Fishes Collection

Painting from the Dreamtime, Aboriginal art, Australia, Pacific

Salmo stomachicus, or Gillaroo, also known as Gizzard Trout, a variety of trout inhabiting Lough Melvin, Ireland. Date: 1879

A Four Year Old with a Cat and a Fish, 1647 (oil on canvas)
7300633 A Four Year Old with a Cat and a Fish, 1647 (oil on canvas) by Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz (1594-1651); 108x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Ichthyosaurs leaping in the air, artwork
Ichthyosaurs leaping in the air. Artwork of Ichthyosaurus marine reptiles jumping from the sea. Ichthyosaurs were a type of marine reptile

Saint Anthony of Padua preaching to the fishes, 1779. Painting by Bernardo Rodriguez. Quito School. Colonial baroque. Painting. ECUADOR. PICHINCHA. Quito. Convent of San Francisco

Red-tailed Catfish Amazon River basin, Brazil
KEL-629 FISH - Red-Tailed Catfish, on riverbed Brazil, Amazon river basin Phractocephalus hemiliopterus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Whale Shark - mouth open feeding, & diver. Australia. Worldwide
VT-6318 WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long. Australia - Worldwide. North West coast Australia. Ningaloo Marine Park

Fossil tooth of megalodon or megatooth shark Oceanopolis Brest Brittany France
MAB-908 Fossil tooth of megalodon or megatooth shark Oceanopolis Brest Brittany France Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Nudibranch / Sea Slug - Purple
KA-250 Nudibranch / Sea Slug - Purple Mediterranean Sea Mollusca Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Leafy Sea Dragon - South Australia
VT-8913 Leafy Sea Dragon South Australia Phycodurus eques Endemic. rare. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Leafy Seadragon - an example of brilliant camouflage as neither predators nor prey recognise it as a fish Rapid Bay
AUS-1747 Leafy Seadragon - an example of brilliant camouflage as neither predators nor prey recognise it as a fish Rapid Bay

Great White Shark VT 2255 (M) Underwater close up of head and open mouth - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias
VT-2255-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - underwater close up of head and open mouth. Carcharodon carcharias Photographed: South Australia

Coelacanth Fossil - Germany - Upper Jurassic - Coelacanths thought to be extinct since Cretaceous period until
CAN-2449 Coelacanth Fossil - Germany Upper Jurassic Coelacanths thought to be extinct since Cretaceous period until Latimeria Chalumnae found in 1938 off coast of South Africa John Cancalosi Please

Coastal Grizzlies or Alaskan Brown Bears - fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. July
TOM-1214 Coastal Grizzlies or Alaskan Brown Bears - fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park, Alaska. July Ursus arctos horribilis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for

Seahorse - under water silhouette
ME-2261 Seahorse - under water silhouette Hippocampus sp. Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wels Catfish PM 9350 European freshwater Silurus glanis © Pat Morris / ARDEA LONDON
PM-9350 Wels Catfish European freshwater Silurus glanis showing whiskers Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Great White Shark
VT-4686 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK Carcharodon carcharias Great White Shark VT 4686 Carcharodon carcharias Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Fish - Spotted Sailfin Pleco South America
BB-802 Fish - Spotted Sailfin Pleco South America Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Trolling for Pike in the River Lea, 1831, (1941). Creator: James Pollard
Trolling for Pike in the River Lea, 1831, (1941). Anglers using a running line to catch pike on the Lea at Waltham Abbey, to the north-east of London. Painting in the Tate Gallery, London

Murray Cod - Murrumbidgee River near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, inland rivers
JPF-13029 Murray Cod - Murrumbidgee River near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, inland rivers, eastern Australia Maccullochella peeli Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are

Silver Arawana / Arowana / Aruana Fish Amazon, South America
AF-237 Silver ARAWANA / Arowana / Aruana FISH Amazon, South America Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Andrea Florence Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Great White Shark VT 5022 (M) Underwater view of head, coming to surface - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias
VT-5022-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - view of head underwater, coming up to surface, . Carcharodon carcharias Photographed: South Australia. Distribution: Worldwide, Temperate seas

Goldfish – in goldfish bowl with weed
BB-1012 Goldfish - in goldfish bowl with weed Carassius auratus Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Great Hammerhead Shark - Swims towards the photographer. These sharks are considered dangerous. Coral Sea. Australia
VT-8479 Great Hammerhead SHARK - swimming towards the photographer Coral Sea. Australia Sphyrna mokarran These sharks are considered dangerous

Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - C/U MOUTH
RAF-78 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - C/U MOUTH Carcharodon carcharias Ralf Kiefner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red COMET GOLDFISH - 3, from above
BB-337 Red COMET GOLDFISH - 3, from above Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917

Picture No. 10767981
JAWS, Mechanical Great White shark - Valerie Taylor with the shark used in the making of the film Jaws Date:

Picture No. 10767726
Great Hammerhead Shark - With diver Valerie Taylor (Sphyrna lewini) Date:

Weird looking Fat Striped Fish 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

Ichthyosaurr, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactylus
Duria Antiquior - A more ancient Dorset by Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche. This collection of marine and avian reptiles could be found in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years

Black Ghost- knife fish, electric fish found in shallow fast flowing waters in South America (Venezuela to Paraguay)
PM-10223 Black Ghost-knife fish, electric fish found in shallow fast flowing waters in South America Venezuela to Paraguay Apteronotus albifrons Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal

Cat - looks at Goldfish in bowl
LA-6089 Cat - looks at Goldfish in bowl Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Great White Shark VT 371 (M) Underwater close up of head - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias © Ron & Valerie
VT-371-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - close-up of head showing teeth and ampoules / ampullae of Lorenzini Carcharodon carcharias Photographed: South Australia

Basking Shark DSE 15 Certorhinus maximus - Isle of Man © Douglas David Seifert ARDEA LONDON
DSE-15 BASKING SHARK - MOUTH OPEN Isle of Man, UK Cetorhinus maximus Distribution: Cool to warm temperate waters, Worldwide Douglas David Seifert Please note that prints are for personal display

Grizzly Bear - Catching salmon from river
SM-1729 Grizzly Bear - catching salmon from river Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA Ursus arctos horribilis Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Greater Spotted Dogfish teeth and jaws. Teeth continuously replaced from behind. North sea and Mediterranean
PM-10075 Greater Spotted Dogfish - teeth and jaws, teeth continuously replaced from behind North sea and Mediterranean Scyliorhinus stellaris Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal

WHALE SHARK - in bait ball
DSE-74 WHALE SHARK - in bait ball Ningaloo Reef, W. Australia Rhincodon typus Whale Shark is the largest fish. Its a harmless, filter-feeder

Mola mola, or Sunfish. Date: 1865

Asian Arowana Threatened. Quiet rivers of Southeast Asia
KEL-610 Red / Asian ARAWANA / Aruana / Arowana - head and scales Quiet rivers of Southeast Asia. Scleropages formosus Threatened

Stonefish VT 5 Poisonous © Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-5 STONEFISH - on beach Poisonous Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Tiger Barb Fish
LA-1325 Sumatra / Tiger BARB Fish Distribution: Sumatra and Borneo Puntius tetrazona Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Leafy Sea Horse / Sea Dragon Endemic to Australia waters
AU-40-BS Leafy Sea Horse / Sea Dragon Endemic to Australia waters Phycodurus eques Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Picture No. 11676343
Mahimahi / Common Dolphinfish (composite image) Date:

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

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

Octopus
Watercolour 401 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

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"Fishes: A Kaleidoscope of Wonders from Dreamtime to Reality" Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world of fishes, where art and nature intertwine. From the ancient Aboriginal paintings depicting fish as symbols of spirituality to the vibrant underwater landscapes found in Australia's Pacific waters, these creatures have captivated our imaginations for centuries. In one painting from the Dreamtime, fishes dance across a canvas adorned with intricate Aboriginal art. Each stroke tells a story, connecting us to Australia's rich cultural heritage and deep reverence for marine life. Saint Anthony of Padua preaching to the fishes reminds us that even in religious tales, fishes hold significance. As he imparts his wisdom upon them, we are reminded of their role as both sustenance and spiritual beings. Venturing into South Australia's coastal waters reveals an enchanting sight – the Leafy Sea Dragon. With its delicate fronds mimicking seaweed, it camouflages itself perfectly against predators and prey alike, and is a testament to nature's brilliance at creating hidden wonders beneath the waves. Traveling back through time takes us to Brittany, France, where we encounter a fossil tooth belonging to none other than the mighty megalodon shark. This colossal creature once ruled Earth's oceans during prehistoric times before mysteriously vanishing into history. Journeying further south brings us face-to-face with Brazil's Red-tailed Catfish lurking within Amazon River basin depths. Its fiery red tail serves as a warning sign amidst lush greenery – a reminder that danger can be found even in paradise. But fear not. For every predator there is also wonderment; enter the gentle giant known as Whale Shark. With its mouth agape while feeding alongside divers off Australian shores or anywhere worldwide they roam, this majestic creature showcases harmony between humans and marine life. Delving deeper into oceanic realms uncovers another marvel - Nudibranchs or Sea Slugs adorned in vibrant purple hues.