Oarfish Collection

Museum scientists holding Oarfish specimen
Regalecus glesne. From left to right: Graham Pellow, Colin McCarthy, Prof. Philip Rainbow, Dr. Roger Lincoln, Ollie Crimmen and Sir Neil Chalmers

Herring, oarfish and drift-net fishing
Herring, Clupea harengus 132, oarfish, Regalecus species 133, and North Sea fishermen using drift nets to catch herring from boats

Crested oarfish and oarfish
Crested oarfish, Lophotus lacepedei (Lophotes copedianus) and oarfish, Regalecus glesne (Gymnetrus gladius). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Regalecus Banskii, or Bankss Oarfish, a long, flat fish. Date: 1863

Jack-knifefish, oarfish, and rock beauty angelfish.. Jack-knifefish, Equetus lanceolatus 1, oarfish, Regalecus glesne 2, and rock beauty angelfish, Holacanthus tricolor 3

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

Oarfish at the Cosmorama, London, 1849
Engraving showing an Oarfish, or Regalecus Glesne, which was on display at the Cosmorama, Regent Street, London, in 1849

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