Juergen Pollerspoeck

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Is the attached image a Wedgfish (Rhinidae, Rhynchobatis)?

Just got this image from Jim Greenfield of a Rhynchobatus (posterior margin of pectoral fin well seperated from anterior margin of pelvic fin, large dorsal fins, caudal fin with long lobe, snouth...

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Is the pictured ray a Longhead Eagle Ray Aetobatus flagellum (BLOCH & SCHNEIDER, 1801)?

I got this two images of a Eagle Ray for photo ID. The person who sent me this images gave me the following information: off Marve, Malad-Mumbai, size is around 20-22 inches, in a fisherman's net,...

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Any Idea what kind of shark the pictured one is?

I got this image of a shark for ID. Place of catch is Andaman, India. The image was labeled with Hemitriakis sp. I think it could be Mustelus mosis HEMPRICH & EHRENBERG, 1899. Is this...

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Is this Carcharhinus hemiodon?

Is the ID "Carcharhinus hemiodon" (male) correct? The record is from Godavari Estuary on East Coast of India, Bay of Bengal. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides has no black tip at the anal fin, C....

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Do you have some saw fish rostra in your collection?

Please support the project of Jeff M Whitty, Murdoch University, Western Australia Jeff is leading a study on the regional differences of sawfish rostra from throughout the world and am searching...

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Can anyone help me with the ID of this billfish (Istiophoridae) vertebrae?

I found the some billfish vertebrae (Istiophoridae) in Samara, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. Following Nakamura 1983 and 1985 I think there are two possible species: Tetrapturus angustirostris (no...

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