Lovely Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus). Also known as Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish and Silver Hatchetfish. Deep sea fish found off New South Wales, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Bristlemouth Fish (Gonostoma bathyphilum). Deep sea fish found off New South Wales, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Sloane's Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). Deep sea fish found off New South Wales, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Humpback Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) showing luminescent lure. Deep sea fish found off Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Larval Crayfish (most likely Jasus verreauxi) - pelagic stage. Depth: 500m. Deep sea fish found off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus). Deep sea fish found off Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Dragonfish (Melanostomias niger). Deep sea fish found off South Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Loosejaw Fish (Malacosteus sp). Deep sea fish found off Tasmania, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Obese Dragonfish (Opostomias micripnus). Deep sea fish found off Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Brooch Lanternfish (Benthosema fibulatum). Deep sea fish found off Bali, Indonesia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Lanternfish (Symbolophorus barnardi). Deep sea fish found off Bass Strait, Australia. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Lanternfish (Diaphus watasei). Depth: 500m. Deep sea fish found off New South Wales, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
One-fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratus) showing bioluminescent light production light organ. Deep sea fish found off Bali, Indonesia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Two-fin Flashlight Fish (Anomalops katoptron) - pelagic stage, larvae. Flashlight Fish display a bioluminescent light organ on their face. Deep sea fish found off Sangihe, Indonesia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
One-fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratus) showing bioluminescent light organ on head. Bali, Indonesia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Scaly Dragonfish (Stomias boa). Deep sea fish found off South Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Lighthouse Fish (Photichthys argenteus). Deep sea fish found off Tasmania, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Orange Bellowsfish (Notopogon xenosoma). Deep sea fish found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Common Snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax). Also known as Bellowsfish. Deep sea fish found off South Eastern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Bellowsfish (Centriscops humerosus). Deep sea fish found off South Eastern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Arrow Squid (Nototodarus gouldi). Also known as Gould's Squid, Aeroplane Squid, Aero Squid, Seine boat Squid and Torpedo Squid. Depth: found up to 500m. Southern Australia. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus). Also known as Deep Sea Frilled Shark, Frill Shark and Frill-gilled Shark. Near threatened species. Deep sea shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus). Also known as Deep Sea Frilled Shark, Frill Shark and Frill-gilled Shark. Near threatened species. Deep sea shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Shortnose Spurdog (Squalus megalops). Also known as Dogshark, Piked Dogfish and Shortnose Spiny Dogfish. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Brier Shark (Deania calcea). Also known as Dogshark, Birdbeak Dogfish and Shovelnose Spiny Dogfish. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Prickly Dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis). Also known as Rough Shark and Dogshark. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Brier Shark (Deania calcea). Also known as Dogshark, Birdbeak Dogfish and Shovelnose Spiny Dogfish. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Kitefin Shark (Dalatias licha). Also known as Black Shark, Dogshark and Dogfish. Deep sea Shark found off Southern and Western Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Southern Dogfish (Centrophorus uyato). Also known as Little Gulper Shark and Dogshark. Conservation status - potentially threatened species. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Longsnout Dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa). Also known as Long-snouted Dogfish and Dogshark. Deep sea Shark found off Southern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Blackbelly Lantern Shark (Etmopterus lucifer). Also known as Lucifer Shark, Dogfish and Dogshark. Deep sea Shark found off Southern and Eastern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
New Zealand Lantern Shark (Etmopterus baxteri). Also known as Dogfish and Dogshark. Deep sea Shark found off Eastern Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Japanese Spurdog (Squalus japonicus). Chiba prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Northwest Pacific Ocean © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
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