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Not just Shark Pictures: Elasmodiver contains photos of sharks, skates, rays, and chimaera's from around the world. It began as a simple web based field guide to help divers find the best places to encounter different species of sharks and rays but it has slowly evolved into a much larger project containing information on all aspects of shark diving and photography. There are now more than a thousand shark pictures  and sections on shark evolution, biology, and conservation. There is a large library of reviewed shark books, a constantly outdated shark taxonomy page, a monster list of shark links, and deeper in the site there are numerous articles and stories about shark encounters. Elasmodiver is now so difficult to check for updates, that new information and pictures are listed on an Elasmodiver Updates Page that can be accessed here:

WHAT'S NEW?

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ELASMODIVER EXPANDED

If you're looking for a broader range of marine life pictures the following links represent a new area that contains pictures on other marine organisms and on marine habitats. This expansion of Elasmodiver is in its first stages but will eventually include pages on everything from sea stars to nudibranches. Creating this portal will take time and for now it consists of a token offering of fish pictures. Please return regularly to enjoy the progress.

 

FISH PICTURES

MARINE IMAGES

 

 

 

     

Shark Pictures available for Commercial Licensing

 

Thousands of Stock Shark and Ray Images by Marine Life Photographer Andy Murch

 

SHARK PICTURES

OTHER SHARK PICTURE CATEGORIES

Using the Shark Picture Database

The Shark Pictures Database contains a long list of shark pictures that are available as commercial files or as fine quality archival prints. The database has links to thousands of copyrighted pictures of sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras (ghost sharks).

The shark species are listed alphabetically by their scientific name and by their most widely recognized English common names including some synonyms. There are also some special categories listed by subject to make searching the database easier.

Please quote the shark or ray species name and the image number (e.g. Great White Shark 032) when placing an order or requesting further information.

This page has also been translated into Spanish (including all shark and ray names) to make the database easier to search.

 

Commercial Licensing

All of the shark and ray images on Elasmodiver are copyright protected. There are NO royalty free images on Elasmodiver.

Andy Murch's shark pictures have been reproduced in hundreds of magazines, books, and scientific journals around the world. His photographs have also been used to illustrate marine life displays in countless public aquariums and zoos.

Image files are available in most requested formats from RAW files to 32 bit TIFFs. If you are interested in licensing one or more of the listed images for commercial purposes please email Elasmodiver with a brief description of how the image(s) will be used and the expected size of the print run. No project is considered too small but a nominal fee is ALWAYS assigned regardless of whether usage is for commercial, non-profit, scientific illustration, or charitable purposes.

Email Elasmodiver to request pricing or further information.

 

Shark Picture Archival Prints

If you would like information on purchasing an Archival Print of one or more of the shark pictures listed in the database, or if you would like to view a portfolio of the most dramatic and popular shark pictures please follow this link.

Archival Prints of Shark Pictures

 

Shark and Ray Pictures by Family

 

Angel Shark Pictures

 

 

Pacific Angel Shark

Common Angel Shark

 

Bamboo Shark Pictures

 

 

 

White Spotted Bamboo Shark

Basking Shark Pictures

 

 

Basking shark

Bat Ray Pictures

 

 

California Bat Ray

Common Eagle Ray

Southern bat ray

 

Blind Shark Pictures

 

 

Blind Shark

Butterfly Rays

 

 

Spiny Butterfly Ray

Cat Shark Pictures

 

 

California Swell Shark

Chain Catshark

Small Spotted Catshark

Cow Shark Pictures

 

 

Sevengill Shark (Broadnose)

Sixgill Shark (Bluntnose)

Cownose Rays

 

 

Atlantic Cownose Ray

Dogfish Shark Pictures

 

 

Spiny dogfish

Electric Ray Pictures

 

Bullseye electric ray

Coffin ray

Cortez electric ray

Lesser electric ray

 

Epaulette Shark Pictures

 

 

Speckled epaulette

Freshwater Stingrays

 

 

Motoro Stingray

Rosette River Stingray

Vermiculate River Stingray

Guitarfish Pictures

 

 

Bowmouth Guitarfish

Banded Guitarfish

Eastern Shovelnose Ray

Shovelnose Guitarfish

Hammerhead Shark Pictures

 

 

Bonnethead Shark

Great hammerhead shark

Smooth hammerhead shark

Horn Shark Pictures

 

 

Horn shark

Port Jackson shark

Mackerel Shark Pictures

 

 

Great White Shark

Porbeagle Shark

Shortfin Mako Shark

Manta and Mobula Ray Images

 

 

Manta ray

Nurse Shark Pictures

 

 

Nurse shark

Ratfish Pictures

 

 

Spotted ratfish

Requiem Shark Pictures

 

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

Blacknose shark

Blue shark

Bull shark

Caribbean reef shark

Dusky Shark

Galapagos shark

Lemon shark

Pacific sharpnose shark

Sandbar Shark

Silky Shark

Spinner shark

Tiger shark

Whitetip reef shark

 

Round Stingray Pictures

 

Bullseye Stingray

Cortez round stingray

Common stingaree

Kapala stingaree

Masked stingaree

Round stingray

Sinclair's stingaree

Spotted stingaree

Striped stingaree

Yellow spotted stingray

 

Sandtiger Shark Pictures

 

 

Sandtiger shark

Sawfish Pictures

 

 

Freshwater Sawfish

Green Sawfish

Smalltooth sawfish

Skate Pictures

 

 

Big skate

Thornback skate

Little Skate

Winter Skate

Sleeper Shark Pictures

 

 

Greenland shark

Smoothhound Shark Pictures

 

 

Leopard shark

Gulf of Mexico smoothhound shark

Stingray Pictures

 

 

Atlantic stingray

Blue spotted fantail ray

Blue spotted stingray

Bluntnose stingray

Common Stingray

Cowtail stingray

Diamond stingray

Jenkins whipray

Leopard whipray

Marbled stingray

Roughtail stingray

Round stingray

Thorntail stingray

 

Thornback Ray Pictures

 

 

Thornback ray

Torpedo Rays

 

 

Marbled torpedo ray

Whale Shark Pictures

 

 

Whale shark

Wobbegong Shark Pictures

 

Banded wobbegong

Cobbler wobbegong

Dwarf Ornate wobbegong

Spotted wobbegong

Tasseled wobbegong

Wards wobbegong

 

Shark Pictures Index of Common Names Shark Pictures Index of Scientific Names

 

 

 

 

Other Marine Life Images from Photographer Andy Murch
If you would like to see more than just shark pictures, please visit the following links that contain a broader selection of images by Underwater Photographer Andy Murch

Fish Pictures: a variety of images of teliost fishes from around the world

Marine Images: Coastal scenes, ships, submarines, ocean images, waves, lighthouses, and much more

 

Important Information on the use of the Shark Pictures listed in the Shark Pictures Database

These shark images represent many years of work and great expense on behalf of the photographer. Under no circumstances may any of these shark photographs be downloaded or used in any way without the express permission of the photographer. This is a commercial database - that means that ALL of the images carry a licensing fee. Thank you for your understanding!

 

Andy Murch - Shark Photographer

email Andy - elasmodiver@gmail.com

 

If you are interested in other marine life images by Andy Murch please visit

The BC Marine Life Index

Although the BC Marine Life Index contains some pictures of sharks and skates it covers a much broader selection of aquatic life from crustaceans and mollusks, to fish, marine mammals, corals and sponges. The life inhabiting the shoreline of British Columbia is second to none in health, color, diversity, size, and abundance. The BC Marine Life Index is well worth a few minutes of your time.

 

 

 

 

Archival print prices and shipping costs

To purchase shark picture archival prints please follow this link:

Shark Pictures and Archival Prints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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