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

Order Anguilliformes

Thread eel

Thalassenchelys coheni

Saurenchelys stylura

Thalassenchelys foliaceus

Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus

Order Atheriniformes

Querimana silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis elongata

Barracudina

Scopelosaurus hoedti

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

Lestidiops distans

Macroparalepis brevis

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.

Hubb's pearleye

Paralepis brevirostris

Duckbill barracudina

Lestidiops cadenati

Order Beloniformes

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

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

Guinean flyingfish

Balao

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus japonicus

Keeltail needlefish

Gyre flyingfish

Slender halfbeak

Tylosurus acus imperialis

Banded flyingfish

Cheilopogon doederleinii

Whitetip flyingfish

Dwarf saury

Pharao flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Cape needlefish

Shoulderspot needlefish

Saury

Whitespot flyingfish

Short-beaked garfish

Glider flyingfish

Stained flyingfish

Sailor flyingfish

Agujon needlefish

Black wing flyingfish

Bandwing flyingfish

African flyingfish

Platybelone argalus lovii

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

Coromandel flyingfish

Margined flyingfish

Cheilopogon ventralis

Barbel flyingfish

Saury

Order Carcharhiniformes

Proscyllium magnificum

Western spotted catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Cephaloscyllium parvum

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.

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

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

Northern river shark - Northern river sharks are likely piscivorous.

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.

Gulf smoothhound - Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

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

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.

Order Cetomimiformes

Cetomimoides parri

Order Clupeiformes

Marini's anchovy

Key anchovy

Order Gadiformes

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

Lyconus pinnatus

Silvery cod

Codlet

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

Order Lamniformes

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.

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.

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

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 .

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.

Order Lampriformes

King of herrings

Tapertail ribbonfish

Southern opah

Tapertail

Whiptail ribbonfish

Regalecus kinoi

Trachipterus ishikawae

Streamer fish

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

Order Myctophiformes

Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

Lanternfish

Reverse gland lanternfish

Diaphus suborbitalis

Diaphus kora

Diaphus diadematus

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.

Bigfin lanternfish

Diogenichthys panurgus

Lamp fish

Diaphus rivatoni

Diaphus impostor

Andre's lanternfish

Metelectrona herwigi

Protomyctophum beckeri

Diaphus vanhoeffeni

Diaphus malayanus

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.

Lantern fish

Myctophum ovcharovi

Lanternfish

Giant lampfish

Large scale lantern fish

Lanternfish

Diaphus signatus

Lanternfish

Diaphus kapalae

Diaphus danae

Centrobranchus brevirostris

California flashlightfish

Mexican lampfish

Diaphus wisneri

Glacial lanternfish

Diaphus regani

Southern lanternfish

Diaphus gigas

Loweina terminata

Nannobrachium isaacsi

Order Ophidiiformes

Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma

Order Osmeriformes

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

Nansenia pelagica

Bathylagichthys problematicus

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

Nansenia macrolepis

Nansenia tenera

Order Perciformes

Driftfish

Longfin cigarfish

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

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

Schedophilus griseolineatus

Inca scad

Bandtail notothen

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.

Champsodon nudivittis

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.

Checked swallowtail

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

Atlantic fanfish

Picarel

Atlantic longbill spearfish

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

Ravenfish

North-west ruffe

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.

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.

Schedophilus marmoratus

Sala y G

Pacific pomfret

Large-scale cigarfish

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.

Driftfish

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

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

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

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

Gvozdarus balushkini

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

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

Neoscombrops atlanticus

Mackerel icefish

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.

Plectranthias lasti

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.

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

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.

Pithead

Symphysanodon disii

Mocosa ruff

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.

Parabarossia lanceolata

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.

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

Blackblotch swallowtail

Bonito

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

Japanese scad

Brown rudderfish

Stout infantfish - S.

Maldives Slopefish

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

Brama myersi

Dwarf cigarfish

Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma

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.

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

Marlin sucker

Naked-head toothfish

Chiasmodon subniger

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.

Champsodon longipinnis

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

Picarel

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.

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.

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

Silver driftfish

Bigeye squaretail

Black fathead

Akarnax Slopefish

Whitemouth jack

Caribbean pomfret

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

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.

Palm ruff

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

Plectranthias klausewitzi

Japanese scad

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 .

Caristius japonicus

Brama pauciradiata

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

Shortfin devilray

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.

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

Pelagic scorpionfish

Lopholiparis flerxi

Psednos carolinae

Order Squaliformes

Southern Mandarin Dogfish - C.

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.

Eastern highfin spurdog - Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Kermadec spiny dogfish

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

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

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.

Order Stomiiformes

Eustomias acinosus

Eustomias simplex

Eustomias perplexus

Manducus greyae

Bathophilus abarbatus

Eustomias leptobolus

Polyipnus limatulus

Scaleless dragonfish

Eustomias xenobolus

Astronesthes oligoa

Eustomias dinema

Leptostomias macropogon

Eustomias borealis

Eustomias teuthidopsis

Astronesthes fedorovi

Leptostomias bilobatus

Deepsea loosejaw

Eustomias pyrifer

Melanostomias margaritifer

Eustomias melanonema

Polyipnus paxtoni

Eustomias intermedius

Eustomias fissibarbis

Polyipnus bruuni

Astronesthes tchuvasovi

Astronesthes lucibucca

Eustomias decoratus

Eustomias vulgaris

Leptostomias leptobolus

Eustomias suluensis

Ichthyococcus australis

Aristostomias xenostoma

Eustomias appositus

Eustomias polyaster

Borostomias abyssorum

Leptostomias analis

Bathophilus schizochirus

Eustomias lipochirus

Polyipnus oluolus

Eustomias grandibulbus

Eustomias dubius

Astronesthes psychrolutes

Astronesthes gibbsi

Eustomias crucis

Eustomias triramis

Leptostomias gracilis

Photonectes munificus

Eustomias achirus

Eustomias similis

Melanostomias paucilaternatus

Eustomias orientalis

Polyipnus surugaensis

Eustomias kreffti

Polyipnus danae

Astronesthes zetgibbsi

Eustomias flagellifer

Astronesthes lupina

Eustomias deofamiliaris

Eustomias woollardi

Long-threaded dragon fish

Eustomias tenisoni

Ichthyococcus intermedius

Bottlelights

Astronesthes caulophorus

Eustomias arborifer

Eustomias precarius

Leptostomias bermudensis

Photonectes dinema

Eustomias macrophthalmus

Polyipnus ovatus

Grammatostomias circularis

Eustomias insularum

Scaleless dragonfish

Polyipnus asper

Astronesthes spatulifer

Astronesthes longiceps

Eustomias danae

Eustomias variabilis

Leptostomias haplocaulus

Photonectes phyllopogon

Order Syngnathiformes

Cosmocampus retropinnis

Order Tetraodontiformes

Southern sunfish

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