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Elasmobranchii Collection (page 2)

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Trygonorhina fasciata, southern fiddler ray

Trygonorhina fasciata, southern fiddler ray
Ff. 47. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Sphyrna zygaena, hammerhead shark

Sphyrna zygaena, hammerhead shark
Plate 145 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Pristiophorus cirratus, long nose sawshark

Pristiophorus cirratus, long nose sawshark
Watercolour 371 by Thomas Watling entitled Givee be dung or gurooin, from the Watling Collection

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Eleginops maclovinus, rock cod

Eleginops maclovinus, rock cod
Rock cod (Eleginops maclovinus) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Tonguestone (sharks tooth)

Tonguestone (sharks tooth)
A sharks tooth from the species Oxyrhina. Specimen originates from the Globigerina Limestone, Miocene period, NW Malta

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Raja marginata, skate egg case

Raja marginata, skate egg case
Specimen jar containing the egg case of a skate (Raja marginata), popularly known as a mermaids purse. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Historical specimens from left to right

Historical specimens from left to right
Specimen jars containing a hawkfish from the first Endeavour voyage, two female swimming crabs collected on the Investigator voyage and Eleginops maclovinus, collected during the Beagle voyage

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Lamna nasus, porbeagle shark

Lamna nasus, porbeagle shark
Specimen of a porbeagle sharks head on the dissection table outside the Tank Room of the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Various specimens

Various specimens
Specimen jars containing various sea and land creatures

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Colourful illustration of Makaira nigricans, blue marlin and

Colourful illustration of Makaira nigricans, blue marlin and

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Raja naevus, cuckoo ray

Raja naevus, cuckoo ray
Plate 67 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl, G. gallus bankiva, red j

Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl, G. gallus bankiva, red j
Plate 69, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Colourful illustration of a fish and a ray

Colourful illustration of a fish and a ray
Plate 43 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Isurus oxyrinchus, shortfin mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus, shortfin mako shark
Specimen jar containing the head of a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum. London

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark

Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark
A Scanning Electron Microscope image of smoothhound shark skin. The skin is covered with tiny teeth called dermal denticles

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Isurus oxyrinchus, mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus, mako shark
Scanning Electron Microscope image of mako shark skin

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Heliobatis radians, fossil stingray

Heliobatis radians, fossil stingray
Specimen of the fossil stingray (Heliobatis radians) originating from the Eocene rocks of Wyoming, U.S.A. This specimen is around forty-five million years old

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Scyliorhinus canicula, common dogfish

Scyliorhinus canicula, common dogfish
Specimen of the cartilaginous skeleton of a dogfish contained in a specimen jar

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Study of a ray

Study of a ray
Page 450 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Study of shark

Study of shark
Page 397 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Background imageElasmobranchii Collection: Anatomical study of a ray

Anatomical study of a ray
Page 451 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638



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