Pelagic-oceanic fish - Fish living in the pelagic-oceanic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Thalassenchelys coheni

Saurenchelys stylura

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Thread eel

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Lestidiops bathyopteryx

Lestidiops neles

Scopelosaurus ahlstromi - Scopelosaurus ahlstromi is a waryfish of the family Notosudidae, found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m.

Paralepis brevirostris

Hubb's pearleye

Duckbill barracudina

Lestidiops cadenati

Stemonosudis elongata

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

Lestidiops distans

Macroparalepis brevis

Order Beloniformes

Banded flyingfish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Agujon needlefish

Sailor flyingfish

Margined flyingfish

Whitespot flyingfish

Platybelone argalus lovii

Whitetip flyingfish

Guinean flyingfish

Black wing flyingfish

Saury

Slender halfbeak

Saury

Stained flyingfish

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Hound needlefish - While the houndfish has no spines, its dorsal fin has 21–25 soft rays, and its anal fin has 19–22.

Pharao flyingfish

Coromandel flyingfish

Keeltail needlefish

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Gyre flyingfish

Barbel flyingfish

African flyingfish

Glider flyingfish

Mirrorwing flyingfish - Mirrorwing flyingfish have 10-12 soft rays on their dorsal fins and 11-13 rays on their anal fins.

Pacific saury - It is known as sanma in Japanese, kongchi in Korean, qiu dao yu in Chinese, and saira in Russian.

Dwarf saury

Balao

Cheilopogon ventralis

Bandwing flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Cape needlefish

Short-beaked garfish

Shoulderspot needlefish

Order Carcharhiniformes

Dwarf catshark - Asymbolus pallidus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off West Australia, at depths of between 200 and 400 m.

Holohalaelurus favus - The Holohalaelurus favus is a type of shark in the Western Indian Ocean areas near South Africa.

Gulf smoothhound - Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

Asymbolus rubiginosus - Asymbolus rubiginosus is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off West Australia, at depths of between 25 and 540 m.

Proscyllium magnificum

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Holohalaelurus grennian - The Holohalaelurus grennian is a type of shark in the Western Indian Ocean waters near Kenya.

Carcharhinus macrops

Variegated catshark - The Australian spotted catshark, Asymbolus analis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only around Australia between latitudes 32° S and 38° S, at depths of between 10 and 180 m.

Blue whaler shark - The blue shark is the most widely distrubted animal in the world.

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Key anchovy

Marini's anchovy

Order Gadiformes

Silvery cod

Ahuru - The ahuru is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus Auchenoceros, found on the east coast of New Zealand.

Lyconodes argenteus

Svetovidovia lucullus

North Pacific hake - Its length is about 3 ft and they live up to 15 years.

Lyconus pinnatus

Codlet

Order Lamniformes

Great white shark - The best selling novel Jaws and the subsequent film by Steven Spielberg provided the great white shark with the image of a "man eater" in the public mind.

Crocodile shark - The crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, is a species of shark and the only member of the family Pseudocarchariidae.

Hoe-mother - This shark is called the basking shark because it is most often observed when feeding at the surface and appears to be basking in the warmer water there.

Bigeye sand tiger - The bigeye sand tiger, Odontaspis noronhai, is a species of sand shark, family Odontaspididae, possibly found worldwide at depths of 60–1,000 m .

Porbeagle - Adult salmon sharks are medium grey to black over most of the body, with a white underside with darker blotches.

Beaumaris shark - The porbeagle is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.

Megamouth shark - The appearance of the megamouth is distinctive, but little else is known about it.

Order Lampriformes

Southern opah

Trachipterus ishikawae

Streamer fish

Pacific king-of-salmon - King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae.

King of herrings

Whiptail ribbonfish

Tapertail ribbonfish

Tapertail

Regalecus kinoi

Order Myctophiformes

Centrobranchus brevirostris

Myctophum ovcharovi

Diaphus wisneri

Lanternfish

Giant lampfish

Lanternfish

Large scale lantern fish

Diaphus regani

Diaphus gigas

Lanternfish

California flashlightfish

Diaphus suborbitalis

Glacial lanternfish

Hector's lanternfish - It is a widespread marine fish, known from shallow tropical waters in the south-eastern Atlantic, from the western Pacific off Australia and New Zealand, and from the eastern Pacific off Chile.

Mexican lampfish

Diaphus kora

Diaphus diadematus

Loweina terminata

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Diogenichthys panurgus

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Reverse gland lanternfish

Lanternfish

Diaphus rivatoni

Diaphus impostor

Andre's lanternfish

Myctophum lunatum

Protomyctophum subparallelum - Protomyctophum subparallelum is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere south of about 30° S, in deep water.

Diaphus vanhoeffeni

Lamp fish

Bigfin lanternfish

Southern lanternfish

Diaphus malayanus

Lantern fish

Metelectrona herwigi

Diaphus signatus

Protomyctophum beckeri

Diaphus kapalae

Diaphus danae

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

Nansenia pelagica

Bathylagichthys problematicus

Breakfast fish - Females reach 20 cm in length, while males are up to 25 cm long.

Nansenia macrolepis

Nansenia tenera

Javelin spookfish - The species is notable for unusual protuberances that grow from its eyes, which each have "a well developed lens"

Persparsia kopua - Persparsia kopua, is a tubeshoulder of the family Platytroctidae, found around the world in the southern hemisphere between latitudes 30° S and 50° S.

Nansenia oblita

Xenophthalmichthys danae

Bathylagichthys australis

Nansenia atlantica

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Order Perciformes

Cryothenia amphitreta - In November 2004, a researcher by the name of Paul A.

Driftfish

Arabian blackspot threadfin

Prickly pomfret

Bluestriped sea chub

Atlantic white marlin - Average size is 45 to 65 lbs , with females reaching relatively larger sizes.

Plectranthias jothyi

Brama myersi

Stout infantfish - S.

Gvozdarus balushkini

Maldives Slopefish

Broad-bill sword-fish - They are the sole member of their family Xiphiidae.

Marlin sucker

Arctic bonito - It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals , feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and mollusks.

Bald notothen - Growing to a maximum length of about 28 cm , it is yellow with dark spots and irregular crossbars.

Allison's tuna - The yellowfin tuna is often marketed as ahi tuna, from its Hawaiian name ʻahi although the name ʻahi in Hawaiian also refers to the closely related bigeye tuna.

Japanese scad

Plectranthias sheni - This is a deep-bodied fish with large mouth and eyes, growing up to 11 cm standard length.

Picarel

Caristius japonicus

Roundscale spearfish - A team of university and government scientists has confirmed the existence of the enigmatic billfish species closely resembling the heavily fished, overexploited white marlin.

Pompano dolphinfish - Pompano dolphinfish have a lifespan of 3 to 4 years.

Cocinero - The cocinero is classified within the genus Caranx, one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies.

Longfin cigarfish

Bigeye squaretail

Antarctic toothfish - Though sometimes called the Antarctic Cod, the Antarctic toothfish is quite unrelated to a cod.

Silver driftfish

Caribbean pomfret

Pelagic butterfish - The pelagic butterfish, Schedophilus maculatus, is a medusafish of the genus Schedophilus found in all warm oceans.

Akarnax Slopefish

Whitemouth jack

Bonito

Champsodon nudivittis

Bathyclupea elongata

Whale remora - The whalesucker, Remora australis, is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, so named because it attaches itself exclusively to cetaceans.

Brown rudderfish

Pithead

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

Scad - The koheru, Decapterus koheru, is a jack of the genus Decapterus, found only between the North Cape and the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand, in mid-waters of reef and offshore areas.

Plectranthias klausewitzi

Palm ruff

Japanese spearfish - The shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris, is a species of marlin found in Indo-Pacific oceans not far from the surface.

Brama pauciradiata

Large-scale cigarfish

Naked-head toothfish

Schedophilus griseolineatus

Bigscaled mackerel - The butterfly kingfish, bigscale mackerel, or butterfly mackerel, Gasterochisma melampus, the only species in the genus Gasterochisma, is found around the world in southern temperate waters, down to 200 m in open water.

Bluefish - In South Africa, this fish is commonly known as shad on the east coast, and elf on the west coast.

Mantasucker - The white suckerfish or mantasucker, Remorina albescens, is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, a group of elongate marine fish with adhesive discs for attaching to larger organisms.

Inca scad

Bandtail notothen

Mackerel icefish

Checked swallowtail

Bluefin - The southern bluefin tuna is a large, streamlined, fast swimming fish with a long, slender caudal peduncle and relatively short dorsal, pectoral and anal fins.

Atlantic longbill spearfish

Antarctic silverfish - The Antarctic Silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum is a member of the suborder Notothenioidei of the Perciform fishes.

Atlantic fanfish

Picarel

North-west ruffe

Ravenfish

Pacific pomfret

Chiasmodon subniger

Schedophilus marmoratus

Sala y G

Maori cod - Paranotothenia magellanica, the Maori cod, is also known as Magellanic rockcod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen.

Slender tuna - The slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, is a species of tuna, the only species in the genus Allothunnus, found around the world in the southern oceans between latitudes 20° and 50° South.

Atlantic sailfish - Tests in the 1920s estimated that they were capable of short sprints of up to 111 kilometres per hour, however, a more conservative estimates of 37 to 55 kilometres per hour are more widely accepted .

Pacific black marlin - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the black marlin to its seafood red list.

Grey marlinsucker - The spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera, is a remora of the family Echeneidae, found around the world in tropical and subtropical seas.

Black fathead

Driftfish

Longfinned albacore - It is found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Luvar - It is a big ellipsoidal fish, growing to two meters in length.

Japanese scad

Neoscombrops atlanticus

Plectranthias lasti

Spotted fanfish - The spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the indo-west Pacific oceans from South Africa to New Zealand, at depths to 500 m.

Pacific striped marlin - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the striped marlin to its seafood red list.

Dwarf cigarfish

Angel - The big-scale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 m.

Patagonian toothfish - A close relative, the Antarctic toothfish , is found farther south around the edges of the Antarctic shelf; it also lives in the Ross Sea.

R - The slender suckerfish or lousefish, Phtheirichthys lineatus, is a rare species of remora, family Echeneidae, and the only member of the genus Phtheirichthys.

Banded driftfish

Mocosa ruff

Escolar - The snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens, is a species of fish in the monotypic genus Gempylus, belonging to the family Gempylidae .

Symphysanodon disii

Parabarossia lanceolata

Yellowtail horse mackerel - The yellowtail horse mackerel is very similar to the greenback horse mackerel but has 68 to 73 lateral line scutes, compared with 76 to 82 for the greenback horse mackerel.

Champsodon longipinnis

Barracuda - The body is elongated and covered with small, scarcely visible scales; the back is an iridescent blue, while the sides are silvery, with a pattern of vertical blue bars.

Blackblotch swallowtail

Ragfish - The southern driftfish or ragfish, Icichthys australis, is a medusafish of the genus Icichthys found around the world in all southern oceans between latitudes 50° S and 60° S, from the surface down to 2,000 m.

Big eye tunny - In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ‘ahi; the other is yellowfin tuna.

Order Pristiophoriformes

Tropical sawshark - This is a small species; the maximum known length is 85 cm for females and 63 cm for males .

Order Rajiformes

Munk's devil ray - The manta de monk, Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, or smoothtail mobula is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family.

Guilers stingray - The pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, and the sole member of its genus.

Pygmy devilray - It is a brownish-grey colour, with a whitish underside.

Fanfin skate

Bentfin devil ray - The bentfin devil ray, lesser devil ray, smoothtail devil ray, smoothtail mobula, or Thurton's devil ray is a species of fish in the Mobulidae family.

Shortfin devilray

Order Salmoniformes

Sockeye salmon or kokanee - Sockeye salmon , also called red salmon or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean.

Order Scorpaeniformes

Lopholiparis flerxi

Psednos carolinae

Pelagic scorpionfish

Order Squaliformes

Eastern highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Etmopterus burgessi - Etmopterus burgessi is a newly described lanternshark of the family Dalatiidae in the order Squaliformes.

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

Kermadec spiny dogfish

Squalus crassispinus - The fatspine spurdog is a rare, small and slender dogfish with a broad head and short snout.

Western longnose spurdog - The western longnose is a rare, small and slender dogfish with a narrow head and long narrow snout.

Western highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Edmund's spurdog

Bartail spurdog - The bartail spurdog, Squalus notocaudatus, is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths of between 220 and 450 m .

Fatspine spurdog

Eastern longnose spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Order Stomiiformes

Bottlelights

Eustomias arborifer

Eustomias pyrifer

Eustomias precarius

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Photonectes munificus

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Leptostomias gracilis

Astronesthes gibbsi

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Eustomias insularum

Eustomias vulgaris

Scaleless dragonfish

Polyipnus surugaensis

Polyipnus danae

Eustomias suluensis

Ichthyococcus australis

Eustomias danae

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Eustomias acinosus

Long-threaded dragon fish

Astronesthes lupina

Eustomias perplexus

Leptostomias bermudensis

Astronesthes caulophorus

Photonectes dinema

Eustomias leptobolus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias dinema

Polyipnus ovatus

Eustomias triramis

Eustomias similis

Eustomias borealis

Polyipnus asper

Astronesthes spatulifer

Astronesthes longiceps

Photonectes phyllopogon

Eustomias melanonema

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Eustomias intermedius

Eustomias woollardi

Manducus greyae

Eustomias fissibarbis

Bathophilus abarbatus

Eustomias decoratus

Polyipnus limatulus

Eustomias tenisoni

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Eustomias appositus

Leptostomias macropogon

Astronesthes oligoa

Eustomias polyaster

Deepsea loosejaw

Eustomias lipochirus

Grammatostomias circularis

Leptostomias bilobatus

Astronesthes fedorovi

Melanostomias margaritifer

Eustomias grandibulbus

Eustomias dubius

Polyipnus paxtoni

Eustomias variabilis

Polyipnus bruuni

Eustomias simplex

Eustomias crucis

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Eustomias achirus

Leptostomias leptobolus

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias orientalis

Borostomias abyssorum

Leptostomias analis

Aristostomias xenostoma

Eustomias kreffti

Eustomias xenobolus

Bathophilus schizochirus

Eustomias flagellifer

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Polyipnus oluolus

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Slender sunfish - Close-up of the head of a slender sunfish

Southern sunfish