinares

Order Myctophiformes

Broadfin lampfish

Lanternfish

Bolinichthys nikolayi

Symbolophorus rufinus

Cocco's lantern fish

Diaphus handi

Slimtail lampfish

Diaphus umbroculus

Lampanyctus hubbsi

Diaphus subtilis

Lanternfish

Garnet lanternfish

Nannobrachium indicum

Skinnycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus hintonoides

Pig-headed lantern fish

Diaphus drachmanni

Pacific blackchin

Electron subantarctic

Lanternfish

Mirror lanterfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum bolini

Nannobrachium cuprarium

Slendertail lanternfish

Diaphus aliciae

Lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Spiny lantern fish

Lantern fish

Diaphus megalops

Metelectrona ventralis

Japanese lanternfish

Diaphus kuroshio

Longfin lampfish

Electrona antarctica

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys minimus

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.

Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus

Fragile lantern fish

Triphoturus oculeum

Lanternfish

Diaphus thiollierei

Nannobrachium phyllisae

Lampanyctus

Lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus braueri

Diaphus dahlgreni

Spinytail lampfish

Diaphus similis

Protomyctophum gemmatum

Lanternfish

Transparent lantern fish

Protomyctophum andriashevi

Nannobrachium bristori

Diaphus arabicus

Large-scaled lantern fish

Gonichthys barnesi

Tarletonbeania taylori

Lanternfish

Spotted laternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Lampanyctus vadulus

Myctophum indicum

Lanternfish

Diaphus whitleyi

Nannobrachium wisneri

Lantern fish

Lanternfish

Topside lampfish

Krefftichthys anderssoni

Hudson's lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus microlampas

Diaphus ehrhorni

Lampanyctus iselinoides

Diaphus taaningi

Protomyctophum parallelum

Lanternfish

Thickhead lanternfish

Smallfin lanternfish

Electrona paucirastra - Electrona paucirastra is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found around the globe in the southern hemisphere between 35° S and 48° S.

Short-headed lantern fish

Lampadena urophaos atlantica

Diaphus richardsoni

Protomyctophum chilense

Nannobrachium fernae

Lantern fish

Gonichthys venetus

Andersen's lantern fish

Lampadena dea

Diaphus pallidus

Spothead lantern fish

Lanternfish

Taaningichthys paurolychnus

Lanternfish

Horned lanternfish

Diaphus lobatus

Lampanyctus tenuiformis

Longfin lanternfish

Golden lanternfish

Lanternfish

Popeye lampfish

Evermann's lantern fish

Doflein's false headlightfish

Diaphus garmani

Rakery beaconlamp

Diaphus trachops

Pinpoint lampfish

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Protomyctophum luciferum

Smallfin lanternfish

Nannobrachium idostigma

Spinycheek lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus fraseri

Diaphus dehaveni

Diaphus basileusi

Lampadena pontifex

Bolin's lantern fish

Arctic telescope

Nannobrachium crypticum

Neoscopelus microchir

Lanternfish

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus nielseni

Wisner's lantern fish

Mead's lanternfish

Metelectrona ahlstromi

Lanternfish

Hintonia candens

Myctophum lychnobium

Lobisomem

Diaphus jenseni

Lampanyctus simulator

Reinhardt's lantern fish

Lanternfish

Benoit's lanternfish

Parvilux boschmai

Lanternfish

Diaphus faustinoi

Highseas lampfish

Brokenline lanternfish

Taaning's lantern fish

Bigeye lanternfish

Black lantern fish

Chubby flashlightfish

Golden-nosed lantern fish

Lampadena yaquinae

Diaphus roei

Lanternfish

Nannobrachium gibbsi

Lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus antonbruuni

Lanternfish

Diaphus parri

Blue lanternfish

Diaphus minax

Myctophum orientale

Laura's lantern fish

Warming's lantern fish - Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night.

Diaphus longleyi

Lampanyctus turneri

Myctophum fissunovi

Order Notacanthiformes

Halosaurus parvipennis

Polyacanthonotus africanus

Aldrovandia oleosa

Halosaurus carinicauda

Bonapart's spiny eel

Halosaurus sinensis

Longnose tapirfish

Aldrovandia rostrata

Halosaur

Notacanthus indicus

Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.

Halosaurus attenuatus

Order Ophidiiformes

Parabrotula tanseimaru

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

Apagesoma edentatum

Thalassobathia nelsoni

Barathronus unicolor

Barathronus bruuni

Lamprogrammus niger

Aphyonus brevidorsalis

Bassozetus zenkevitchi

Barathronus pacificus

Brotulotaenia nielseni

Barathrites parri

Leucobrotula adipata

Two-spined slopebrotula

Nielsen's catetyx

Pelagic brotula

Barathronus diaphanus

Brotulotaenia brevicauda

Alcockia rostrata

Parabrotula plagiophthalmus

Apagesoma delosommatus

Brotulotaenia nigra

Barathronus parfaiti

Barathronus bicolor

Marshall slopebrotula

Bony-eared assfish

Aphyonus bolini

Gunther's cuskeel

Barathronus multidens

Violet cuskeel

Order Osmeriformes

Abyssal smooth-head

Bathytroctes elegans

Mentodus eubranchus

Bajacalifornia aequatoris

Leptoderma lubricum

Nansenia sanrikuensis

Rouleina livida

Normichthys yahganorum

Blackchin blacksmelt

Bluethroat argentine

Asquamiceps caeruleus

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

Starry smooth-head

Streaklight tubeshoulder

Murray's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx anascopa

Bathylagoides argyrogaster

Bathytroctes zugmayeri

Matsuichthys aequipinnis

Bighead searsid

Conocara bertelseni

Threadfin slickhead

Deep-sea smelt

Mentodus mesalirus

Bajacalifornia erimoensis

Nansenia antarctica

Koefoed's smooth-head

Narcetes lloydi

Pectinantus parini

Bluntsnout slickhead

Eared blacksmelt

Leaf searsid

Mentodus bythios

Bathylagus tenuis

Vaillant's smooth-head

Nansenia longicauda

Rouleina euryops

Normichthys herringi

Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.

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.

Dolichopteryx minuscula

Ghost smelt

Boneythroat

Sagamichthys gracilis

Searsioides calvala

Norman's smooth-head

Maulisia isaacsi

Holtbyrnia intermedia

Longfin smooth-head

Bathytroctes pappenheimi

Antillean smooth-head

Robust blacksmelt

Toothless smooth-head

Bathytroctes inspector

Mentodus facilis

Bajacalifornia arcylepis

Fangtooth smooth-head

Leptoderma retropinna

Nansenia tenuicauda

Madeiran smooth-head

Pacific black smelt

Greenland argentine

Softskin smooth-head

Asquamiceps hjorti

Dolichopteryx trunovi

Holtbyrnia ophiocephala

Salmon smooth-head

Dolichopteryx binocularis

Bathylagus andriashevi

Krefft's smooth-head

Palebelly searsid

Maulisia acuticeps

Holtbyrnia conocephala

Fiolenti's smooth-head

Threadfin smooth-head

Bigeye smooth-head

Michael Sars smooth-head

Bruce's argentine

Mentodus perforatus

Bathytroctes breviceps

Blackhead salmon

Rouleina watasei

Mentodus crassus

Snubnose blacksmelt

Leptoderma affinis

Nansenia megalopa

Rouleina guentheri

Multipore searsid

Barrel-eye

Winged spookfish

Bathylagus niger

Schnakenbeck's searsid

Searsioides multispinus

Smallscale searsid

Holtbyrnia laticauda

Elongate smooth-head

Longsnout blacksmelt

Bathylagichthys longipinnis

Bathytroctes squamosus

Hairfin smooth-head

Mentodus longirostris

Brown slickhead

Loosescale smooth-head

Nansenia ahlstromi

Bathytroctes macrognathus

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

Narcetes erimelas

Binghamichthys aphos

Rouleina nuda

Legless searsid

California smoothtongue

Nansenia iberica

Rouleina eucla

Fanfin smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head

Barbantus elongatus

Werner's smooth-head

Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus

Bathylagus borealis

Winteria telescopa

Bathylaco nielseni

Pygmy argentine

Shining tubeshoulder

Koefoed's searsid

Palegold searsid

Teardrop tubeshoulder

Conocara kreffti

Bajacalifornia microstoma

Smallscale smooth-head

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

Order Perciformes

Escolar

Kali parri

Plectranthias parini

Malakichthys levis

Kali falx

Bigmouth veilfin

Tonga escolar

Gaper

Seleniolycus robertsi

Pseudoscopelus scutatus

Melanostigma inexpectatum

Lycodapus microchir

Pseudoscopelus microps

Ariommid

Pseudoscopelus aphos

Lycodapus

Tasmanian ruffe

Bathyclupea gracilis

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

Black swallower

Paracaristius maderensis

Trewavas croaker

Howella zina

Seleniolycus laevifasciatus

Pseudoscopelus pierbartus

Melanostigma vitiazi

Melanostigma bathium

Bigtooth eelpout

Pseudoscopelus cephalus

Bathyclupea megaceps

Malakichthys mochizuki

Thinlip splitfin

Plectranthias robertsi

Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Kali indica

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

Platyberyx opalescens

Cocoa snapper

Howella parini

Cutlassfish

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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

Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons

New Zealand ruffe

Melanostigma orientale

Stout slipskin

Lycodapus derjugini

Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens

Bathyclupea hoskynii

Eumegistus brevorti

Blue driftfish

Kali normani

Plectranthias pallidus

Malakichthys barbatus

Ericandersonia sagamia - Ericandersonia sagamia is a newly-described eelpout of the family Zoarcidae, found in Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of between 880 and 930 m.

Longfin fathead

Kali colubrina

Caristius groenlandicus

Seleniolycus pectoralis

Pseudoscopelus sagamianus

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

Bothrocara nyx

Lycenchelys imamurai

Pseudoscopelus altipinnis

Barracuda cardinalfish

Malakichthys similis

Bathyclupea argentea

Kali macrodon

Paracaristius heemstrai

Dysalotus oligoscolus

Atrobucca geniae

Sherborn's cardinalfish

Pachycara dolichaulus

Pseudoscopelus parini

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

Stubraker sculpin

Silver splitfin

Atlantic soft pout

Deepwater slipskin

Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos

Deepsea herring

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.

Order Pleuronectiformes

Smallmouth moonflounder

Deepwater sole

Bathysolea lactea

Order Polymixiiformes

Japanese beardfish

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Gulper eel

Monognathus ozawai

Monognathus herringi

Saccopharynx thalassa

Saccopharynx harrisoni

Monognathus smithi

Monognathus jesse

Monognathus boehlkei

Saccopharynx paucovertebratis

Saccopharynx berteli

Monognathus rajui

Monognathus isaacsi

Monognathus berteli

Saccopharynx trilobatus

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 taningi

Monognathus nigeli

Monognathus bruuni

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

Saccopharynx ramosus

Gulper

Monognathus rosenblatti

Monognathus jesperseni

Monognathus bertini

Bobtail eel - The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera.

Saccopharynx lavenbergi

Order Scorpaeniformes

Paraliparis carlbondi

Edentoliparis terraenovae

Notoliparis antonbruuni

Multipore dwarf snailfish

Deepwater rockfish - S.

Stein's dwarf snailfish

Gelatinous dwarf snailfish

Careproctus marginatus

Marvelous dwarf snailfish

Paraliparis skeliphrus

Genioliparis ferox

Tadpole liparid

Acantholiparis caecus

Short-headed sculpin

Blackmouth rockfish

Icelus mandibularis

Smalleye dwarf snailfish

Midwater scorpionfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Sargasso dwarf snailfish

Genioliparis kafanovi

Order Squaliformes

Lantern sharks - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Cylindrical lantern shark - Reproduction is presumed to be 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.

Etmopterus dislineatus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Granular dogfish - The granular dogfish has no anal fin, two dorsal spines with the second one much larger than the first, a large second dorsal fin, a long abdomen, small pectoral and pelvic fins, a large eye, prominent nostrils and spiracles, and brownish-black coloration.

Largetooth cookie-cutter shark - The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by New Zealand ichthyologist Jack Garrick and American shark expert Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.

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.

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

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 - 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.

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 pseudosqualiolus - The false lanternshark, Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

Etmopterus dianthus - Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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

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.

Order Stephanoberyciformes

Bigscale

Ridgehead

Scopelogadus beanii

Melamphaes macrocephalus

Melamphaes indicus

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

Melamphaes hubbsi

Gibberfish

Ridgehead

Melamphaes polylepis

Longjaw bigscale

Malacosarcus macrostoma

Ridgehead

Poromitra gibbsi

Melamphaes ebelingi

Melamphaes spinifer

Twospine bigscale

Scopeloberyx microlepis

Melamphaes parini

Melamphaes laeviceps

Poromitra unicornis

Ridgehead

Melamphaes pumilus

Ridgehead

Slender bigscale

Highsnout bigscale

Abyssoberyx levisquamosus

Bigscale

Scopelogadus unispinis

Bigscale

Melamphaes eulepis

Ridgehead

Little bigscale

Bigscale

Melamphaes leprus

Large-headed midnight fish

Order Stomiiformes

Bathophilus proximus

Leptostomias robustus

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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.

Astronesthes lamellosus

Eustomias curtifilis

Eustomias parri

Scaleless dragonfish

Ebeling's fangjaw

Bathophilus indicus

Astronesthes formosana

Eustomias monoclonoides

Chauliodus pammelas

Maurolicus stehmanni

Benttooth bristlemouth

Eustomias cirritus

Melanostomias pollicifer

Longfin dragonfish

Astronesthes bilobatus

Stomias danae

Eustomias braueri

Torpedo dragonfish

Melanostomias globulifer

Eustomias mesostenus

Opostomias micripnus

Maurolicus kornilovorum

Ichthyococcus parini

Eustomias bibulboides

Astronesthes tanibe

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.

Maurolicus australis

Eustomias tomentosis

Snaggletooth

Eustomias satterleei

Eustomias aequatorialis

Photonectes margarita

Eustomias interruptus

Pacific astronesthid fish

Eustomias elongatus

Manducus maderensis

Eustomias pinnatus

Sonoda paucilampa

Shortbarbel dragonfish

Borostomias elucens

Slender bristlemouth

Photonectes albipennis

Lovely hatchetfish

Astronesthes gudrunae

Garrick

Astronesthes karsteni

Eustomias cryptobulbus

Eustomias pacificus

Scaleless dragonfish

Leptostomias longibarba

Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana

Sparing

Astronesthes dupliglandis

Pachystomias microdon

Maurolicus parvipinnis

Scaleless dragonfish

Scaly dragonfish

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 .

Astronesthes

Eustomias medusa

Hatchetfish

Maurolicus inventionis

Eustomias vitiazi

Pacific blackdragon

Eustomias bimargaritoides

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Thorophos nexilis

Astronesthes similus

Aristostomias polydactylus

Bulldog lightfish

Eustomias austratlanticus

Photostomias goodyeari

Eustomias lanceolatus

Eustomias spherulifer

Astronesthes martensii

Half-naked hatchetfish

Panama snaggletooth

Photonectes gracilis

Argyripnus iridescens

Odontostomias micropogon

Eustomias ignotus

Polyipnus meteori

Astronesthes indicus

Eustomias quadrifilis

Diplophos pacificus

Eustomias patulus

Slender fangjaw

Scaleless dragonfish

Black-belly dragonfish

Yellow bristlemouth

Astronesthes lampara

Eustomias digitatus

Bathophilus irregularis

Araiophos eastropas

Astronesthes galapagensis

Eustomias contiguus

Threelight dragonfish

Melanostomias stewarti

Eustomias monoclonus

Chauliodus schmidti

Maurolicus walvisensis

Sternoptyx obscura

Bristlemouth

Bathophilus brevis

Astronesthes chrysophekadion

Stomias gracilis

Eustomias brevibarbatus

Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias metamelas

Yarrella argenteola

Pitgum lanternfish

Maurolicus mucronatus

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.

Ichthyococcus polli

Eustomias bifilis

Astronesthes tatyanae

Scaleless dragonfish

Snaggletooth

Aristostomias grimaldii

Eustomias ioani

Valenciennellus carlsbergi

Eustomias schiffi

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

Eustomias albibulbus

Photonectes parvimanus

Snaggletooth

Pacific hatchet fish

Borostomias mononema

Cyclothone pygmaea

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias gibbsi

Astronesthes haplophos

Margrethia valentinae

Eustomias posti

Bristlemouth

Astronesthes kreffti

Eustomias curtatus

Triplophos hemingi

Eustomias parini

Bathophilus pawneei

Leptostomias multifilis

Highfin dragonfish

Astronesthes exsul

Eustomias minimus

Chauliodus minimus

Maurolicus rudjakovi

Slender snaggletooth

Alcock's boafish

Eustomias cancriensis

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

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

Gonostoma longipinnis

Thysanactis dentex

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias melanostigmoides

Bigeye lightfish

Bathophilus altipinnis

Maurolicus javanicus

Astronesthes atlanticus

Loosejaw

Lightfish

Eustomias bertelseni

Loosejaw

Astronesthes splendida

Eustomias longiramis

Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.

Eustomias tetranema

Snaggletooth

Sladen's hatchet fish

Photonectes leucospilus

Argyripnus pharos

Eustomias inconstans

Polyipnus soelae

Astronesthes indopacificus

Eustomias radicifilis

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 dispar

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

Eustomias paxtoni

Scaly dragonfish

Bonapartia pedaliota

Cyclothone parapallida

Photonectes achirus

Astronesthes leucopogon

Bathophilus kingi

Snaggletooth

Deep-water bristlemouth

Eustomias crossotus

Valdivia black dragon fish

Eustomias multifilis

Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish

Scaleless dragonfish

Pearlside

Highlight hatchetfish

Scaleless black dragonfish

Astronesthes decoratus

Stomias lampropeltis

Eustomias bulbiramis

Melanostomias melanopogon

Eustomias micraster

Chauliodus dentatus

Pearlsides - Mueller's Pearlside or Mueller's Bristle-mouth Fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m.

Emperor seamount lightfish

Eustomias uniramis

Eustomias bimargaritatus

Atlantic fangjaw

Thorophos euryops

Astronesthes trifibulatus

Eustomias magnificus

Heterophotus ophistoma

Astronesthes quasiindicus

Aristostomias lunifer

Slim lightfish

Eustomias australensis

Photostomias atrox

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

Constellationfish

Eustomias schmidti

Astronesthes macropogon

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.

Borostomias pacificus

Arrow dragonfish

Photonectes caerulescens

Odontostomias masticopogon

Eustomias hulleyi

Polyipnus inermis

Astronesthes illuminatus

Eustomias problematicus

Diplophos australis

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

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

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

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

False boarfish

Stethopristes eos

Neocyttus

Rosy dory

Allocyttus guineensis

Neocyttus acanthorhynchus