Cairns Aquarium Cairns Aquarium species list

[Najade]

Tank by tank on-show species list from my visit on the 07.03.18:

Freshwater:
Jungle Grunter
Silver Grunter
+

Tully River Grunter

Saratoga Jardini
Sooty Grunter

Saratoga Jardini
Barramundi

Jade Perch

Snakehead Gudgeon
Australian Long-finned Eel
Bullrout*

Mouth Almighty
Purple-spotted Gudgeon

Freshwater Moray
+

Lake Eacham Rainbowfish
+

Blue Lobster
+

Red-claw Crayfish
+

Giant Jungle Prawn
+

River Monsters
Barramundi
Mangrove Jack
Whiptail Ray
Large-toothed Sawfish
Jade Perch (unsigned)
Fork-tailed Catfish (unsigned)
Saratoga (unsigned)

Terrestrial Touch Tank:
Northern Blue-tongue

Eastern Blue-tongue

Goliath Stick Insect

Rainforest:
Krefft's River Turtle
Jardine River Painted Turtle
Rusty Monitor (unsigned)

Eastern Water Dragon

Jungle Carpet Python
+

Green Tree Python

Boyd's Forest Dragon

Water Python

Escarpment:
Common Keelback*
Arafura Filesnake
Pig-nosed Turtle (unsigned)

Pig-nosed Turtle
Merten's Water Monitor

White-lipped Treefrog

Queensland Goliath Stick Insect

Brown Tree Snake*

Common Green Treefrog*

Red-eyed Treefrog (?)

Rainforest Tarantula *

Northern Dwarf Treefrog

Giant Water Spider
+

Peppermint Stick Insect

Giant Burrowing Cockroach

Queensland Prickly Katydid

Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko

Golden Orb Spider

Spiny Stick Insect

Emerald Monitor
+

Scrub Python
+

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* = (not seen)
+ = (additional unsigned species)

 

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Mangroves:
Archerfish

Queensland Giant Mudskipper*
+

Greenback Mullet

Saltwater Crocodile (juv)
Spotted Scat
Common Ponyfish

Spotted Scat
Milk-spotted Pufferfish
+

Mangrove Jack

Giant Mud Crab
+

Barrier Reef:
Painted Crayfish
Scissor-tail Sergeant
Starck's Demoiselle
Barrier Reef Chromis

Headband Humbug
Convict Tang
+

Yellow Assessor*
Gold-saddle Goatfish*
*

Lyretail Anthias
Square-spot Anthias

Tailspot Squirrelfish
Sabre Squirrelfish
+

Fire Goby*
Purple-lined Wrasse
+

Pastel-green Wrasse
Moon Wrasse*
+

Blue-green Damselfish
Sixbar Wrasse
+

Red-tooth Triggerfish
Spotter Boxerfish
+

Common Lionfish
Spotfin Lionfish
Dwarf Lionfish

Reef Stonefish
+

 

[Najade]

Barrier Reef:
Honeycomb Moray
+

Striped Catfish*
Dogface Pufferfish

Olive Seasnake
*

Moon Sea Jelly

Epaulette Shark (other tank)
Bluespot Lagoon Ray (other tank)
Blue Seastar
+

Spotted Seahorse

Grooved Razorfish

Barbour's Seahorse
+

Clown Anemonefish
Red-and-Black Anemonefish*
Flame Hawkfish*
Moyer's Dragonet
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse*
Blueband Goby*
Orangeband Tang*
Midnight Sailfin*

 

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Oceanarium:
Orange-spine Unicornfish
Coral Trout*
Pinnate Batfish
Tasselled Wobbegong*
Hump-headed Maori-wrasse (other tank)
Bluestripe Seaperch
Golden Trevally
Cownose Ray
Leopard Shark
Spotted Eagle Ray*
Malabar Grouper
Grey Reef Shark
White-tip Reef Shark*
Porcupine Ray
Sailfin Snapper*
+

Deep Reef Tank:
+

 

[AWP]

Blacktip Reef Sharks are kept in the tank in the Aqualuna Restaurant.

I wonder what happened to the Scalloped Hammerheads. The species is mentioned in several reports on internet and there's a large photograph of it next to entrance, but I didn't see any Scalloped Hammerhead nor a signage of it last month. Looking at your lists, this is still the case.

 

[Najade]

No idea. Definitely didn't see any...

 

[DaLilFishie]

Blacktip Reef Sharks are kept in the tank in the Aqualuna Restaurant.

I wonder what happened to the Scalloped Hammerheads. The species is mentioned in several reports on internet and there's a large photograph of it next to entrance, but I didn't see any Scalloped Hammerhead nor a signage of it last month. Looking at your lists, this is still the case.

The hammerheads went off exhibit not long after opening. Not sure what happened to them. I saw them when I visited on opening day, didn't take any photos unfortunately.