User:DiverDave/List of fauna of the abyssal and hadal zones
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Microfauna[edit]
Archaea[edit]
- Crenarchaeota (none)
- Euryarchaeota
- Korarchaeota
- Nanoarchaeota (none)
- Thaumarchaeota
Bacteria[edit]
Eukarya[edit]
Macrofauna[edit]
Fishes[edit]
- Anglerfish
- Bathysaurus ferox - Deep-sea Lizardfish
- Bathysaurus mollis - Highfin Lizardfish
- Black lizardfish
- blue hake
- Deepwater arrowtooth eel
- Deepwater burrfish
- Deepwater cardinalfish
- Deepwater catshark
- flashlight fish
- Frilled shark
- king of herrings
- lanternfish
- Largetooth cookiecutter shark
- Leafscale gulper shark
- Notacanthidae
- onion-eye grenadier
- roundnose grenadier
- Saccopharyngiformes
- spiny eel
- spinytail skate
- Sternoptychidae
- viperfish
Bathydemersal species[edit]
- Acropomatidae
- Bothidae
- Bythitidae
- Cynoglossus acutirostris , Sharpnose tonguesole, Cynoglossidae
- Gobiidae
- Harpadon erythraeus , Synodontidae
- Heptranchias perlo , Sharpnose sevengill shark, Hexanchidae
- Hippocampus kelloggi , Great seahorse, Syngnathidae
- Iago omanensis , Bigeye houndshark, Triakidae
- Moridae
- Mullidae
- Mustelus manazo , Starspotted smooth-hound, Triakidae
- Nemipteridae
- Nettastomatidae
- Ophidiidae
- Percophidae
- Scorpaenidae
- Setarchidae
- Synaphobranchidae
- Tetrarogidae
- Trichiuridae
- Uranoscopidae
Bathypelagic species[edit]
- Chauliodus sloani , Sloane's viperfish, Stomiidae
- Gaper
- Myctophidae
- Nemichthys scolopaceus , Slender snipe eel, Nemichthyidae
- Paralepididae
- Sciaenidae
- Sternoptychidae
- Stomiidae
Benthopelagic species[edit]
- Aetobatus flagellum , Longheaded eagle ray, Myliobatidae
- Anoxypristis cuspidata , Knifetooth sawfish, Pristidae
- Apogonidae
- Argyrosomus regius , Meagre, Sciaenidae
- Ariommatidae
- Ateleopodidae
- Syngnathidae
- Balistidae
- Chanos chanos , Milkfish, Chanidae
- Carangidae
- Gerreidae
- Glossogobius giuris , Gobiidae
- Trachichthyidae
- Lobotes surinamensis , Atlantic tripletail, Lobotidae
- Megalops cyprinoides , Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalopidae
- Mugil cephalus, Flathead mullet, Mugilidae
- Moridae
- Striped grunter, Haemulidae
- Pristipomoides filamentosus , Crimson jobfish, Lutjanidae
- Rhinobatos thouin , Clubnose guitarfish, Rhinobatidae
- Rhizoprionodon acutus , Milk shark, Carcharhinidae
- Seriola lalandi , Yellowtail amberjack, Carangidae
- Opistognathidae
- Stromateidae
- Synodus randalli , Synodontidae
- Bramidae
- Trichiuridae
- Terapontidae
- Gempylidae
- Trichiurus lepturus, Largehead hairtail, Trichiuridae
Other[edit]
Although Lophelia is best represented in water depths of the upper slope, it has been reported as deep as 3,000 m (9,842 ft) in some parts of the world.[1]
- bigfin squid
- Colossal Squid
- Dana Octopus Squid
- Galiteuthis phyllura
- giant isopod
- Giant tube worm
- giant squid
- Japanese spider crab
- Kondakovia longimana
- Robust Clubhook Squid
- Seven-arm Octopus
- Xenophyophore
