Oklahoma Aquarium List of Species On Exhibit 5/31/18

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This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, Oklahoma during my visit on 5-31-18. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit, and using the named zones on the map going in a roughly clockwise direction from the aquarium entrance. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the aquarium since I am not arranging the species by animal type. I will post each zone separately for clarity.

AMAZING INVERTEBRATES: (22 Exhibits)

19 small-sized wall aquariums, containing 1 species each except where noted:
Bahama Star
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Corals (unsigned, unspecified)
Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber and Red Spined Star
Freshwater Prawn
Giant Hermit Crab
Giant Keyhole Limpet and Red Abalone
Giant Rock Scallop
Green Brittle Star
Horse Conch
Leather Star
Long-spined Urchin
Non-photosynthetic Coral (unspecified species)
Red Ball Sponge, Red Tree Sponge, and Yellow Ball Sponge
Red Imperial Urchin
Sandrose Anemone
Slipper Lobster
Tube Anemone
White Spotted Jellyfish

Small-sized open-top shallow touch tank:
Clownfish (unsigned, unspecified)
Various invertebrates (unsigned, unspecified)

Small-sized open-top shallow tank set in simulated boat:
Shrimp (unspecified)

Small-sized open-top shallow touch tank:
Horseshoe Crab

Exterior

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones.

Amazing Invertebrates - Exhibits

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 22 exhibits.

Amazing Invertebrates - Caribbean Spiny Lobster Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 22 exhibits.

Amazing Invertebrates - Touchtank Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 22 exhibits.

 

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EXTREME FISHES: (13 Exhibits)

12 small-to-medium-sized wall aquariums, containing 1 species each except where noted:
African Lungfish
African Mudskipper
Alligator Pipefish and Banded Pipefish
Blind Cave Fish
Corals (unspecified) and Warty Anglerfish
Green Moray
Lionfish
Long-horn Cowfish
Polk-a-Dot Batfish
Red Orbicular Burrfish and Striped Burrfish
Shrimpfish
Stonefish

Large-sized rectangular tank viewed from 3 sides and crawl-through tunnel, with dry simulated branches and foliage above water, titled 'Extreme Amazon':
Banded Leporinus
Common Iguana
Duckbill Catfish
Freshwater Stingray
Midas Cichlid
Pacu
Redtail Catfish
Ripsaw Catfish
Royal Plecostomus
Silver Arowana

Extreme Fishes - Extreme Amazon Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 13 exhibits.

 

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MARVELS & MYSTERIES: (17 Exhibits)

17 small-to-medium-sized wall aquariums and terrariums, containing 1 species each except where noted:
Archerfish
Banggai Cardinalfish
Black Ghost Knifefish
Clown Anemonefish and Rose Bubble-tip Anemone
Electric Eel
Giant Pacific Octopus
Golden Poison Dart Frog and Mimic Poison Dart Frog
Green Moray
Gulf Toadfish and Starfish (unspecified)
Moon Jelly
Pacific Sea Nettle
Pot-bellied Seahorse (2 exhibits)
Red-bellied Piranha
Ribbon Eel
Upsidedown Jelly
White Spotted Jellyfish

Marvels & Mysteries - Pot-bellied Seahorse Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 17 exhibits.

Marvels & Mysteries - Clown Anemonefish and Rose Bubble-tip Anemone Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 17 exhibits.

Marvels & Mysteries - Exhibits

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 17 exhibits.

 

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AQUATIC OKLAHOMA: (24 Exhibits)

19 small-to-medium-sized wall aquariums and terrariums, containing 1 species each except where noted:
American Alligator
American Bullfrog
Amphiuma
Banded Water Snake (2 exhibits)
Black Crappie and White Crappie
Blue Catfish
Bowfin
Brown Water Scorpion and Sunburst Diving Beetle
Central Newt
Channel Catfish
Eastern Tiger Salamander
Electric Blue Crawfish
Flathead Catfish
Grass Pickerel
Largemouth Bass
Leopard Frog
Red Ear Slider Turtle (Albino)
Waterdog

Medium-sized half-round aquarium with several windows:
Blue Sucker
Gizzard Shad
Paddlefish
Red Shiner
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Smallmouth Buffalo

Medium-sized half-round aquarium with 2 windows:
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Bluegill

Medium-sized half-round aquarium with 2 windows:
Alligator Gar
Longnose Gar
Shortnose Gar

Medium-sized half-round aquarium with 2 windows:
Longnose Gar
Smallmouth Buffalo
Striped Bass

Small-sized rectangular shallow pond, called 'Turtle Feed Pond':
Turtle (unsigned, unspecified)

Aquatic Oklahoma - Blue Sucker and Others Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 24 exhibits.

Aquatic Oklahoma - Exhibits

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 24 exhibits.

Aquatic Oklahoma - Grass Pickerel Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 24 exhibits.

 

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OZARK STREAM: (7 Exhibits)

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Banded Darter
Greenside Darter
Orangethroat Darter
S. Redbelly Dace

Medium-sized dry room exhibit behind glass:
Raccoon

Medium-sized room exhibit contained behind open-topped glass enclosure, with small deep pond with underwater view in background:
North American River Otter

Medium-sized deep open-topped aquarium:
Chub
Smallmouth Bass

Medium-sized shallow open-topped aquarium:
Logperch
Northern Hogsucker

Medium-sized shallow open-topped aquarium:
Cardinal Shiner
Central Stoneroller

Medium-sized room exhibit with dry land behind a medium-sized open-topped aquarium:
American Beaver
Fish (unsigned, unspecified)

Ozark Stream - North American River Otter Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 7 exhibits.

Ozark Stream - Exhibits

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 7 exhibits.

Ozark Stream - American Beaver Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 7 exhibits.

 

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THE ECOZONE: (19 Exhibits)

Rocky Coast area:
6 small-sized wall aquariums containing 1 species each except where noted:
California Sea Hare
Garibaldi, Giant Green Anemone, Pink Tip Anemone
Giant Sea Cucumber and Green Sea Urchin
Green Urchin, Purple Urchin, and Red Urchin
Swell Shark
White Plumed Anemone

Small-sized wall aquarium:
China Rockfish
Giant Pink Star
Honeycomb Rockfish
Ochre Star
Red Irish Lord
Tiger Rockfish
Vermilion Rockfish

Small-sized shallow open-top touch tank:
Anemone (unsigned, unspecified)

Kelp Forest and Discovery Caves area:
Medium-sized tall wall aquarium with windows:
Black Rockfish
Blacksmith
Cabezon Sculpin
California Sheephead
Copper Rockfish
Garibaldi
Green Anemone
Halfmoon
Honeycomb Rockfish
Kelp Bass
Kelp Perch
Opaleye
Ouillback Rockfish
Rainbow Perch
Senorita Wrasse
Shiner Perch
Striped Perch
Tree Rockfish
Whitespot Greenling

2 small-sized wall aquariums containing 1 species each:
Giant Isopod (unsigned)
Pacific Hagfish

Shark and Ray Touch area:
Medium-sized round shallow touchtank:
Cownose Ray (unsigned)
Fish (unsigned, unspecified)
Southern Stingray (unsigned)

2 medium-sized rectangular shallow touchtanks:
Ray (unsigned, unspecified)
White-spotted Bamboo Shark (unsigned)

Coastal Marsh area:
Medium-sized rectangular open-top aquarium:
Hardhead Catfish
Red Drum

Africa area:
Medium-sized wall aquarium:
African Cichlids (unspecified)

Living Reef area:
3 small-to-medium-sized wall aquariums:
Coral (unspecified)
Fish (unsigned, unspecified)

The Ecozone - Kelp Forest

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 19 exhibits.

The Ecozone - The Living Reef Exhibits

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 19 exhibits.

The Ecozone - Shark and Ray Touch

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 19 exhibits.

 

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SHARK ADVENTURE: (1 Exhibit)

Large-sized round deep aquarium with large curved viewing panel and 2 underwater tunnels meeting at an underwater dome:
Bull Shark
Nurse Shark

Shark Adventure - Bull Shark and Nurse Shark Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

Shark Adventure - Bull Shark and Nurse Shark Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

Shark Adventure - Bull Shark and Nurse Shark Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

 

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SEA TURTLE ISLAND: (1 Exhibit)

Large-sized simulated reef aquarium viewed from 3 sides at different heights:
Atlantic Spadefish
Bermuda Chub
Beaugregory
Blackbar Soldierfish
Black Durgon
Blue Striped Grunt
Blue Chromis
Blue Tang
Bonnethead Shark
Cottonwick
Doctor Fish
Dusky Squirrelfish
French Angelfish
French Grunt
Grey Angelfish
Honeycomb Moray Eel
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Leopard Shark
Longspine Squirrelfish
Lookdown
Ocean Surgeonfish
Porcupine Pufferfish
Porkfish
Queen Angelfish
Queen Triggerfish
Rainbow Parrotfish
Rooster Hogfish
Sargeant Major
Small Mouth Grunt
Spanish Hogfish
Yellowtail Snapper

Sea Turtle Island Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

Sea Turtle Island Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

Sea Turtle Island Exhibit

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Taken 5/31/18. The aquarium has 104 exhibits in its 8 themed zones. This zone has 1 exhibit.

 

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SUMMARY:

By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at the Oklahoma Aquarium is: 104

By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits with identification signs is: 194
The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories:
Mammals: 3
Birds: 0
Reptiles: 7
Amphibians: 8
Fish: 127
Invertebrates: 49

 

[DavidBrown]

What did you think of the Oklahoma Aquarium? Do the bull sharks make the aquarium a must-see destination for zoo nerds?

 

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What did you think of the Oklahoma Aquarium? Do the bull sharks make the aquarium a must-see destination for zoo nerds?

I should have learned by now to provide a few comments of my opinion for you, my friend! I'm so focused on providing a dry factual rundown of the collections I visit that I have to be coaxed to emote. The quality of the aquarium is generally fine, and the upkeep is evident, but not very exciting in comparison to some of the other facilities I have visited. Most remarkable was the collection of invertebrates, many highlighted in their own small tanks to good effect. One of the phrases of wall text as you enter the tunnel of Shark Adventure states 'prepare to walk through the largest collection of bull sharks in the US'; it was satisfying to see them (there are 10) but slightly odd to see a shark exhibit with no other fish as that has become less common. I wouldn't say that it is a must-see though. The newer large exhibit, Sea Turtle Island, is disappointing as it only has one loggerhead. One section of the aquarium was closed as it is being renovated and will open soon as South Pacific Reef (map), or Polynesian Reef (website).

 

[LesulaMonkey]

Are the amphiumas two-toed or three-toed?

 

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Are the amphiumas two-toed or three-toed?

Unfortunately I no longer have the picture of the exhibit sign so I'm not sure which species it was, if it was designated in the scientific name.