Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae.

Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.

Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.

[1] There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[2]

This order Stomiiformes (dragonfish and other stomiiforms) related article is a stub.