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