The best figure of every species, according to Halichoeres

[Brachiosaurus]

Would you mind posting a picture of all of your 1:40 scale figures together?

[Halichoeres]

Would you mind posting a picture of all of your 1:40 scale figures together?

Oh goodness, I don't think I could. There would be at least 40 or 50, and they're not all in the same place. All the Jurassic stuff is in my office, because that's just too damn many sauropods for any place in my apartment. I could get you a list, but I don't think it would be practical to gather them all for a group shot. Sorry about that.

[Brachiosaurus]

Would you mind posting a picture of all of your 1:40 scale figures together?

Oh goodness, I don't think I could. There would be at least 40 or 50, and they're not all in the same place. All the Jurassic stuff is in my office, because that's just too damn many sauropods for any place in my apartment. I could get you a list, but I don't think it would be practical to gather them all for a group shot. Sorry about that.

A list is fine, I understand

[Halichoeres]

So bearing in mind that animals vary in size and that there is legitimate disagreement about the size of many species, especially those known from few or badly preserved remains, these are the spuriously precise point estimates for all the figures in my collection near 1:40. Most of these should really have ranges, error bars if you will, of varying precision. I don't know how tolerant you are of minor deviations, but I myself am pretty relaxed about them because virtually all extinct animals varied more than we will ever know.

If you prefer a .xls or .csv file, let me know and I can email it to you. There are five columns below: genus, manufacturer, scale, animal length (usually total but sometimes only known elements), and model length (likewise). Both are in meters. For entries with only the scale, I took the manufacturer's word for it. Mostly that's Carnegie--of the lines that are supposedly to a single scale, I've found that they are the most faithful. They are the only ones who have ever made an actual 1:40 Dilophosaurus, for example. If you have questions, let me know--for some of these it might be ambiguous which figure I mean, because a given company has made more than one version of a given genus.

Tyrannosaurus   CollectA   30.5   12.3   0.4032
Megalosaurus   Toyway   31.1   6   0.193
Orthacanthus   Safari Ltd   31.1   3   0.0965
Diabloceratops   Safari Ltd   31.4   5.5   0.175
Siderops   Yowie   31.8   2.5   0.0787
Ceratosaurus   Safari Ltd   32.2   6.7   0.2083
Hypsilophodon   CollectA   32.2   1.8   0.0559
Alioramus   CollectA   32.3   5.5   0.1702
Xiongguanlong   CollectA   32.4   4.5   0.1389
Euoplocephalus   Battat   32.8   6   0.1829
Helicoprion   Safari Ltd   32.8   3.5   0.1067
Styracosaurus   Papo   33.3   5.5   0.1651
Lambeosaurus   Bullyland   33.6   9.4   0.28
Suchodus   Safari Ltd   33.6   3.5   0.1041
Metriorhynchus   Kaiyodo   33.7   3   0.0889
Metriorhynchus   Kaiyodo   33.7   3   0.0889
Yangchuanosaurus   Safari Ltd   33.9   8   0.2362
Chasmosaurus   CollectA   34.4   4.8   0.1397
Atlascopcosaurus   Yowie   34.7   3   0.0864
Amargasaurus   Carnegie   35.0   10   
Saltasaurus   Carnegie   35.0      
Plesiosuchus   Safari Ltd   35.1   6.5   0.18542
Camptosaurus   CollectA   35.3   6   0.1702
Desmatosuchus   Schleich   35.4   4.5   0.127
Australovenator   CollectA   35.8   6   0.1676
Spinosaurus   CollectA   35.8   15   0.4191
Kosmoceratops   CollectA   35.8   1   0.0279
Agustinia   CollectA   36.1   15   0.416
Nothosaurus   Safari Ltd   36.6   4   0.1092
Gastonia   CollectA   36.7   5.5   0.1499
Pteranodon   Kaiyodo   36.8   1.75   0.0476
Achelousaurus   CollectA   36.9   6   0.1626
Liopleurodon   Safari Ltd   37.0   6.39   0.1727
Gryposaurus   Safari Ltd   37.5   9   0.24
Maiasaura   Battat   37.5   9   0.24
Struthiomimus   Kaiyodo   37.7   4.3   0.114
Lystrosaurus   Kaiyodo   37.9   2.5   0.066
Iguanodon   Bullyland   37.9   10   0.2642
Parasaurolophus   Battat   37.9   9.5   0.2508
Afrovenator   CollectA   38.1   7.5   0.197
Carcharodontosaurus   CollectA   38.1   13   0.341
Pliosaurus   CollectA   38.1   12.8   0.336
Umoonasaurus   Yowie   38.1   3   0.07874
Saichania   Schleich   38.2   6.6   0.1727
Plesiosaurus   Kaiyodo   38.3   3.5   0.0914
Plesiosaurus   Kaiyodo   38.3   3.5   0.0914
Daspletosaurus   CollectA   38.5   9   0.2337
Xenoceratops   CollectA   38.5   6   0.156
Gorgosaurus   Safari Ltd   38.6   8.5   0.22
Mapusaurus   CollectA   38.8   10.2   0.263
Megaraptor   Geoworld   39.0   8   0.205
Ichthyovenator   CollectA   39.4   0.5   0.0127
Plateosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Diplodocus   Carnegie   40.0      
Sinraptor   Carnegie   40.0      
Baryonyx   Carnegie   40.0      
Becklespinax   Geoworld   40.0   8   
Hylaeosaurus   ProtoCasts   40.0      
Spinosaurus   Favorite   40.0   15   
Tambatitanis   Favorite   40.0      
Wuerhosaurus   CollectA   40.0   6.5   0.1626
Albertosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Corythosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Deinosuchus   Carnegie   40.0      
Deltadromeus   Carnegie   40.0      
Giganotosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Majungasaurus   CollectA   40.0   6.5   0.1626
Rugops   CollectA   40.0   6   0.1499
Tyrannosaurus   Battat   40.0      
Shonisaurus   Schleich   40.0   15   
Tylosaurus   Carnegie   40.0   15   
Edmontonia   CollectA   40.0   6.6   0.1651
Acrocanthosaurus   Battat   40.1   11.5   0.2865
Pachyrhinosaurus   Papo   40.1   8   0.1956
Mamenchisaurus   Safari Ltd   40.1   27   0.6731
Pteranodon   Favorite   40.2   7.25   0.1803
Pachycephalosaurus   CollectA   40.2   4.5   0.1118
Yutyrannus   Safari Ltd   40.3   9   0.2235
Dunkleosteus   Favorite   40.4   8   0.1981
Stegosaurus   Favorite   40.7   9   0.221
Suchomimus   Safari Ltd   40.7   9.5   0.2337
Strepsodus   Yowie   40.7   3   0.0737
Dolichorhynchops   Safari Ltd   40.7   3   0.0737
Tarbosaurus   Nakasato   40.9   11   0.269
Allosaurus   Papo   41.1   12   0.2921
Carnotaurus   Papo   41.3   8.5   0.2057
Nothronychus   CollectA   41.4   6   0.1448
Isisaurus   Sega   41.5   18   0.4334
Koreaceratops   CollectA   41.7   1.8   0.0432
Ouranosaurus   Battat   41.8   8.3   0.1984
Triceratops   Battat   42.6   9   0.2113
Quetzalcoatlus   Colorata   42.8   2.5   0.0584
Medusaceratops   CollectA   43.0   6.5   0.151
Hypacrosaurus   Safari Ltd   43.3   9.1   0.21
Irritator   CollectA   43.7   8   0.1829
Dunkleosteus   Safari Ltd   43.7   8   0.1829
Dimetrodon   Kaiyodo   44.0   4   0.091
Utahraptor   CollectA   44.1   6.5   0.1473
Giraffatitan   Papo   44.4   22   0.4953
Stokesosaurus   Simba   44.5   3.5   0.0787
Edmontosaurus   Safari Ltd   44.9   9   0.2007
Rajasaurus   CollectA   44.9   8   0.178
Hatzegopteryx   CollectA   45.4   3   0.066
Tupandactylus   Kaiyodo   45.9   1.4   0.0305
Sarcosuchus   Mojö   46.2   11.5   0.2489
Utahceratops   CollectA   46.5   6.5   0.1397
Saurolophus   Favorite   47.1   12   0.255
Tanystropheus   Kaiyodo   47.4   6   0.1267
Temnodontosaurus   CollectA   47.4   9   0.19
Tenontosaurus   CollectA   47.7   8   0.1676
Huayangosaurus   Kaiyodo   47.9   4.5   0.094
Ankylosaurus   Favorite   47.9   9   0.188
Postosuchus   Safari Ltd   48.0      
Jobaria   CollectA   48.5   21.3   0.4394
Sauropelta   Kaiyodo   48.5   5   0.1032
Cetiosaurus   Invicta   49.0   16   
Brachiosaurus   Carnegie   49.7   26   0.5232
Tsintaosaurus   CollectA   49.8   10   0.201
Bistahieversor   CollectA   49.9   9   0.1803
Muttaburrasaurus   CollectA   50.0   8   0.16
Nedoceratops   Lontic   50.6   1.8   0.0356
Dakosaurus   Safari Ltd   50.6   4.5   
Elasmosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.0   14   0.2743
Apatosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.3      
Keratocephalus   One 2 Play   51.4   3   0.0584
Shunosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.6   9.5   0.1842
Lourinhanosaurus   CollectA   52.5   8   0.1524
Bactrosaurus   Danone   52.5   6   0.1143
Camarasaurus   Carnegie   52.6   23   0.4369
Daxiatitan   CollectA   53.2   21   0.395
Rhoetosaurus   CollectA   53.9   13   0.2413
Therizinosaurus   CollectA   53.9   10   0.1854
Alamosaurus   CollectA   58.7   15.8   0.2692
Teratosaurus   Matchbox   59.1   6   0.1016
Gigantoraptor   CollectA   59.4   8   0.1346
Mosasaurus   CollectA   59.7   18   0.3015
Cretoxyrhina   Safari Ltd   59.9   7   

[Viking Spawn]

Don't know how I kept missing this thread but nice collection with excellent photography!  Love the colors and variety!

[Brachiosaurus]

So bearing in mind that animals vary in size and that there is legitimate disagreement about the size of many species, especially those known from few or badly preserved remains, these are the spuriously precise point estimates for all the figures in my collection near 1:40. Most of these should really have ranges, error bars if you will, of varying precision. I don't know how tolerant you are of minor deviations, but I myself am pretty relaxed about them because virtually all extinct animals varied more than we will ever know.

If you prefer a .xls or .csv file, let me know and I can email it to you. There are five columns below: genus, manufacturer, scale, animal length (usually total but sometimes only known elements), and model length (likewise). Both are in meters. For entries with only the scale, I took the manufacturer's word for it. Mostly that's Carnegie--of the lines that are supposedly to a single scale, I've found that they are the most faithful. They are the only ones who have ever made an actual 1:40 Dilophosaurus, for example. If you have questions, let me know--for some of these it might be ambiguous which figure I mean, because a given company has made more than one version of a given genus.

Tyrannosaurus   CollectA   30.5   12.3   0.4032
Megalosaurus   Toyway   31.1   6   0.193
Orthacanthus   Safari Ltd   31.1   3   0.0965
Diabloceratops   Safari Ltd   31.4   5.5   0.175
Siderops   Yowie   31.8   2.5   0.0787
Ceratosaurus   Safari Ltd   32.2   6.7   0.2083
Hypsilophodon   CollectA   32.2   1.8   0.0559
Alioramus   CollectA   32.3   5.5   0.1702
Xiongguanlong   CollectA   32.4   4.5   0.1389
Euoplocephalus   Battat   32.8   6   0.1829
Helicoprion   Safari Ltd   32.8   3.5   0.1067
Styracosaurus   Papo   33.3   5.5   0.1651
Lambeosaurus   Bullyland   33.6   9.4   0.28
Suchodus   Safari Ltd   33.6   3.5   0.1041
Metriorhynchus   Kaiyodo   33.7   3   0.0889
Metriorhynchus   Kaiyodo   33.7   3   0.0889
Yangchuanosaurus   Safari Ltd   33.9   8   0.2362
Chasmosaurus   CollectA   34.4   4.8   0.1397
Atlascopcosaurus   Yowie   34.7   3   0.0864
Amargasaurus   Carnegie   35.0   10   
Saltasaurus   Carnegie   35.0      
Plesiosuchus   Safari Ltd   35.1   6.5   0.18542
Camptosaurus   CollectA   35.3   6   0.1702
Desmatosuchus   Schleich   35.4   4.5   0.127
Australovenator   CollectA   35.8   6   0.1676
Spinosaurus   CollectA   35.8   15   0.4191
Kosmoceratops   CollectA   35.8   1   0.0279
Agustinia   CollectA   36.1   15   0.416
Nothosaurus   Safari Ltd   36.6   4   0.1092
Gastonia   CollectA   36.7   5.5   0.1499
Pteranodon   Kaiyodo   36.8   1.75   0.0476
Achelousaurus   CollectA   36.9   6   0.1626
Liopleurodon   Safari Ltd   37.0   6.39   0.1727
Gryposaurus   Safari Ltd   37.5   9   0.24
Maiasaura   Battat   37.5   9   0.24
Struthiomimus   Kaiyodo   37.7   4.3   0.114
Lystrosaurus   Kaiyodo   37.9   2.5   0.066
Iguanodon   Bullyland   37.9   10   0.2642
Parasaurolophus   Battat   37.9   9.5   0.2508
Afrovenator   CollectA   38.1   7.5   0.197
Carcharodontosaurus   CollectA   38.1   13   0.341
Pliosaurus   CollectA   38.1   12.8   0.336
Umoonasaurus   Yowie   38.1   3   0.07874
Saichania   Schleich   38.2   6.6   0.1727
Plesiosaurus   Kaiyodo   38.3   3.5   0.0914
Plesiosaurus   Kaiyodo   38.3   3.5   0.0914
Daspletosaurus   CollectA   38.5   9   0.2337
Xenoceratops   CollectA   38.5   6   0.156
Gorgosaurus   Safari Ltd   38.6   8.5   0.22
Mapusaurus   CollectA   38.8   10.2   0.263
Megaraptor   Geoworld   39.0   8   0.205
Ichthyovenator   CollectA   39.4   0.5   0.0127
Plateosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Diplodocus   Carnegie   40.0      
Sinraptor   Carnegie   40.0      
Baryonyx   Carnegie   40.0      
Becklespinax   Geoworld   40.0   8   
Hylaeosaurus   ProtoCasts   40.0      
Spinosaurus   Favorite   40.0   15   
Tambatitanis   Favorite   40.0      
Wuerhosaurus   CollectA   40.0   6.5   0.1626
Albertosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Corythosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Deinosuchus   Carnegie   40.0      
Deltadromeus   Carnegie   40.0      
Giganotosaurus   Carnegie   40.0      
Majungasaurus   CollectA   40.0   6.5   0.1626
Rugops   CollectA   40.0   6   0.1499
Tyrannosaurus   Battat   40.0      
Shonisaurus   Schleich   40.0   15   
Tylosaurus   Carnegie   40.0   15   
Edmontonia   CollectA   40.0   6.6   0.1651
Acrocanthosaurus   Battat   40.1   11.5   0.2865
Pachyrhinosaurus   Papo   40.1   8   0.1956
Mamenchisaurus   Safari Ltd   40.1   27   0.6731
Pteranodon   Favorite   40.2   7.25   0.1803
Pachycephalosaurus   CollectA   40.2   4.5   0.1118
Yutyrannus   Safari Ltd   40.3   9   0.2235
Dunkleosteus   Favorite   40.4   8   0.1981
Stegosaurus   Favorite   40.7   9   0.221
Suchomimus   Safari Ltd   40.7   9.5   0.2337
Strepsodus   Yowie   40.7   3   0.0737
Dolichorhynchops   Safari Ltd   40.7   3   0.0737
Tarbosaurus   Nakasato   40.9   11   0.269
Allosaurus   Papo   41.1   12   0.2921
Carnotaurus   Papo   41.3   8.5   0.2057
Nothronychus   CollectA   41.4   6   0.1448
Isisaurus   Sega   41.5   18   0.4334
Koreaceratops   CollectA   41.7   1.8   0.0432
Ouranosaurus   Battat   41.8   8.3   0.1984
Triceratops   Battat   42.6   9   0.2113
Quetzalcoatlus   Colorata   42.8   2.5   0.0584
Medusaceratops   CollectA   43.0   6.5   0.151
Hypacrosaurus   Safari Ltd   43.3   9.1   0.21
Irritator   CollectA   43.7   8   0.1829
Dunkleosteus   Safari Ltd   43.7   8   0.1829
Dimetrodon   Kaiyodo   44.0   4   0.091
Utahraptor   CollectA   44.1   6.5   0.1473
Giraffatitan   Papo   44.4   22   0.4953
Stokesosaurus   Simba   44.5   3.5   0.0787
Edmontosaurus   Safari Ltd   44.9   9   0.2007
Rajasaurus   CollectA   44.9   8   0.178
Hatzegopteryx   CollectA   45.4   3   0.066
Tupandactylus   Kaiyodo   45.9   1.4   0.0305
Sarcosuchus   Mojö   46.2   11.5   0.2489
Utahceratops   CollectA   46.5   6.5   0.1397
Saurolophus   Favorite   47.1   12   0.255
Tanystropheus   Kaiyodo   47.4   6   0.1267
Temnodontosaurus   CollectA   47.4   9   0.19
Tenontosaurus   CollectA   47.7   8   0.1676
Huayangosaurus   Kaiyodo   47.9   4.5   0.094
Ankylosaurus   Favorite   47.9   9   0.188
Postosuchus   Safari Ltd   48.0      
Jobaria   CollectA   48.5   21.3   0.4394
Sauropelta   Kaiyodo   48.5   5   0.1032
Cetiosaurus   Invicta   49.0   16   
Brachiosaurus   Carnegie   49.7   26   0.5232
Tsintaosaurus   CollectA   49.8   10   0.201
Bistahieversor   CollectA   49.9   9   0.1803
Muttaburrasaurus   CollectA   50.0   8   0.16
Nedoceratops   Lontic   50.6   1.8   0.0356
Dakosaurus   Safari Ltd   50.6   4.5   
Elasmosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.0   14   0.2743
Apatosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.3      
Keratocephalus   One 2 Play   51.4   3   0.0584
Shunosaurus   Safari Ltd   51.6   9.5   0.1842
Lourinhanosaurus   CollectA   52.5   8   0.1524
Bactrosaurus   Danone   52.5   6   0.1143
Camarasaurus   Carnegie   52.6   23   0.4369
Daxiatitan   CollectA   53.2   21   0.395
Rhoetosaurus   CollectA   53.9   13   0.2413
Therizinosaurus   CollectA   53.9   10   0.1854
Alamosaurus   CollectA   58.7   15.8   0.2692
Teratosaurus   Matchbox   59.1   6   0.1016
Gigantoraptor   CollectA   59.4   8   0.1346
Mosasaurus   CollectA   59.7   18   0.3015
Cretoxyrhina   Safari Ltd   59.9   7

Thank you for the list it helps, I'm kinda strict with scales but some I'm more flexible depending on the species

[Halichoeres]

Don't know how I kept missing this thread but nice collection with excellent photography!  Love the colors and variety!

Thanks! That means a lot coming from you!

[SBell]

Theropod group shot. They're all jealous of the spinosaur's lunch.

Except for Ichthyovenator, who has its own lunch! And yeah--that Spinosaurus is from Kinto, which makes the Favorite line and also distributed through Dinostoreus (or at least used to, somewhat/sort of?). I also bought it pretty much for the gar...at the time, there weren't any other figures of them out there--now I have about 8, with at least 3 or 4 species!

Might still be jealous because the spino's lunch is bigger!   
I know I've made this complaint before, but it burns me that there aren't more specific prehistoric fish figures, especially since some of them have their external anatomy known essentially completely thanks to the dermal skeleton. In the meantime, guess I'll keep buying fish with accessories that are preying on them.

Yeah, but fish overall get kind of ignored. Sometimes there will be one somehow--and it will be another great white/Megalodon thing, instead one of the many more unusual looking giant fishes (still no Xiphactinus...no Leedsichthys...I guess Dunkleosteus shows up, but it's not the only placoderm...)

I will definitely pay for a Xiphactinus and a BIG Leedsichthys.

Well...I paid for a big Leedsichthys. Two years ago. But I have yet to see anything of it (Malcolm...). But I do have the Xiphactinus at least!

I'm so bummed that I missed out on the Xiphactinus. And bummed that the Leedsichthys might never see the light of day, and even if it does I've surely missed out on that too.

For prehistorics, I think that actinopterygian fishes in particular are the single most neglected group of vertebrates relative to their diversity. I'm aware of exactly zero toy versions (so FaunaCasts don't count), even though they have a fossil record going back to the Silurian. True, they haven't always been as diverse as they are now, but I'd wager good money that never in Earth's history have there been 30,000 species of tetrapods or even of sarcopterygians at a time.

It's not just prehistorics--counting modern actinopterygiians is a pretty short list. But sometimes it is possible to come across something cool:



I think I recognize something simliar in your avatar picture:
 

Feel free to attempt IDs. I have a more complete post on the ATF Recent Acquistions thread http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=16.msg13776#msg13776

[DinoLord]

Kind of random question, but the name of the thread does mention toy fishes - do you know of any good Asian (red or gold) arowana figures? As a fishkeeper they've always fascinated me, but keeping one is out of the cards in the foreseeable future for many reasons (the Lacey Act, the need for a 6' long tank, and the multi-thousand dollar price tag to name a few...).

[SBell]

Kind of random question, but the name of the thread does mention toy fishes - do you know of any good Asian (red or gold) arowana figures? As a fishkeeper they've always fascinated me, but keeping one is out of the cards in the foreseeable future for many reasons (the Lacey Act, the need for a 6' long tank, and the multi-thousand dollar price tag to name a few...).

You are right in my specialty (for figures--I've only seen Scleropages in aquaria myself, not my own though).

Of the osteoglossids, only the arapaima, maybe, comes close to the number of Asian Arowana figures that are made. I posted a whole topic on the ATF http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=65.0, but the arowanas are here:

L-R,  (all Asian Arowana Scleropages formosus unless otherwise stated, but I will give the color as best as I can tell): Colorata 'Fossil Fishes' box 2nd release Super Red; Marmit 'World of Tropical Fish' Yellow Tail; Yowies Spotted Saratoga Scleropages leichadrti; Yujin "Freshwater Fishes series' Red Crossback; Kaiyodo Aqualand Silver Arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum; Colorata 'Fossil Fishes' box 3rd release Malayan Blue; Yujin 'Freshwater Fishes series' Gold Highback; Kaiyodo Capsule Aquarium Super Red; Colorata 'Fossil Fishes' box 1st release green crossback; Toba Aquarium Series 2 'living fossils' (the color doesn't look like an obvious existing color variety).

There are others though--several Kaiyodo Aqualand figures, for example (be ready with the $$$); a gold version of the Kaiyodo bottlecap; a red version and gold highback version of the Marmit, and 3 different versions (blue, gold, red) from Yujin in a  tiny fish tank (of which I have none...). And those are just ones I can recall off the top of my head.

They vary in rarity and price, but many can be found on Ebay for too much money; or on Yahoo Japan auctions for...not a lot less, but better availability!

[Halichoeres]

It's not just prehistorics--counting modern actinopterygiians is a pretty short list. But sometimes it is possible to come across something cool:



I think I recognize something simliar in your avatar picture:
 

Feel free to attempt IDs. I have a more complete post on the ATF Recent Acquistions thread http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=16.msg13776#msg13776

It might be a short list, but this photo alone probably has more fish than all prehistoric actinopts and non-tetrapod sarcopts by all manufacturers put together. I have more extant fishes that I've gotten by accident (bycatch, if you will) while buying other figures than all the prehistoric fishes that I've actively sought out.

I will say that those are pretty cool, though. I think I recognize a Leporinus and a Compsura (or some similar tetra), but I'm not sure about that catfish. It is somewhat similar to Mochokus, but with 3,000 species I am seldom willing to wager much on catfishes.

Kind of random question, but the name of the thread does mention toy fishes - do you know of any good Asian (red or gold) arowana figures? As a fishkeeper they've always fascinated me, but keeping one is out of the cards in the foreseeable future for many reasons (the Lacey Act, the need for a 6' long tank, and the multi-thousand dollar price tag to name a few...).

What Sean said. I only have the blue Asian arowana from Colorata, which is a beauty, and probably the easiest to get right now.

[SBell]

It's not just prehistorics--counting modern actinopterygiians is a pretty short list. But sometimes it is possible to come across something cool:

I think I recognize something simliar in your avatar picture:
 

Feel free to attempt IDs. I have a more complete post on the ATF Recent Acquistions thread http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=16.msg13776#msg13776

It might be a short list, but this photo alone probably has more fish than all prehistoric actinopts and non-tetrapod sarcopts by all manufacturers put together. I have more extant fishes that I've gotten by accident (bycatch, if you will) while buying other figures than all the prehistoric fishes that I've actively sought out.

I will say that those are pretty cool, though. I think I recognize a Leporinus and a Compsura (or some similar tetra), but I'm not sure about that catfish. It is somewhat similar to Mochokus, but with 3,000 species I am seldom willing to wager much on catfishes.

Okay, yeah--I just ran thrugh my collection, and the only Actinopterygians are...Xiphacintus and Cladocyclus (a tiny figure with a Bandai Pteranodon--it isn't labelled as one, but given the size, body shape and geologic time & place, it fits as the ID). Stretching the term a bit, there is also a Blue Pike from the Yowies Forgotten Friends series...yeah, it's pretty sparse. Even counting a few odd gars and such, there's not much.

[Halichoeres]

I just ordered that little ichthyodectid (and the completely irrelevant Pteranodon)! Got it pretty cheap, too. At some point I should try to figure out what sort of clupeomorph the Dinotales Pteranodon might be clutching. Probably won't be able to narrow it down to fewer than six genera given the scale.

[SBell]

I just ordered that little ichthyodectid (and the completely irrelevant Pteranodon)! Got it pretty cheap, too. At some point I should try to figure out what sort of clupeomorph the Dinotales Pteranodon might be clutching. Probably won't be able to narrow it down to fewer than six genera given the scale.

It's pretty much the reason I bought that set (and the Ichthyosaurus one, for the belemnite)! Maybe someday we'll get one of the many other fish (did you ever see the production photos of the National Geographic Sea Monsters figures that Wild Republic was supposed to make? I'm pretty sure Bananogmius and Enchodus were to be included--but the whole series wound up down the toilet.)

[Halichoeres]

I just ordered that little ichthyodectid (and the completely irrelevant Pteranodon)! Got it pretty cheap, too. At some point I should try to figure out what sort of clupeomorph the Dinotales Pteranodon might be clutching. Probably won't be able to narrow it down to fewer than six genera given the scale.

It's pretty much the reason I bought that set (and the Ichthyosaurus one, for the belemnite)! Maybe someday we'll get one of the many other fish (did you ever see the production photos of the National Geographic Sea Monsters figures that Wild Republic was supposed to make? I'm pretty sure Bananogmius and Enchodus were to be included--but the whole series wound up down the toilet.)

Yes, I saw those prototypes! That's such a heartbreaker.

[SBell]

I just ordered that little ichthyodectid (and the completely irrelevant Pteranodon)! Got it pretty cheap, too. At some point I should try to figure out what sort of clupeomorph the Dinotales Pteranodon might be clutching. Probably won't be able to narrow it down to fewer than six genera given the scale.

It's pretty much the reason I bought that set (and the Ichthyosaurus one, for the belemnite)! Maybe someday we'll get one of the many other fish (did you ever see the production photos of the National Geographic Sea Monsters figures that Wild Republic was supposed to make? I'm pretty sure Bananogmius and Enchodus were to be included--but the whole series wound up down the toilet.)

Yes, I saw those prototypes! That's such a heartbreaker.

I reamed out one of the top guys at the Canadian K&M office over that--there was never even a sell sheet sent out, but they still decided there wasn't enough interest...

Speaking of unfortunate fish--want to take a stab at what this one might be ('species'--brand is a whole other kettle of...)?

[PaleoMatt]

Fish are interesting creatures, aren't they. When I was younger I remember wanting to work in an aquarium. Also some of them do look like your profile picture.

[Halichoeres]

Speaking of unfortunate fish--want to take a stab at what this one might be ('species'--brand is a whole other kettle of...)?

That's a weird one, especially the operculum. It looks most like a greeneye to me, but it's missing the adipose fin, and both the dorsal and pelvic fins are too far back. But that's the best guess I have.

Fish are interesting creatures, aren't they. When I was younger I remember wanting to work in an aquarium. Also some of them do look like your profile picture.

I did too! I never thought that I would basically work only with dead fish.

[SBell]

Speaking of unfortunate fish--want to take a stab at what this one might be ('species'--brand is a whole other kettle of...)?

That's a weird one, especially the operculum. It looks most like a greeneye to me, but it's missing the adipose fin, and both the dorsal and pelvic fins are too far back. But that's the best guess I have.

I had thought of lizardfishes, but wasn't suere of where to start. It's hard to know if the fish is meant to be perfectly accurate of something, or if it's a loose representation. But Aulopiformes is a start at least!

[Halichoeres]

I just ordered that little ichthyodectid (and the completely irrelevant Pteranodon)! Got it pretty cheap, too. At some point I should try to figure out what sort of clupeomorph the Dinotales Pteranodon might be clutching. Probably won't be able to narrow it down to fewer than six genera given the scale.

It's pretty much the reason I bought that set (and the Ichthyosaurus one, for the belemnite)! Maybe someday we'll get one of the many other fish (did you ever see the production photos of the National Geographic Sea Monsters figures that Wild Republic was supposed to make? I'm pretty sure Bananogmius and Enchodus were to be included--but the whole series wound up down the toilet.)

Aaaaaand the shop I ordered the Bandai set from just refunded my money after over a week, telling me they're out of stock. No tiny ichthyodectid for me right now.