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Arabian carpetshark
Chiloscyllium arabicum
The Arabian carpetshark has a slender, almost cylindrical body and a relatively long, thick, rounded snout. …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Arabian smooth-hound
Mustelus mosis
The Arabian smooth-hound has a short head and a rather slender body. The distance from the …
Atlantic stingray
Dasyatis sabina
The Atlantic stingray has an elongated, pointed snout. Spiracles are located behind the eyes. The ventral …
Australian butterfly ray
Gymnura australis
Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail.The snout of the Australian butterfly ray …
Banded eagle ray
Aetomylaeus nichofii
The characteristic shape of the triangular flattened snout, formed by the fused front edges of the …
Banded houndshark
Triakis scyllium
The banded houndshark has a short, broad, rounded snout and a slender body. The nostrils are …
Barbelthroat carpetshark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …
Bigeye houndshark
Iago omanensis
The Bigeye Houndshark has a dense, humpbacked body and a rather elongated, broad snout. The gill …
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Taeniura lymma
The pectoral fins of these rays are fused to the head, forming an oval disk 4/5 …
Broad stingray
Bathytoshia lata
The pectoral fins of the Broad stingray are fused to the head, forming a rhombic flattened …
Brown guitarfish
Rhinobatos schlegelii
Rhinobatos: Greek, rhinos = nose + Greek, batis, -does = a ray (Raja sp.)The snout ridges …
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum
The brownbanded bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal protrusions. The …
Common guitarfish
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Very similar in appearance to the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus), but generally smaller, with larger eyes, …
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 …
Dwarf black stingray
Hemitrygon parvonigra
These rays have a pointed snout in the shape of a broad triangle. Behind the large …
Frilled shark
Chlamydoselachus anguineus
The frilled shark is named for the wide skin folds formed by gill fibres covering the …
Grey bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium griseum
The grey bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal projections. The …
Guitarfish, Atlantic
Rhinobatos lentiginosus
The head and pectoral fins form a triangular disk at the front of the body. The …
Hooktooth shark
Chaenogaleus macrostoma
The hooktooth shark has a slender body and elongated snout. The large oval eyes are horizontally …
Japanese angelshark
Squatina japonica
The Japanese angelshark has a rather slender body and wing-shaped, broad pectoral and ventral fins characteristic …
Japanese bullhead shark
Heterodontus japonicus
The Japanese Bullhead has a cylindrical body and a massive head with a blunt and short …
Japanese wobbegong
Orectolobus japonicus
They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …
Jenkins' whipray
Pateobatis jenkinsii
The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a rhombic flattened disk, …