Ray Finned Fish Gallery

Ray-finned fish are a group of bony fishes that have fins supported by a series of bones, or rays

RF - Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef. Whilst a Predatory bandcheek wrasse (Oxycheilinus digrammus)

Piraputanga fish (Brycon hilarii) in underwater landscape, Aquario Natural, Rio Baia Bonito, Bonito area, Serra da Bodoquena (Bodoquena Mountain Range), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels, caught during their annual migration up rivers from the Bristol channel, swimming in a large holding tank at UK Glass Eels

Malacosteus niger, stoplight loosejaw
Deep sea fish found off Tasmania, Australia. Specimen held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant kelp forests

Dugong (Dugong dugon) male feeding on a seagrass meadow (Halophila stipulacea), accompanied by a young Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa Nabaa, Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

A portrait of a male Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), showing his bright mating colours. Plymouth, Devon, England, Great Britain. Wreck of the Glen Strathallan, Plymouth Sound, English Channel

A portrait of a Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) above an algae covered rock. El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean

Pterois volitans, red lionfish
Plate 112 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

Pomfret illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) male carrying eggs, swims over seagrass meadow. Wool Bay, Edithburgh, South Australia. Gulf of St Vincent

Northern pike (Esox lucius) amongst Shining pondweed (Potamogeton lucens). Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, September. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Killer whales / Orcas (Orcinus orca) large pod including calf traveling together while foraging on large schools of Herring (Clupea harengus) in the cold waters of northern Norway, January

Freshwater fishes including Cichlid between water plants and leaves. Cenote Nicte-Ha, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in oxbow lake of the Aare River, Switzerland

Illuminated netdevil (Linophyne arboritera), male anglerfish attached to much larger female, captive from deep sea

School of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) mass below a jetty, creating a false ceiling of fish. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan

Piraputanga (Brycon hilarii) shoal, Rio Olhio d agua, tributary of Rio da Prata, Bonito area, Serra da Bodoquena (Bodoquena Mountain Range), Mato Grosso del Sul, Brazil

Plate 130 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

Snapper fish
Drawing no 54 by George Raper, 1790. Illustration labelled snapper of Norfolk Island

Black jewfish
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Pletail unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) juvenile, its horn will continue to grow as it gets older. Fiji Pacific Ocean

Kaleidoscopic image of Clarks anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), Ambon, Indonesia

Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) portrait, Eleuthera, Bahamas. December

Starr Puffer (Arothron stellatus), juvenile swimming. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) amongst corals, The Bahamas

Grayling (Thymallus) migrating to spawning in the Temnik River, Lake Baikal, Baikalsky Reserve, Siberia, Russia. May

School of Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) forming circle in open water off the wall at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Backlit photo of a Robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) reveals a small fish that it has just eaten in its stomach. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Molluca Sea

Brandts cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig

Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carp
Part of LS Plate 166 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

Scorpaena volitans (Pterois volitans)
Plate 184 - Naturgeschichte der ausl䮤 ischen Fische : mit sechs und dreissig Ausgemalten kupfern nach originalen (1785-95) by Marcus Elieser Bloch

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) detail of the eyes and mouth, United Kingdom, September

Schools of Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) and Panamic sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii) swimming through sun beams inside an underwater cavern

Hairy Anglerfish, Caulophryne pelagica
Bizarre species of deep-sea fish caught near the Cape Verde Islands. This particular specimen ate a very large meal, giving it an enormous stomach

Anarhichas lupus, wolf eel
The skull of a wolf eel (Anarhichas lupus) whose teeth are specially adapted for crushing and eating spiny sea urchins. The wolf eel is native to British waters

Bigeye trevallies (Caranx sexfasciatus) shoal. Darwin Island, Galapagos National Park, Pacific Ocean.

Common ghostgoby (Pleurosicya mossambica) camouflaged on a hard coral colony (Plesiastrea sp.), Ambon Bay, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea

Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) demonstrates the effectiveness of its camouflage as it shelters amongst seaweeds. This individual is a male carrying eggs

Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) swimming with a Twinspot snapper (Lutjanus bohar), Okinawa, Japan, Pacific Ocean

Lionfish (Pterois volitans) patrolling the edge of Suzie's Bommie, a healthy reef and popular dive site accessible from Lololata Island Resort near Port Moresby, Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea

Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

Healthy coral reef landscape, Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea

Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) making its way across the muck and rubble substrate of Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Blue tropical reef fish composite image on black background, Blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus), Bicolour angelfish (Centropyge bicolor), Elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata)

Yellow tropical reef fish composite image on black background, Falcula butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula), Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus), Golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus)

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Ray-finned fish are a group of bony fishes that have fins supported by a series of bones, or rays, and are the most diverse and abundant group of vertebrates in the world, with over 30,000 species. Ray-finned fish can be found in both fresh and saltwater habitats around the world. They typically have scales and two sets of paired fins: pectoral fins near their heads and pelvic fins near their tails. Ray-finned fish also have gills to breathe underwater, as well as an operculum to protect them from predators. They feed on a variety of prey including insects, worms, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other small aquatic organisms. Many ray-finned species are important sources of food for humans around the world.