Fishes Collection (page 22)

Ketupa flavipes, tawny fish owl
Plate 30, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Synaphobranchus kaupi, arrowtooth eel
Specimen jar containing many arrowtooth eels (Synaphobranchus kaupi), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Syngnathus crinitus, banded pipefish
Specimen jar containing a banded pipefish (Syngnathus crinitus) collected by Charles Darwin in Patagonia during the voyage of the Beagle

Engraulis ringens, Peruvian anchoveta
Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Syngnathus crinitus, insular pipefish
Insular pipefish (Syngnathus crinitus) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Clinus crinitus
Fish specimens (Clinus crinitus) brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Lepidotes mantelli Agassiz, lepidotes tooth plate

Pseudoscarus lepidus, parrot fish
Parrot fish (Pseudoscarus lepidus) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum
A visitor tour in the Darwin Centre Tank Room at the Natural History Museum, London

Leedsichthys problematicus
Fossilised tail of a Leedsichthys problematicus, the giant Middle Jurassic fish which is the largest fish known to have ever inhabited the Earths oceans

Natural History Museum storeroom
A general interior wideangle view of the Natural History Museums storeroom containing a selection of stuffed fish and mammal specimens and skeletons

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

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
Portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a Swiss born physician who in 1826 began researching fish from the Amazon which lead to his publication Fishes of Brazil

Syngnathus acicularis, deep-bodied pipefish

Black bass
Illustration by Sir William Coles Paget Medlycott (1831-1887)

Scorpaena histrio, player scorpionfish
Player scorpion (Scorpaena histrio) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Poeciliidae sp. Guppy
Illustration of Guppy fish by Guppy, Plantagenet Lechmere 1903

Acipenser sp. sturgeon
An eight foot long sturgeon, caught off the coast of Wales, June 2004. It was once the subject of a police investigation, but was eventually donated to the Natural History Museum, London

Toad Stones or fish teeth

Tyneworth fishwives
Portrait of two wives of fishermen from Tyneworth, mid 19th Century

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

Prionotus miles, Galapagos gurnard
Fish collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Selar crumenophthalmus, bigeye scad
Fish labelled Caranx torvus collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Calamus taurinus, Galapagos porgy
Fish labelled Chrysophrys taurina collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Hemidoras stenopeltis, catfish
Drawing by Alfred Russel Wallace of the catfish Hemidoras stenopeltis from Cuyucuyu, Upper Rio Negro

Hydrocynus sp. tigerfish
Specimen skull of a tigerfish (Hydrocynus sp.). Tigerfish are found in warm rivers and lakes throughout Africa, they are fierce and voracious feeding on whatever is most abundant

Hoplostethus atlanticus, orange roughy
Photograph of three orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). These handsome and widespread, deep-living fish are already suffering from overfishing in some places

Regalecus glesne, oarfish
Specimen of an oarfish (Realecus glesne). This species of fish is possibly the longest in the world. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Ichthyornis dispar, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

Plate from Charles Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the Bea
Fish from South American and Tahitian waters including Agonopsis chiloens, found by Charles Darwin in the Chiloe archipelago, off the west coast of South America

Drawings 43-46 from the Watling Collection
43. A native fishing. 44. Comoo bee ornamented after a burial. 45. Ablaroo, a moobee after Balloderreeo funeral. 46. native of New South Wales

Tabula
Illustration from Handlung 1 Tabula, by Kirschner, 1786

Sphoeroides angusticeps, narrow headed puffer
Fish from the Galapagos Islands collected by Charles Darwin from his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Catfish
Drawing no 114 by Alfred Russel Wallace

Coryphaenoides sp. rattail
A specimen jar containing rattail fish (Coryphaenoides sp.) collected south of Australia, 1874 on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)

Anarhichas lupus, Atlantic catfish
A specimen of the Atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus). Technically a wolffish and not a catfish this deep-sea, bottom-dwelling fish can be found in temperate

Paralichthys adspersus, fine flounder
Fish labelled Hippoglossus kingii collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Isalnds. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Scientists at play, 1899
An attendant in the Botany Library, Robert Hugh Bunting captured his colleagues at play in this humorous private photograph of Museum life taken in 1899

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