Blacktip Reef

A rough species list for this exhibit over the years has included:

Sharks and Rays

• Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Tasselled Wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
• Reticulate Whipray (Himantura uarnak)
• Ornate Wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus)
• Zebra Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
• Blotched Fantail Ray (Taeniurops meyeni)

Groupers

• Blue-Spotted Grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
• Miniatus Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata)
• V-Tail Grouper (Cephalopholis urodeta)
• Panther Grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)
• Queensland Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Wrasses

• Lyretail Hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)
• Red-Breasted Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)
• Napoleon Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
• Red Coris Wrasse (Coris gaimard)
• Slingjaw Wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)
• Lyretail Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
• Banana Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens)
• Pinkface Wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum)
• Christmas Wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)

Other Large Fish

• Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris)
• Golden Spadefish (Platax boersii)
• Orbicular Batfish (Platax orbicularis)
• Yellow-Banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus)
• Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)
• Sailfin Snapper (Symphorichthys spilurus)

Triggerfish

• Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
• Pinktail Triggerfish (Melichthys vidua)
• Niger Triggerfish (Odonus niger)
• Rectangular Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
• Blue-Throated Triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus)

Surgeonfish

• Clown Tang (Acanthurus lineatus)
• White-Freckled Tang (Acanthurus maculiceps)
• Orange-Shoulder Tang (Acanthurus olivaceus)
• Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)
• Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)
• Orangespine Unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
• Bluespine Unicornfish (Naso unicornis)
• Bignose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii)
• Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
• Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum)

Angelfish

• Flagfin Angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)
• Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)
• Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissima)
• Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loricula)
• Bellus Angelfish (Genicanthus bellus)
• Swallowtail Angelfish (Genicanthus melanospilos)
• Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
• Koran Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Other Mid-Sized Reef Fish

• Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis)
• Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus)
• Silver Mono (Monodactylus argenteus)
• Crown Squirrelfish (Sargocentron diadema)
• Two-Lined Monocle Bream (Scolopsis bilineata)
• Scribbled Rabbitfish (Siganus doliatus)
• Foxface (Siganus vulpinus)

Chromis & Damselfish

• Orange-Line Chromis (Acanthochromis polyacanthus)
• Golden Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus)
• Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
• Blue Damselfish (Chrysiptera cyanea)
• Four-Stripe Damselfish (Dascyllus melanurus)
• Domino Damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus)
• Fusilier Damselfish (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma)
• Black-Bar Chromis (Pycnochromis retrofasciatus)

Other Small Reef Fish

• Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)
• Cinnamon Clownfish (Amphiprion melanopus)
• Flame Hawkfish (Neocirrhites armatus)
• Yellow-Striped Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus cyanosoma)
• Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)
• Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)
• Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
• Purple Dottyback (Pseudochromis porphyreus)
• Pajama Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera)

In the past, this exhibit was also home to Calypso, the three-flippered Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), but she unfortunately passed away in February of 2020.