The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic and caudal fins, giving them an eel-like appearance, and large fang-like teeth.
The marine hatchetfishes or deep-sea hatchetfishes as well as the related bottlelights, pearlsides and constellationfishes are small deep-sea ray-finned fish of the stomiiform family Sternoptychidae. They are not closely related to and should not be confused with the freshwater hatchetfishes, which are teleosts in the characiform family Gasteropelecidae. The Sternoptychidae have 10 genera and about 70 species altogether.
Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). A. iridescens is called "pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.
Maurolicus muelleri, commonly referred to as Mueller's pearlside,Mueller's bristle-mouth fish, or the silvery lightfish, is a marine hatchetfish in the genus Maurolicus, found in deep tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the surface to depths of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). It can grow to a maximum total length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in).
Vinciguerria is a genus of lightfishes, family Phosichthyidae. It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934), an Italian ichthyologist.
Vinciguerria poweriae is a species of lightfish belonging to the genus Vinciguerria. They are mostly found in seawater 300–600 metres (1,000–2,000 ft) deep during the day and 50–350 metres (160–1,150 ft) deep at night. They feed on small crustaceans.
Glossanodon is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.
Polymetme is a genus of lightfishes.
Chlorophthalmus is a genus of greeneyes
Maurolicus javanicus, also known as the Javan pearlside, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It lives in deep water environments off Java, Australia, and Indonesia. It has 30-31 vertebrae.
Argyripnus iridescens, also known as the pearlyside lightfish or brilliant pearlside, is a species of oceanic ray-finned fish in the genus Argyipnus. It lives in deep-water environments across the Southwest Pacific. Its max length is 14 cm (5.5 in).
Maurolicus australis, commonly known as the pennant pearlside, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It lives in deep-water marine environments off New Zealand and Southern Australia. It has 33-34 vertebrae.
Stanley Howard Weitzman was a Research Scientist Emeritus at Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Maurolicus imperatorius, commonly knowns as the Emperor seamount lightfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It lives in the North Pacific.
Maurolicus weitzmani, commonly known as the Atlantic pearlside, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It lives in the Atlantic Ocean.
Maurolicus japonicus, commonly known as the North Pacific lightfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It is found the North Pacific.
Argyripnus electronus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Argyripnus found in the Southeast Pacific.
Argyripnus brocki, commonly known as Brock's bristle-mouth fish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Argyripnus found in the Pacific Ocean.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin was a Soviet and Russian ichthyologist, specializing in oceanic pelagic fish. He headed the Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna at the RAS Institute of Oceanology in Moscow, where he ended his career as a Professor after more than fifty-seven years. In his career, he described more than 150 new taxa of fish and participated in 20 major oceanic expeditions. Thirty-six species of fish are named in his honour.
Polymetme thaeocoryla is a species of fish in the family Phosichthyidae (lightfish).
