Fish > Anomalopidae & Flashlight Fishes
The Atlantic Flashlight Fish (Kryptophanaron alfredi) is an extraordinary bioluminescent reef fish inhabiting steep outer reef slopes and dark submarine caverns throughout the Caribbean Sea. Sporting a luminous bean-shaped organ beneath each eye packed with glowing...
Fish > Opisthoproctidae & Barreleye Fishes
The Mirrorbelly (Opisthoproctus soleatus), also referred to as the Shortnose Barreleye, is a bizarre deep-sea fish inhabiting the sunless twilight depths of the world’s oceans. Equipped with immense upward-pointing tubular eyes and an elaborate ventral...
Fish > Chaunacidae & Coffinfishes
The Mid-Atlantic Coffinfish (Chaunax suttkusi) is an enigmatic, deep-sea benthic anglerfish belonging to the family Chaunacidae. Inhabiting bathypelagic depths along the continental slopes and underwater seamounts of the Atlantic Ocean, this spherical, rose-pink fish...
Fish > Derichthyidae & Longneck Eels
The Narrowneck Oceanic Eel (Derichthys serpentinus) is a distinctive, serpentiform deep-sea eel belonging to the family Derichthyidae. Cruising through the vast, sunless bathypelagic layers of the world’s oceans, this creature is immediately identifiable by a...
Fish > Stylephoridae & Tube-eyes
The Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus) is an extraordinary, ribbon-shaped deep-sea teleost fish and the sole living species in the order Stylephoriformes. Inhabiting the twilight and midnight oceanic depths down to nearly a thousand meters, it combines enormous...
Fish > Himantolophidae & Footballfishes
The Atlantic Footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus) is an enigmatic ceratioid deep-sea anglerfish drifting through the perpetual twilight and midnight bathypelagic depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Characterized by its globular, heavily armored body and luminous...
Fish > Sternoptychidae & Marine Hatchetfishes
The Lovely Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus) is an astonishing, mirror-sided mesopelagic teleost inhabiting the open oceanic twilight zones across the globe. Characterized by its razor-thin, deep-chested profile resembling a miniature silver hand ax, this...
Fish > Stomiidae & Barbeled Dragonfishes
The Black Dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus) is an extraordinary, serpentine predator that roams the pitch-black waters of the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones across the Southern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Stomiidae, this deep-sea marvel is world-renowned...
Fish > Centrophrynidae & Deep-Sea Anglerfish
The Spiny Seadevil (Photocorynus spiniceps) is an astounding deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish dwelling in the freezing, pitch-black abyssal depths of the world’s oceans. Famed in biological literature as the record-holder for the smallest mature adult vertebrate...
Fish > Balitoridae & Cave Loaches
The Waterfall Climbing Cave Fish (Cryptotora thamicola), famously known to biologists as the Cave Angel Fish, is a subterranean hillstream loach endemic to deep karst caves of northwestern Thailand. Deprived of eyes and pigmentation by millions of years of...
