Marine

Arabian carpetshark

Chiloscyllium arabicum

The Arabian carpetshark has a slender, almost cylindrical body and a relatively long, thick, rounded snout. …

Barbelthroat carpetshark

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum

Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …

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 …

Cenderawasih epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium galei

The Cenderawasih epaulette shark has no hood on its head from snout to gills. These sharks …

Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

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

Epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

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

Giant guitarfish

Rhynchobatus djiddensis

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

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 …

Indonesian wobbegong

Orectolobus leptolineatus

The Indonesian Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …

Japanese wobbegong

Orectolobus japonicus

They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …

Largetooth sawfish

Pristis pristis

This is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its unique "weapon"—the …

Longcomb sawfish

Pristis zijsron

The longcomb sawfish has an elongated, flat rostrum with tooth-like projections on either side. It is …

Necklace carpetshark

Parascyllium variolatum

The necklace carpetshark has a slender, elongated body and a short snout. The mouth is located …

Northern wobbegong

Orectolobus wardi

Northern Wobbegong have a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by unbranched …

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

When viewed from above or from the side, the head of juvenile sharks is broadly arched, …

Rusty carpetshark

Parascyllium ferrugineum

The Rusty Carpetshark has a slender, elongated body with a short snout. The mouth is placed …

Spotted wobbegong

Orectolobus maculatus

The Spotted Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …

Tasselled wobbegong

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

The Tasselled Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The width of the head …

Tawny nurse shark

Nebrius ferrugineus

The body shape of the tawny nurse shark is more streamlined than that of other nurse …

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

The body is strong and thick, the head is relatively small. The shape of the head …

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

The white-spotted bamboo shark has a fairly dense cylindrical body with lateral ridges and dorsal ridges …

Zebra shark

Stegostoma tigrinum

The body of the Zebra Shark is cylindrical, with five protruding longitudinal ridges on the skin …