Blue Planet Aquarium Blue Planet Aquarium Species List 11/10/24

Typhlonectes

Typhlonectes

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I visited the aquarium a week ago now and made sure to note down a species list as ZTL is very much behind. Sad to see no venomous snakes kept here anymore, but the venom section had a lot of nice invertebrates. The signage round the site wasn’t good as per most aquariums but I did the best I could with the help of the website and ZTL. Here’s the list with ‼️s used to indicate rarity.

Northern streams:

  1. European Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
  2. Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
  3. Golden Orfe (Leuciscus idus)
  4. Tench (Tinca tinca)
  5. Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
  6. Orfe (Leuciscus idus)
  7. Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
  8. Common Bream (Abramis brama)
  9. Barbel (Barbus barbus)
  10. Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)
  11. Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)

Flooded Forest:

  1. Blind Cave Fish (Astyanax mexicanus)
  2. Butterfly Splitfin (Ameca splendens)
  3. Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)
  4. Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)
  5. Tiger Shovelnose Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)
  6. Black Pacu (Colossoma macropomum)
  7. Xingu River Stingray (Potamotrygon leopoldi)
  8. Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
  9. White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Tanichthys albonubes)
  10. Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera)
  11. Blue Discus (Symphosodon aequifasciatus)
  12. Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
  13. Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
  14. Bristlenose Pleco (Ancistrus dolichopterus)
  15. Colombian Tetra (Hyphessobrycon columianus)
  16. Andinoacara Cichlid (Andinoacara biseriatus)
  17. Kissing Prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis)
  18. Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
  19. Pictus Catfish (Pimoledus pictus)
  20. Rio Tapajos Orange Head (Geophagus sp. “Orange Head”)
  21. Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum calare)
  22. Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
  23. Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons)
  24. Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
  25. Splash Tetra (Copella arnoldi)
  26. Tequila Splitfin (Zoogoneticus tequila)
  27. Endler’s Guppy (Poecilia wingei)
  28. Red-bellied Pirañha (Pygocentrus nattereri)

Lake Malawi:

  1. Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
  2. Freshwater butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi)
  3. Violet Cichlid “Malawi”(Pelvicachromis subocellatus)‼️
  4. Malawi Golden Cichlid (Melanochromis auratus)
  5. Lavender Mbuna (Iodotropheus sprengerae)
  6. Zebra Mbuna (Maylandia zebra)
  7. Cobalt Blue Mbuna (Maylandia callainos)
  8. Giraffe Catfish (Auchenoglanis occidentalis)
  9. Zebra Tilapia (Heterotilapia buettikoferi)
  10. West African Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus)

Frog Zone

  1. Yellow-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)
  2. Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
  3. Anthony’s Poison Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
  4. Riobamba Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae)
  5. Chapa Bug-eyed Frog (Theloderma bicolor)
  6. Madagascan Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascarensis)
  7. Green and Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates aurautus)
  8. Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
  9. False Tomato Frog (Dyscophus guineti)
  10. Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
  11. Rummy Nose Tetra (Petitella rhodostomus)
  12. Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Coral Cove:

  1. Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpbebrosus)
  2. Geoffrey’s Side Necked Turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus)
  3. Ocellate River Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)
  4. Chisel-tooth Cichlid (Cincelichthys bocourti)‼️
  5. Leopard Cactus Pleco (Pseudacanthicus leopardus)
  6. Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata)
  7. Pearl Cichlid (Geophagus brasiliens)
  8. Zonatus cichlid (Paraneetroplus zonatus)‼️
  9. Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
  10. Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellatus)
  11. Bubble-tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
  12. Blue Devilfish (Assessor macneilli)‼️
  13. Red-toothed Triggerfish (Odonus niger)
  14. Orange-spotted Rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus)
  15. Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
  16. Lipstick Tang (Naso lituratus)
  17. Panther Grouper (Dermatolepis striolata)‼️
  18. Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
  19. Majestic Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus)
  20. Longfin Batfish (Platax teira)

Rockpools:


  1. Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
  2. Fish-eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora)
  3. Clonal Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile)
  4. Bubble-tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolour)
  5. European Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
  6. Greater Spotted Dogfish (Sycliorhinus stellaris)
  7. Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Sycliorhinus canicula)
  8. Tub Gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
  9. Snakelocks Anemone (Anemonia viridis)
  10. Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina)
  11. Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea)
  12. Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
  13. European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
  14. Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
  15. Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)
  16. European Lobster (Homarus gammarus)
  17. Splendid Garden Eel (Gorgasia preclara)
  18. Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi)‼️
  19. Clark’s Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii)
  20. Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)
  21. Thornback Ray (Raja clavata)
  22. Leaf Scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
  23. Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)
  24. Short-tail Nurse Shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum)

Tunnel:

  1. Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
  2. Guineafowl Pufferfish (Arothron meleagris)
  3. Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
  4. Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontonus portusjacksoni)
  5. Arabian Carpet Shark (Chiloscyllium arabicum)‼️
  6. Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
  7. Barred Flagtail (Khulia mugil)
  8. Clown Grouper (Pogonoperca punctata)
  9. Big Nose Unicorn Fish (Naso vlamingii)
  10. Orbicular Batfish (Platax orbicularis)
  11. Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
  12. Black-saddled Coral Grouper (Plectropomus laevis)‼️
  13. Blue and Gold Fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea)‼️
  14. Blue and Yellow Grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus)
  15. Yellowface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
  16. Blue-lined Grouper (Cephalopholis formosa)‼️
  17. Blue-lined Triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruliolineatus)
  18. Blue Striped Grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
  19. Blue spot unicorn fish (Naso brevirostris)
  20. Bluestone Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
  21. Brown-banded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
  22. Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
  23. Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
  24. Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
  25. Bicoloured Foxface (Siganus uspi)
  26. Common Foxface (Siganus vulpinus)
  27. Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara)‼️
  28. Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
  29. Blackchin Guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus)
  30. Laced Moray Eel (Gymnothorax favagineus)
  31. Indo-Pacific Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)‼️
  32. Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
  33. Masked Spinefoot (Siganus puellus)
  34. Atlantic Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
  35. Palometa (Trachinotus goodei)
  36. Peacock Hind (Cephalopholis argus)
  37. Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)
  38. Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
  39. Yellowtail Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
  40. Giant Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
  41. Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula)‼️
  42. Radiant Wrasse (Halichoeres iridis)‼️
  43. Emperor Red Snapper (Lutjanus sebae)
  44. Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
  45. Sabre Squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum)
  46. Starry Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus)
  47. Southern Stingray (Hypanus americanus)
  48. Jewelled Tang (Zebrasoma gemmatum)‼️
  49. Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharius taurus)
  50. Panamic Seargent Major (Abedefduf troschelii)‼️
  51. Spotted Wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)
  52. Ocellated Eagle Ray (Aetobatus ocellatus)
  53. Thornback Ray (Raja Clavata)
  54. Striped Soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus)‼️
  55. Tail-spot Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)
  56. Two-spot Banded Snapper (Lutjanus biguttatus)‼️
  57. Western Wobbegong (Orectolobus hutchinsi)‼️
  58. Orange-spotted Spinefoot (Siganus guttatus)
  59. Yellowbar Angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
  60. Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
  61. Yellowhead Butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthocephalus)‼️
  62. Yellow and Blueback Fusilier (Caesio teres)
  63. Zebra Bullhead Shark (Heterodontus zebra)‼️
  64. Zebra Shark (Stegosoma tigrinum)

Venom:

  1. Red Lionfish (Pterois volatans)
  2. Zebra Moray Eel (Gymnomuraena zebra)
  3. David Bowie Huntsman (Heterapoda davidbowie)
  4. Ornamental Gooty (Poecilotheria metallica)
  5. Golden Red Rump Tarantula (Brachypelma albiceps)
  6. Burgundy Goliath Bird Eater (Theraphosa stirmi)
  7. Marañón poison frog (Excidobates mysteriosus)
  8. Black Beauty Stick Insect (Pheruphasma schultei)
  9. Indian Social Spider (Stegodyphus sarasinorum)
  10. Giant Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
  11. Socotra Island Blue Baboon (Monocentropus balfouri)
  12. Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus laoticus)
  13. Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila)
  14. False Water Cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas)
  15. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
  16. Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Pelican Cove

  1. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
 
Oh this is perfect, I'm visiting this week for the first time in many years! Thank you for this. What did you think of the aquarium?
 
Fallax said:
Oh this is perfect, I'm visiting this week for the first time in many years! Thank you for this. What did you think of the aquarium?
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No problem! Overall it’s a really nice place, could definitely make a day out of it and you could spend hours in the shark tunnel alone. Look out for the Indian Social Spiders and Panther Groupers
 
My last visit to Blue Planet was in early 2022, I really enjoyed it, and have been meaning to go back for a while now. I've booked two nights in Chester for July next year, so I might see if I can squeeze in a visit to Blue Planet during that trip. I notice from your list that the electric eels in Flooded Forest and the stonefish in Venom are now gone, that's definitely a shame because they were two of the major highlights from my last visit.
 
Jambi said:
My last visit to Blue Planet was in early 2022, I really enjoyed it, and have been meaning to go back for a while now. I've booked two nights in Chester for July next year, so I might see if I can squeeze in a visit to Blue Planet during that trip. I notice from your list that the electric eels in Flooded Forest and the stonefish in Venom are now gone, that's definitely a shame because they were two of the major highlights from my last visit.
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It’s definitely worth another visit Jambi. There was a big display for Black Ghost Knifefish where I assume the Electric Eel used to be. Shame, I would have loved to have seen that species too
 
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