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.
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
Avocettina paucipora
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
Avocettina acuticeps
Leptocephalus congroides
Acromycter longipectoralis
Muddy arrowtooth eel - The muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Ilyophis.
Serrivomer schmidti
Nessorhamphus danae
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
Serrivomer danae
Nemichthys larseni
Benthenchelys pacificus
Black saw-toothed eel
Bean's sawtooth eel
Dogface witch-eel
Avocettina bowersii
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Order Ateleopodiformes
Parateleopus microstomus
Order Aulopiformes
Telescopefish
Macroparalepis longilateralis
Lancet fish - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Evermannella ahlstromi
Sharpchin barracudina
Scopelosaurus craddocki
Japanese barracudina
Antarctic jonasfish
Scopelarchus stephensi
Lestidiops similis
Lestidiops indopacifica
Zugmayer's pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
Macroparalepis danae
Coccorella atrata
Undistinguished sabretooth
Uncisudis posteropelvis
Stemonosudis siliquiventer
Ahliesaurus berryi
Stemonosudis gracilis
Lestidium bigelowi
Barracudina
Lestidiops pacificus
Scopelarchoides signifer
Barracudina
Pearleye
Magnisudis indica
Daggertooth - The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a daggertooth in the family Anotopteridae.
Barracudina
Conejo de lo alto - Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.
Evermannella megalops
Stemonosudis molesta
Uncisudis advena
Scopelosaurus gibbsi
Stemonosudis bullisi
Naked barracuda
Barracudina
Barracudina
Longfin pearleye
Chubby pearleye
Scopelarchoides kreffti
White barracudina
Paralepis speciosa
Hammerjaw - The large head is dominated by a massive, truncated lower jaw and large, high-set eyes.
Barracudina
Stemonosudis intermedia
Ahliesaurus brevis
Scopelosaurus adleri
Lestidium prolixum
Slender barracudina
Bigfin pearleye
Lestidiops extrema
Benthalbella elongata
Scopelarchoides climax
Barracudina
Atlantic sabretooth
Southern barracudina
Daggertooth - Anotopterus vorax or south ocean daggertooth is a daggertooth described in 1913 by Regan.
Macroparalepis nigra
Dolichosudis fuliginosa
Stemonosudis rothschildi
Paperbones
Uncisudis longirostra
Scopelosaurus mauli
Stemonosudis elegans
Atlantic barracudina
Fierce pike smelt
Strange pike smelt
Benthalbella macropinna
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Order Beryciformes
Slimy head
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 melanopterus
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
Hoplostethus druzhinini
Parin's spiny fin
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
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus
Hoplostethus rifti
Slimy head
Hoplostethus fedorovi
Parinoberyx horridus
Longwing spinyfin
Hoplostethus tenebricus
Atlantic roughy
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 marisrubri
Hoplostethus crassispinus
Aulotrachichthys latus
Paratrachichthys sajademalensis
Hoplostethus rubellopterus
Hoplostethus metallicus
Hoplostethus fragilis
Hoplostethus abramovi
Diretmoides veriginae
Parmops echinatus
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.
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.
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.
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
Pink flabby whalefish
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Whalefish
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
Ataxolepis henactis
Gyrinomimus bruuni
Parataeniophorus gulosus
Megalomycter teevani
Cetomimus teevani
Cetichthys parini
Gyrinomimus simplex
Ditropichthys storeri
Procetichthys kreffti
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
Ataxolepis apus
Trunov southern cetomimid
Parataeniophorus brevis
Redmouth whalefish - Like the plant genus of the same name, this genus is named after Guillaume Rondelet.
Cetomimus picklei
Cetichthys indagator
Gyrinomimus myersi
Order Chimaeriformes
Hydrolagus lusitanicus
Gal
Order Gadiformes
Grenadier fish
Myers' grenadier
Arrowtail
Whitson's grenadier
Gadella edelmanni
Coryphaenoides grahami
Large-eye grenadier
Hymenocephalus antraeus
Roundhead grenadier
Kumba hebetata
Bristly grenadier
Physiculus therosideros
Coryphaenoides spinulosus
Bluntnose grenadier
Physiculus nigriscens
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.
Finescale mora
Echinomacrurus mollis
Threadfin grenadier
Mediterranean 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
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
Squalogadus modificatus
Sturgeon-like grenadier fish
Sphagemacrurus richardi
Coelorinchus trunovi
Kaiwi Channel grenadier
Guttigadus nudicephalus
Physiculus roseus
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
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
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
Parin's grenadier
Physiculus parini
Dusky rattail
Gadomus multifilis
Coryphaenoides microps
Rhynchogadus hepaticus
Globehead grenadier
Hymenocephalus striatulus
Striped codlet
Kumba punctulata
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Gadella brocca
Grenadier
Narrowsnout grenadier
Kumba gymnorhynchus
Morid cod - The slender codling or slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii, is a morid cod, the only species in the genus Halargyreus.
Slendertail grenadier
Coelorinchus vityazae
Trachonurus sentipellis
Physiculus sazonovi
Coryphaenoides semiscaber
Blunt-nosed grenadier
Physiculus longifilis
Muraenolepis andriashevi
Gadomus capensis
Coryphaenoides mcmillani
Laemonema melanurum
Naked snout rattail
Ventrifossa paxtoni
Bighead grenadier
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
Dogtooth grenadier
Berry's grenadier
Kumba maculisquama
Fragile grenadier
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps
Coelorinchus nazcaensis
Bluntsnout grenadier
Physiculus peregrinus
Order Lampriformes
Taper-tail ribbonfish
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.
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.
Crested oarfish
Dealfish
Southern ribbonfish
Order Lophiiformes
Bulbous dreamer
Himantolophus mauli
Oneirodes micronema
Linophryne escaramosa
Bufoceratias thele
Phyllorhinichthys balushkini - P.
Linophryne bipennata
Danaphryne nigrifilis
Short-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes alius
Himantolophus crinitus
Oneirodes kreffti
Dolopichthys karsteni
Himantolophus azurlucens
Oneirodes dicromischus
Melanocetus eustalus
Linophryne andersoni
Gigantactis microphthalmus
Torpedo batfish
Tyrannophryne pugnax - The most distinctive feature of T.
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
Acentrophryne longidens
Linophryne quinqueramosa
Caulophryne polynema
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
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
Himantolophus nigricornis
Diceratias trilobus
Smooth anglerfish
Himantolophus macroceras
Oneirodes macrosteus
Rhynchactis microthrix
Linophryne densiramus
Oneirodes basili
Haplophryne mollis - Some anglerfishes of the superfamily Ceratioidei employ an unusual mating method.
Himantolophus compressus
Oneirodes haplonema
Dolopichthys dinema
Melanocetus rossi
Linophryne argyresca
Cosmopolitan whipnose
Gigantactis meadi
Lophodolos indicus
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
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.
Pacific footballfish
Oneirodes posti
Gigantactis gargantua
Triplewart seadevil
Linophryne pennibarbata
Caulophryne pelagica
Linophryne indica
Bufoceratias wedli
Phyllorhinichthys micractis - P.
Bulbous dreamer
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus melanolophus
Oneirodes mirus
Robia legula
Dolopichthys pullatus
Rhynchactis leptonema
Linophryne brevibarbata
Oneirodes anisacanthus
Himantolophus danae
Oneirodes luetkeni
Himantolophus borealis
Nightmare dreamer
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
Linophryne racemifera
Pietschichthys horridus
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.
Oneirodes sabex
Himantolophus paucifilosus
Oneirodes pietschi
Gigantactis balushkini
Linophryne maderensis
Himantolophus macroceratoides
Chirophryne xenolophus
Oneirodes melanocauda
Linophryne digitopogon
Bufoceratias shaoi
Oneirodes bradburyae
Haplophryne triregium
Linophryne bicornis
Gigantactis watermani
Himantolophus cornifer
Oneirodes heteronema
Dolopichthys jubatus
Plainchin dreamarm
Linophryne algibarbata
Gigantactis microdontis
Stargazing seadevil
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
Acentrophryne dolichonema
Oneirodes pterurus
Gigantactis gibbsi
Ctenochirichthys longimanus
Linophryne polypogon
Caulophryne pietschi
Linophryne lucifer
Oneirodes clarkei
Himantolophus albinares
Smooth dreamer
Himantolophus multifurcatus
Two-rod anglerfish
Oneirodes myrionemus
Atlantic footballfish
Oneirodes macronema
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Linophryne coronata
Oneirodes appendixus
Himantolophus brevirostris
Oneirodes flagellifer
Puck pinnata
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Linophryne arcturi
Gigantactis savagei
Whalehead dreamer
Oneirodes whitleyi
Gigantactis macronema
Photocorynus spiniceps - The known mature male individuals are 6.
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
Linophryne sexfilis
Himantolophus pseudalbinares
Oneirodes plagionema
Gigantactis elsmani
Linophryne parini
Order Myctophiformes
Lampadena dea
Diaphus pallidus
Slimtail lampfish
Diaphus umbroculus
Broadfin lampfish
Gonichthys venetus
Andersen's lantern fish
Spothead lantern fish
Lampanyctus hubbsi
Diaphus subtilis
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium indicum
Garnet lanternfish
Mirror lanterfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
Nannobrachium cuprarium
Taaningichthys paurolychnus
Lanternfish
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus lobatus
Spiny lantern fish
Lanternfish
Popeye lampfish
Evermann's lantern fish
Doflein's false headlightfish
Diaphus garmani
Gymnoscopelus fraseri
Diaphus dehaveni
Lantern fish
Spinycheek lanternfish
Electrona antarctica
Diaphus basileusi
Lampadena pontifex
Bolin's lantern fish
Arctic telescope
Longfin lampfish
Lanternfish
Diaphus thiollierei
Nannobrachium phyllisae
Neoscopelus microchir
Lanternfish
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus nielseni
Metelectrona ahlstromi
Mead's lanternfish
Spinytail lampfish
Diaphus similis
Protomyctophum gemmatum
Lampanyctus
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Lanternfish
Lobisomem
Diaphus jenseni
Nannobrachium bristori
Spotted laternfish
Benoit's lanternfish
Parvilux boschmai
Lanternfish
Highseas lampfish
Diaphus faustinoi
Myctophum indicum
Lampanyctus vadulus
Chubby flashlightfish
Golden-nosed lantern fish
Diaphus antonbruuni
Lanternfish
Diaphus parri
Lanternfish
Diaphus whitleyi
Nannobrachium wisneri
Lanternfish
Blue lanternfish
Diaphus minax
Lampanyctus iselinoides
Diaphus taaningi
Protomyctophum parallelum
Lampadena urophaos atlantica
Diaphus richardsoni
Protomyctophum chilense
Nannobrachium fernae
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
Cocco's lantern fish
Diaphus handi
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Symbolophorus rufinus
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides
Pig-headed lantern fish
Diaphus drachmanni
Pacific blackchin
Lanternfish
Golden lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Longfin lanternfish
Electron subantarctic
Lanternfish
Rakery beaconlamp
Diaphus trachops
Pinpoint lampfish
Slendertail lanternfish
Diaphus aliciae
Lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
Metelectrona ventralis
Diaphus megalops
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Protomyctophum luciferum
Nannobrachium idostigma
Smallfin lanternfish
Nannobrachium crypticum
Lanternfish
Taaningichthys minimus
Japanese lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio
Wisner's lantern fish
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
Triphoturus oculeum
Fragile lantern fish
Myctophum lychnobium
Hintonia candens
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus braueri
Diaphus dahlgreni
Diaphus arabicus
Lanternfish
Transparent lantern fish
Protomyctophum andriashevi
Lampanyctus simulator
Brokenline lanternfish
Taaning's lantern fish
Bigeye lanternfish
Black lantern fish
Large-scaled lantern fish
Gonichthys barnesi
Tarletonbeania taylori
Lanternfish
Lampadena yaquinae
Diaphus roei
Lanternfish
Nannobrachium gibbsi
Diaphus lucidus
Topside lampfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
Hudson's lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lanternfish
Lantern fish
Lanternfish
Myctophum orientale
Thickhead lanternfish
Smallfin lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas
Diaphus ehrhorni
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.
Short-headed lantern fish
Order Notacanthiformes
Halosaurus sinensis
Longnose tapirfish
Aldrovandia rostrata
Halosaur
Notacanthus indicus
Aldrovandia gracilis - Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family.
Halosaurus attenuatus
Halosaurus parvipennis
Polyacanthonotus africanus
Aldrovandia oleosa
Halosaurus carinicauda
Bonapart's spiny eel
Order Ophidiiformes
Barathrites parri
Apagesoma edentatum
Pelagic brotula
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Parabrotula tanseimaru
Alcockia rostrata
Lamprogrammus niger
Barathronus diaphanus
Aphyonus brevidorsalis
Brotulotaenia nigra
Marshall slopebrotula
Bony-eared assfish
Barathronus parfaiti
Barathronus bicolor
Gunther's cuskeel
Violet cuskeel
Abyssobrotula galatheae - Though uncommon, this species is known from the tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.
Barathronus multidens
Apagesoma delosommatus
Thalassobathia nelsoni
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus
Barathronus unicolor
Barathronus bruuni
Aphyonus bolini
Brotulotaenia nielseni
Two-spined slopebrotula
Leucobrotula adipata
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Barathronus pacificus
Nielsen's catetyx
Order Osmeriformes
Krefft's smooth-head
Bruce's argentine
Bathytroctes zugmayeri
Abyssal smooth-head
Threadfin smooth-head
Bajacalifornia arcylepis
Leptoderma lubricum
Koefoed's smooth-head
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
Mentodus perforatus
Streaklight tubeshoulder
Dolichopteryx anascopa
Bathylagus tenuis
Murray's smooth-head
Blackhead salmon
Rouleina watasei
Mentodus crassus
Multipore searsid
Palebelly searsid
Matsuichthys aequipinnis
Bighead searsid
Ghost smelt
Conocara bertelseni
Nansenia megalopa
Rouleina guentheri
Nansenia antarctica
Boneythroat
Asquamiceps hjorti
Bathytroctes pappenheimi
Schnakenbeck's searsid
Bigeye smooth-head
Searsioides multispinus
Pacific barreleye - Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. M.
Vaillant's smooth-head
Bathytroctes inspector
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
Dolichopteryx minuscula
Fangtooth smooth-head
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.
Maulisia isaacsi
Holtbyrnia intermedia
Pacific black smelt
Longfin smooth-head
Narcetes erimelas
Binghamichthys aphos
Rouleina nuda
Legless searsid
Bathylagus andriashevi
Robust blacksmelt
Nansenia iberica
Rouleina eucla
Winteria telescopa
Argentine - Argentina striata is a species of fish in the Argentinidae family.
Toothless smooth-head
Leptoderma retropinna
Michael Sars smooth-head
Pygmy argentine
Shining tubeshoulder
Brown slickhead
Koefoed's searsid
Dolichopteryx trunovi
Bathytroctes breviceps
Mentodus eubranchus
Holtbyrnia ophiocephala
Dolichopteryx binocularis
Snubnose blacksmelt
Salmon smooth-head
Nansenia sanrikuensis
Rouleina livida
Normichthys yahganorum
Barbantus elongatus
Maulisia acuticeps
Holtbyrnia conocephala
Bathylagus niger
Fiolenti's smooth-head
Bathylagichthys longipinnis
Bluethroat argentine
Fanfin smooth-head
Bathytroctes squamosus
Starry smooth-head
Bajacalifornia microstoma
Deep-sea smelt
Threadfin slickhead
Bajacalifornia aequatoris
Leptoderma affinis
Bathytroctes macrognathus
Winged spookfish
Barrel-eye
Mentodus mesalirus
Smallscale searsid
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Longsnout blacksmelt
California smoothtongue
Elongate smooth-head
Narcetes lloydi
Pectinantus parini
Bluntsnout slickhead
Mentodus bythios
Eared blacksmelt
Leaf searsid
Bathylagus borealis
Nansenia longicauda
Rouleina euryops
Normichthys herringi
Nansenia ahlstromi
Loosescale smooth-head
Bathylaco nielseni
Asquamiceps caeruleus
Smallscale smooth-head
Sagamichthys gracilis
Bajacalifornia erimoensis
Norman's smooth-head
Searsioides calvala
Agassiz' smooth-head
Bathytroctes elegans
Antillean smooth-head
Mentodus facilis
Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus
Werner's smooth-head
Palegold searsid
Teardrop tubeshoulder
Blackchin blacksmelt
Conocara kreffti
Nansenia tenuicauda
Madeiran smooth-head
Bathylagoides argyrogaster
Greenland argentine
Softskin smooth-head
Order Perciformes
Stout slipskin
Malakichthys levis
Melanostigma orientale
New Zealand ruffe
Lycodapus derjugini
Bathyclupea gracilis
Seleniolycus robertsi
Gaper
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
Eumegistus brevorti
Pseudoscopelus microps
Kali normani
Plectranthias pallidus
Kali colubrina
Pseudoscopelus aphos
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
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
Bathyclupea megaceps
Black swallower
Paracaristius maderensis
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.
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.
Pale eelpout
Lycenchelys imamurai
Bothrocara nyx
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
Kali macrodon
Sherborn's cardinalfish
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.
African barrelfish
Stubraker sculpin
Malakichthys mochizuki
Cutlassfish
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
Brilliant pomfret
Kali parri
Plectranthias parini
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
Escolar
Atrobucca geniae
Kali falx
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
Blue driftfish
Bigmouth veilfin
Tonga escolar
Malakichthys barbatus
Melanostigma inexpectatum
Lycodapus microchir
Lycodapus
Bathyclupea argentea
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
Tasmanian ruffe
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
Kali macrura
Barracuda cardinalfish
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
Howella zina
Melanostigma vitiazi
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
Malakichthys similis
Deepsea herring
Dysalotus oligoscolus
Paracaristius heemstrai
Melanostigma bathium
Bigtooth eelpout
Ariommid
Pachycara dolichaulus
Trewavas croaker
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni
Plectranthias robertsi
Pseudoscopelus parini
Thinlip splitfin
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
Kali indica
Blackfish - The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger , is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
Platyberyx opalescens
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
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 bruuni
Monognathus smithi
Monognathus jesse
Pelican eel - The pelican eel's most notable feature is its enormous mouth, much larger than its body.
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
Monognathus boehlkei
Monognathus rosenblatti
Monognathus jesperseni
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx berteli
Order Scorpaeniformes
Blackmouth rockfish
Multipore dwarf snailfish
Edentoliparis terraenovae
Paraliparis carlbondi
Icelus mandibularis
Stein's dwarf snailfish
Gelatinous dwarf snailfish
Marvelous dwarf snailfish
Genioliparis ferox
Paraliparis skeliphrus
Notoliparis antonbruuni
Smalleye dwarf snailfish
Midwater scorpionfish
Deepwater rockfish - S.
Squaloliparis dentatus
Genioliparis kafanovi
Careproctus marginatus
Sargasso dwarf snailfish
Tadpole liparid
Acantholiparis caecus
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
Highsnout bigscale
Melamphaes hubbsi
Gibberfish
Malacosarcus macrostoma
Bigscale
Ridgehead
Scopelogadus unispinis
Little bigscale
Bigscale
Melamphaes leprus
Melamphaes ebelingi
Large-headed midnight fish
Scopelogadus beanii
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
Scaleless dragonfish
Astronesthes leucopogon
Eustomias parri
Ebeling's fangjaw
Scaleless dragonfish
Leptostomias robustus
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Ichthyococcus polli
Eustomias bifilis
Astronesthes indopacificus
Aristostomias polydactylus
Smallhead snaggletooth - The anal fin is narrow but long, reaching almost to the caudal fin.
Eustomias albibulbus
Photonectes parvimanus
Eustomias ioani
Valenciennellus carlsbergi
Eustomias monoclonoides
Chauliodus pammelas
Maurolicus stehmanni
Bathophilus irregularis
Snaggletooth
Half-naked hatchetfish
Eustomias mesostenus
Scaleless dragonfish
Maurolicus kornilovorum
Opostomias micripnus
Borostomias mononema
Cyclothone pygmaea
Scaleless dragonfish
Eustomias gibbsi
Astronesthes decoratus
Maurolicus australis
Eustomias tomentosis
Bristlemouth
Eustomias curtatus
Triplophos hemingi
Bathophilus brevis
Astronesthes quasiindicus
Astronesthes tatyanae
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Eustomias cancriensis
Eustomias satterleei
Alcock's boafish
Shortbarbel dragonfish
Scaleless dragonfish
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
Eustomias melanostigmoides
Bigeye lightfish
Astronesthes macropogon
Manducus maderensis
Eustomias pinnatus
Sonoda paucilampa
Argyripnus pharos
Eustomias pacificus
Leptostomias longibarba
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
Lightfish
Eustomias bertelseni
Loosejaw
Eustomias longiramis
Vinciguerria mabahiss - Vinciguerria mabahiss is a species of Vinciguerria.
Astronesthes lamellosus
Astronesthes illuminatus
Aristostomias grimaldii
Eustomias inconstans
Polyipnus soelae
Eustomias micropterygius
Scaleless dragonfish
Pacific viperfish - Pacific viperfish can be characterized by its large mouth, long fang-like teeth and long dorsal fin ray .
Maurolicus parvipinnis
Scaleless dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Photonectes leucospilus
Bonapartia pedaliota
Cyclothone parapallida
Photonectes achirus
Eustomias dispar
Stareye lightfish - The stareye lightfish is a species in the monotypic genus of Pollichthys.
Highfin dragonfish
Astronesthes formosana
Maurolicus inventionis
Eustomias vitiazi
Pacific hatchet fish
Eustomias spherulifer
Deep-water bristlemouth
Valdivia black dragon fish
Eustomias crossotus
Bathophilus altipinnis
Astronesthes bilobatus
Snaggletooth
Diplophos pacificus
Eustomias quadrifilis
Stomias lampropeltis
Astronesthes splendida
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias bulbiramis
Eustomias bimargaritatus
Atlantic fangjaw
Thorophos euryops
Eustomias magnificus
Heterophotus ophistoma
Pacific astronesthid fish
Eustomias patulus
Slender fangjaw
Black-belly dragonfish
Loosejaw
Maurolicus walvisensis
Sternoptyx obscura
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
Astronesthes karsteni
Eustomias monoclonus
Chauliodus schmidti
Bathophilus kingi
Astronesthes gudrunae
Sladen's hatchet fish
Eustomias metamelas
Bathophilus pawneei
Yarrella argenteola
Maurolicus mucronatus
Pitgum lanternfish
Borostomias pacificus
Arrow dragonfish
Photonectes caerulescens
Odontostomias masticopogon
Eustomias hulleyi
Polyipnus inermis
Eustomias curtifilis
Scaleless black dragonfish
Astronesthes dupliglandis
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.
Astronesthes similus
Benttooth bristlemouth
Astronesthes trifibulatus
Melanostomias pollicifer
Eustomias cirritus
Eustomias schiffi
Astronesthes martensii
Margrethia valentinae
Eustomias posti
Stomias danae
Melanostomias globulifer
Eustomias braueri
Torpedo dragonfish
Astronesthes lampara
Eustomias parini
Leptostomias multifilis
Ichthyococcus parini
Eustomias bibulboides
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.
Astronesthes indicus
Aristostomias lunifer
Eustomias aequatorialis
Photonectes margarita
Eustomias interruptus
Eustomias minimus
Chauliodus minimus
Maurolicus rudjakovi
Slender snaggletooth
Maurolicus javanicus
Borostomias elucens
Slender bristlemouth
Photonectes albipennis
Eustomias elongatus
Bathophilus indicus
Astronesthes galapagensis
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.
Eustomias tetranema
Garrick
Eustomias cryptobulbus
Longfin dragonfish
Astronesthes chrysophekadion
Snaggletooth
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 radicifilis
Scaly dragonfish
Astronesthes tanibe
Tentacle dragonfish
Eustomias bulbornatus
Scaly dragonfish
Pacific blackdragon
Eustomias bimargaritoides
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Thorophos nexilis
Eustomias medusa
Hatchetfish
Snaggletooth
Eustomias paxtoni
Argyripnus iridescens
Eustomias multifilis
Chauliodus vasnetzovi - Viperfish
Araiophos eastropas
Pearlside
Scaleless dragonfish
Highlight hatchetfish
Bulldog lightfish
Eustomias austratlanticus
Photostomias goodyeari
Eustomias lanceolatus
Astronesthes kreffti
Astronesthes haplophos
Eustomias micraster
Bathophilus proximus
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.
Panama snaggletooth
Photonectes gracilis
Odontostomias micropogon
Eustomias ignotus
Polyipnus meteori
Eustomias digitatus
Sparing
Astronesthes exsul
Emperor seamount lightfish
Eustomias uniramis
Yellow bristlemouth
Lovely hatchetfish
Eustomias schmidti
Bristlemouth
Astronesthes
Melanostomias stewarti
Eustomias contiguus
Threelight dragonfish
Astronesthes atlanticus
Snaggletooth
Diplophos australis
Eustomias problematicus
Stomias gracilis
Melanostomias melanopogon
Eustomias brevibarbatus
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
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.
Neocyttus
Rosy dory
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