Fishes Collection (page 15)

Green skate illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Guardfish illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Istiophorus platypterus, Sailfish
A sailfish is able to swim at over 100 km per hour

Small leatherjacket illustration

Herring illustration

Perch illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Plate 104 by William Ellis
Plate 104 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 100 by William Ellis
Plate 100 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Stingray illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Zebra fish illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Spotted sole illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Chalceus nigrotaeniatus
From Pencil drawings by Alfred Russel Wallace

Arapaimo gigas, giant arapaimo
Specimen of the giant arapaimo (Arapaimo gigas), the worlds largest fresh water fish growing up to 5m long. Found in Brazil, Guyana and Peru

Foraminifera models
One drawer containing some of d Orbigny models and slides previously displayed alongside the models in the galleries

Chaetodon sp. Cristiceps aurantiacus, Microcanthus joyceae
Watercolour 381 by Thomas Watling, entitled Tag-ga, Tack-in-marra-dera, Dy-e-ne-ang, Ballang-an, from the Watling Collection

Antennarius striatus, striped anglerfish
Watercolour 382 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Lepomis microlophus, redear sunfish
Drawing 10 (Ewan 37) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Fossilised Mesturus verrucosus
Fossilised fish from upper Jurassic lithographic limestone, Eichstadt, Germany. 150 million years ago

Watercolour 66 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 66 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Colourful illustration of of two fish and a crustacean
Folio 42 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Callorhinchus milii, elephant fish
Watercolour 377 unsigned and undated, entitled Warriwall, from the Watling Collection

Chaetodon sp. butterflyfish
Plate 30 by Louis-Isidore Duperrey from his Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, 1826. Lower fish labelled Holocanthe

Alligator mississippiensis, American alligator
Alligator of St Johns. Drawing 22 (Ewan 49) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen and ink. Size: 235 x 366

Lutjanus gibbus, humpback red snapper

Paedocypris progenetica (male)
This is one of the smallest known vertebrate, reaching only 7.9mm in length, discovered on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Photographed by Dr. Ralf Britz

Gavia artica, black-throated diver
Plate 146, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol. 3 (1750)

Plate 24 by Louis-Isidore Duperrey from his Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, 1826

Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagle
Watercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang

Watercolour 50 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 50 by by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Clupea finta, twaite shad
Page 68 by W Houghton from his British Freshwater Fishes, 1879

Paedocypris progenetica (female)
This is one of the smallest known vertebrate, reaching only 7.9mm in length, discovered on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Photographed by Dr. Ralf Britz

Dragonflies and Fish
Dragonflies from Libellulinae Europaeae by Toussaint de Charpenter, 1840. Fish from Voyage de la Coquille, Zoology Atlas II by Duperrey

Fish specimens
Specimen jars containing fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. Notice how over time the specimen jars have been warped by gravity and are no longer straight

Juvenile fish specimens
Specimen jar containing juvenile fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Pegasus draconis, sea moth
Specimen jar containing sea moths (Pegasus draconis), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Plate 16 from Brian Hodgsons watercolour collection
Plate 16, watercolour by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894) from his collection of reptiles, fish, mammals and birds of Nepal

Mustelus canis, smooth dogfish
A baby smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis). These small members of the shark familly can be found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina and in the Gulf of Mexico

Oliver Crimmen with Pseudoscarus lepidus specimen
Oliver Crimmen, curator at the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen featured is a parrotfish, holotype, Tahiti, collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle voyage

Marine specimens preserved in spirit jars
Specimen jar containing various marine creatures, in the former spirit building, which is now stored in the Tank Room of the Darwin Centre at the Natural Histroy Museum, London

Argyropelecus sp. hatchetfish
Specimen jar containing hatchetfish (Argyroplectus sp.), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Detail of terracotta moulding of a fish in the Waterhouse Bu
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Aspitrgla cuculus, red gurnard
Plate 89 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Lampris guttatus, opah
Plate 39 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Scyliorhinus stellaris, huss, Squalus acanthias, spiny dogfi
Plate 35 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Salmo salar, Atlantic salmon
Plate 90 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Gadus morhua, cod
Plate 81 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Parika scaber, leatherjacket
Ff. 247. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

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