Elasmobranch Gallery

Elasmobranchs are a group of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays, and skates

Fish Gallery, September 1890
The Fish Gallery attractions included a 8.5m (28 ft) long basking shark caught near Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and wood from a whaling ship, the Farquharson, pierced by swordfish lances

Squalus maximus, Basking shark taken at Brighton 5 Dec 1812
Watercolour and ink

Hemiscyllium ocellatum, epaulette shark
Ff. 56. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Blue Spotted Stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii, also known as Kuhls Stingray

Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticles
Tooth of the extinct shark (Lamna obliqua Agassiz). Specimen orgininating from the London Clay (Eocene), Sheppey, Kent

Scyliorhinus canicula, dogfish
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the scales of a dogfish (x 40)

Sharks teeth
Tooth of an extinct shark (Carcharodon megalodon) on the right, compared with a tooth from a modern Great White shark, (Carcharodon carcharias) on the left

Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), North Queensland, Australia

A most stupendous basking shark caught within one league of
Advertising flyer for the public exhibition in London of a basking shark caught in Brighton

An endemic epaulette shark swims across the seafloor of Raja Ampat
An endemic epaulette shark swims across the rubble seafloor of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. This small shark spends most of its time on the bottom of reef environments

Wobbegong shark and cardinalfish, Byron Bay, Australia

A scalloped hammerhead shark swims near Cocos Island, Costa Rica
A scalloped hammerhead shark swims in deep water near Cocos Island, Costa Rica. This remote and beautiful Pacific island is famous for its healthy fish and shark populations

Basking shark
Hand-drawn graphite and watercolour wash depicting side view of head of Basking shark transported from Brighton to London. 10th Dec 1812. Date: 1812

Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Blue shark (Prionaceglauca), Catalina Island, California, USA

Embrio squali pristis or The Saw fish
Plate 120 - Naturgeschichte der ausl䮤 ischen Fische : mit sechs und dreissig Ausgemalten kupfern nach originalen (1785-95) by Marcus Elieser Bloch

Odontaspis robusta, sand tiger shark teeth
Odontaspis robusta from the Early Eocene rocks of Abbey Wood, Kent. Anterior teeth (tall, slender) and lateral teeth (triangular) are shown

LS Plate 192 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

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This great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

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Both of these Pantropical spotted dolphins, Stenella attenuata, have wounds on inflicted at night from a cookie cutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis

GREAT WHITE SHARK, Carcharodon carcharias, MEXICO
This great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Sharks of mixed species swimming in a large group. Beqa Lagoon, Fiji

Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), swmming above coral reef with mouth wide open. Beqa Lagoon, Fiji

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), and many small fishes. Morovo Lagoon, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands

Tiger shark (GaleocerdoEcuvier), Middleton Reef, New South Wales, Australia

Eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina sp.), agenus under revision, grows to about 1.2 m. Southern Australia

Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum), egg case and embryo. The species is probably endemic to New Zealand waters. New Zealand

Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii), eating fish. Nassau, Bahamas

Blue shark (Prionace glauca), butchered haul in a market. Kenennuma port, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Honshu, Japan

Salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis), harvested sharks, bloody carcasses after gutting and butchering to cut out the hearts, a delicacy used in sashimi

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Silky shark Carcharhinusfalciformis caught in a poachers net Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Malpelo Island, Colombia

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Silky shark Carcharhinusfalciformis caught in a poachers net Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Malpelo Island, Colombia

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) over a seagrass bed. Bahamas

A hammerhead shark (Sphyrna sp.) mid-water. Pacific Ocean

Blue shark (Prionace glauca), from below. New Zealand

Golden cownose rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri) school. They can reach 90 cm in length. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni) leaping high out of the water. Gulf of California, Mexico

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) hunting in a school of Fusiliers (Caesio sp.). French Polynesia

Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) underwater. Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Carcharhinus leucas, Bull Shark, side view

Sphyrna zygaena, Smooth Hammerhead, side view

Great White Shark isolated on white background. The Great White Shark can grow over 8 meters or 26 feet and live to 70 years of age

Archegosaurus side profile. Archegosaurus was an amphibian tetrapod that lived in Europe during the Permian Period

Spinosaurus hunting an Onchopristis with a pair of Carcharodontosaurus in background
A Spinosaurus hunting an Onchopristis while two Carcharodontosaurus eat the carcass Ouranosaurus in the background

LS Plate 186 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Aetobatus narinari, spotted eagle ray
LS Plate 190 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Plate 146 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

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Elasmobranchs are a group of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays, and skates, and are found in all oceans around the world and range in size from small to large. Elasmobranchs have several unique characteristics that make them different from other fish species. These include their flattened bodies, their five to seven gill slits on each side of their head, and the presence of dermal denticles or “skin teeth” which cover their skin. Elasmobranchs also have an electroreceptive system which allows them to detect electrical signals in the water such as those produced by prey or predators. This helps them locate food and avoid danger. Elasmobranchs play an important role in marine ecosystems as both predators and prey, providing food for larger animals such as whales while also being a source of food for smaller species like crustaceans and mollusks and are important for maintaining healthy coral reefs due to their ability to feed on algae that can otherwise overgrow these habitats if left unchecked.