Marine

Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

Very similar in appearance to the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus), but generally smaller, with larger eyes, …

Common smooth-hound

Mustelus mustelus

These sharks have a short head and an elongated body. The distance from the tip of …

Common stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca

The pectoral fins merge with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, only slightly wider …

Common thresher

Alopias vulpinus

The common thresher is characterized by a highly elongated upper caudal fin blade that can be …

Common torpedo

Torpedo torpedo

The common torpedo has a classic electric ray shape and a very recognizable coloration. Its body …

Copper shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

It has a slender, streamlined body with a slightly curved profile behind the head. The muzzle …

Coral catshark

Atelomycterus marmoratus

The Coral Catshark has a very slender, cylindrical, dense body and a short, narrow head. The …

Cowtail stingray

Pastinachus sephen

The thick pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a rhombic flattened …

Deepwater stingray

Plesiobatis daviesi

The body of the deepwater stingray is flabby, with the pectoral fins forming a rounded disc …

Dogfish, Spiny

Squalus acanthias

The body is elongated and slender. Head is pointed. Coloration from above from slate-gray to brownish, …

Dusky shark

Carcharhinus obscurus

The Dusky Shark has a slender, streamlined body with a broad, rounded snout. The skin folds …

Dwarf black stingray

Hemitrygon parvonigra

These rays have a pointed snout in the shape of a broad triangle. Behind the large …

Epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

There is no hood on the head from the snout to the gills. The mouth is …

Frilled shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

The frilled shark is named for the wide skin folds formed by gill fibres covering the …

Giant guitarfish

Rhynchobatus djiddensis

This species can be confused with its distant relative, the common shovelnose ray, from which it …

Giant oceanic manta ray

Mobula birostris

Huge pectoral fins form a diamond-shaped disc with the head, the width of which is about …

Goblin shark

Mitsukurina owstoni

The body is spindle-shaped and the fins have an unusual rounded shape for sharks. The third …

Graceful shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides

The body is barrel-shaped and streamlined. The muzzle is broad and short, wedge-shaped. The eyes are …

Great hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

They have a characteristic spindle-shaped body and head with projections on the sides. In adults, the …

Greenland Shark

Somniosus microcephalus

The head is elongated and the distance from the tip of the snout to the pectoral …

Grey bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium griseum

The grey bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal projections. The …

Grey reef shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

The body of the fish is torpedo-shaped, the snout is round, wide, the eyes are round, …

Grey sharpnose shark

Rhizoprionodon oligolinx

The grey sharpnose shark has a slender body with a long, pointed snout and large, round …

Guitarfish, Atlantic

Rhinobatos lentiginosus

The head and pectoral fins form a triangular disk at the front of the body. The …