Singapore Oceanarium - Whale Fall and Seamount zone

The tanks surrounding the whale fall currently house the following species:
- Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)
- Giant Isopod (Bathynomus sp)
- Japanese Codling (Physiculus japonicus)
- Red Gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus) *unsigned
- Japanese Golden Crab (Chaceon granulatus)
- Brown Hagfish (Eptatretus atami)
- Botan Shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
- Okinawa Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus nigripunctatus)
- Cherry Anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
- Orange Squat Lobster (Grimothea princeps)
- Deep Sea Akaza Prawn (Metanephrops japonicus)
- Deep Sea Spider (Ascorhynchus japonicum)
- Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
- Deep Sea Sea Jelly (Leuckartiara sp)
- Salmon Snailfish (Careproctus rastrinus)
- Japanese Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile)
- Longspine Snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)
- Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
- Australian Ghostshark (Callorhinchus milii)
- Deep Sea Anemone (Actinostolidae)

Is this list based on the signage, or on your personal observations?

If the former, did you see all of the signed species?

@ralph except the Gunard, all the rest were signed. I did not see the Snailfish, Basket Star and Sunflower Sea Star.

@Zooish
A huge upgrade for their deep sea collection!

@Zooish
Are deep-sea animals mainly sourced from Japanese aquariums? Most of the species on the list seem to be native to East Asia.

@Veno i suppose so, but i can't be sure

I believe (and don't quote me on this) that Japanese aquariums are now working more commonly with aquaria outside of the country, especially on deep sea fauna and marine mammals. Kansas City Zoo had to have gotten those armorheads from somewhere, right? This is a logical move to build relations between major Asian aquaria.

@Veno there is a local vendor who has been importing deep-sea species, mainly for private aquaria, for years, and are also the ones that have been supplying Sentosa's aquariums.

based on this video at 1.43.58 I think the gurnard is a Spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus) , not a Red Gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)

at 1.43.26 you can see a second species of gurnard in the basket star tank. Not sure what species this is (it's really dark in there!), but the website mentions Chelidonichthys kumu

at 1.12.58 in this video, you can make out the signage for some sort of armoured sea robin, but I can't read the scientific name. If it's locally sourced, it should be Scalicus orientalis, but it may also come from Japan.

The sea robin is indeed Scalicus orientalis

Snailfish is no longer kept, and has been replaced by Hilgendorf’s saucord (which is also still kept in the Kelp tank)