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