Rhinopristiformes

M.E. Blochii, doctoris medicinae Berolinensis ... Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum /.Berolini :Sumtibus auctoris impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano commissum,1801..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38785800The very cool bowmouth guitarfish has a band of massive, sharp thorns running along the midline of its back biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38785800 #bhlib

Field book of giant fishesNew York,G. P. Putnam[1949]biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6278867

Nice to see one out and about - normally you just see their fins and eyes protruding from the sand, if you're lucky

1 fish drawing (5 x 25 cm.)Repository: Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityCall number: bAg 168.60.6 (2)a

Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ChordataClass=ChondrichthyesOrder=RhinobatiformesFamily=RhinobatidaeGenus=GlaucostegusCommon name=Shovelnose Ray

Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia

Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ChordataClass=ChondrichthyesOrder=RhinobatiformesFamily=RhinobatidaeGenus=GlaucostegusCommon name=Shovelnose Ray

1 fish drawing (5 x 23 cm.)Repository: Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityCall number: bAg 168.60.6 (2)c

X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit the SITES page for the tour itinerary.

Learn more about Pristis pectinataX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.

Pristis pectinata

rhinobatos halavi

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia;.London :W.H. Allen,[1893].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38767978