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Gurnard Collection

Background imageGurnard Collection: Gurnard's Head, near St Ives, Cornwall

Gurnard's Head, near St Ives, Cornwall - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageGurnard Collection: Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards

Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards
Red mullet, Mullus barbatus 58, spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus 59, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 60, flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 61, and armed gurnard

Background imageGurnard Collection: Tub gurnard and black scorpion-fish

Tub gurnard and black scorpion-fish
Tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna, Trigla hirundo, and black scorpion-fish, Scorpaena porcus. Handcolored engraving by Corbie after an illustration by Ac

Background imageGurnard Collection: Gurnard, needlefish, cowfish, herring and porcupinefish

Gurnard, needlefish, cowfish, herring and porcupinefish
Gurnard, Chelidonichthys species 1, needlefish, Belone belone 2, longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta 3, herring, Clupea harengus 4, and few-spined porcupinefish, Chilomycterus reticulatus 5

Background imageGurnard Collection: Streaked gurnard, Trigloporus lastoviza

Streaked gurnard, Trigloporus lastoviza (Trigla lineata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Background imageGurnard Collection: Grey gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardus

Grey gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardus (Trigla gurnardus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Background imageGurnard Collection: Tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna

Tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna (Sappharine gurnard, Trigla hirundo). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Background imageGurnard Collection: Flyingfish varieties

Flyingfish varieties
Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 1, bandwing flyingfish, Cheilopogon exsiliens 2, tropical two-wing flyingfish, Exocoetus volitans 3, and African sailfin flyingfish, Parexocoetus mento 4

Background imageGurnard Collection: Trigla cuculus, or Blochs Gurnard

Trigla cuculus, or Blochs Gurnard, sometimes also referred to as Red Gurnard. Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German doctor and naturalist of the late 18th century. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Chelidonichthys lucerna, or Tub Gurnard

Chelidonichthys lucerna, or Tub Gurnard, also known as Tubfish. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Trigla lyra, or Piper Gurnard

Trigla lyra, or Piper Gurnard. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: The Village, Gurnard, Isle of Wight

The Village, Gurnard, Isle of Wight
The Village, Gurnard, Cowes, near Northwood, Isle of Wight, England. Showing the Woodvale Hotel Date: 1954

Background imageGurnard Collection: Callionymus lyra, or Common Dragonet

Callionymus lyra, or Common Dragonet, also known as Yellow Skulpin, Golden Skulpin, Yellow Gurnard, Gemmeous Dragonet, and Gowdie. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Eutrigla gurnardus, or Grey Gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus, or Grey Gurnard, a species of searobin. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Peristedion, or Armed Gurnard

Peristedion, or Armed Gurnard
Peristedion, or Armed (Armoured, Armored) Gurnard or Searobin. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Lanthorn Gurnard and Little Gurnard

Lanthorn Gurnard and Little Gurnard
Lanthorn Gurnard (Trigla lucerna, Shining Gurnard, Long-Finned Captain, above) and Little Gurnard (Trigla paeciloptera, below). Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Trigloporus lastoviza, or Streaked Gurnard

Trigloporus lastoviza, or Streaked Gurnard, a species of searobin. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Trigla cuculus, or Blochs Gurnard

Trigla cuculus, or Blochs Gurnard, sometimes also referred to as Red Gurnard. Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German doctor and naturalist of the late 18th century. Date: 1863

Background imageGurnard Collection: Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans

Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, and African armoured searobin, Peristedion cataphractum.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles

Background imageGurnard Collection: Short S10 Gurnard I N228

Short S10 Gurnard I N228
Short S10 Gurnard I, N228

Background imageGurnard Collection: Aspitrgla cuculus, red gurnard

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

Background imageGurnard Collection: Dactylopterus volitans, flying gurnard

Dactylopterus volitans, flying gurnard
Ff. 103 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Background imageGurnard Collection: Prionotus miles, Galapagos gurnard

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


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