Marine Life Park S.E.A. Aquarium species list (2024)

that is the mystery ray in the first tank of ancient waters

Looks like a Kuhl's Maskray

Fargusno said:

Looks like a Kuhl's Maskray

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Yes it is! distinguishable from the other similar species by the blue spots on its back.

I have made some updates to the species list after I finally personally visited the aquarium on 11-11-2025

The following changes were made:

Ancient Waters:
- The sunfish in the paddlefish tank turn out to be longear sunfish
- In addition to Fly River rainbowfishes, there are at least 2 other unsigned species in the Australian lungfish tank, namely red rainbowfish and Boesemans rainbowfish
- The Altum angelfish tank also keeps 2 species of pleco.
- There are now 3 juvenile longhorn boxfishes in the horseshoe crab tank
- In the epaulet shark tank is now also home to a bluespotted mask ray

Conquering Land:
- The giant salamander is now on show. It's a Japanese x Chinese hybrid.
- Blue-legged mantella's are no longer on display and the signage has been removed

Singapore's Coast:
- The seahorses in the 'Singapore's Coast' main tank was signed as H. kuda. I also added streaked cleaner wrasse to the species list for this tank.
- The archerfish tank is also home to unsigned Pajama cardinalfish. I was not able to identify the halfbeaks in this tank.
- The unsigned cardinalfishes in the silver moony tank are actually 2 different species, Fibramia lateralis and Yarica hyalosoma

I'll try to do the other sections in the future.

Updated species list:

Section 1: 'In the Beginning'

Drop of Water:

No living animals

Ocean Wonders:

Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
Purple striped sea nettle (Chrysaora colorata)
Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)
Atlantic Sea Nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)
Black Sea Nettle (Chrysaora achlyos)
White-spotted Sea Jelly (Mastigias papua)
Cannonball jelly (Stomolophus meleagris)
Fried Egg Jelly (Cotylorhiza tuberculata)

(all species kept in a tank of their own)

Ancient Waters:

Mississippi paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)

Altum angelfish (Pterophyllum altum)
Royal twig catfish (Sturisomatichthys festivus)
Giant raphael catfish (Megalodoras uranoscopus)
Mutuca pleco (Hypostomus mutucae) (signed, not seen)
Suckermouth catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus)

Dwarf snakehead (Channa limbata)
Orange-spotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata) (signed, not seen)
Ghost catfish (Kryptopterus vitreolus) (not signed)

Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata)
Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) (not signed)
Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) (not signed)

Horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)
Longhorn boxfish (Lactoria cornuta) (not signed)

Bluespotted maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) (not signed)
Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)
Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) (not signed)

Conquering land:

White cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) (not signed, ID needs confirmation)
Giant salamander (Andrias sp.)

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus)

Elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus)

Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius var. "Azureus")
Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Section 2: 'At the Surface'

Spirit of Exploration:

No living animals

Singapore's coast:

Silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus)
Spotted scat (Scatophagus argus) (not signed)
Humpbacked cardinalfish (Yarica hyalosoma) (not signed)
Pinstriped cardinalfish (Fibramia lateralis) (not signed)

Halfbeak (not signed, ID needed)
Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
Spotted green pufferfish (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis) (not signed)
Pajama cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera) (not signed)

Spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)
Yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii)
Goldtail demoiselle (Chrysiptera parasema) (not signed)
Whitetail damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) (not signed)
Lemon damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis) (not signed)
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) (not signed)
Slate pencil urchin (Eucidaris tribuloides)
Blue tuxedo urchin (Mespilia globulus)
Green brittle star (Ophiarachna incrassata)
Chocolate chip starfish (Protoreaster nodosus)
Plain sand star (Astropecten indicus)
Jewelled chiton (Acanthopleura gemmata)
Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) (not signed)
Elegant hermit crab (Calcinus elegans)
Cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)

Upsidedown jelly (Cassiopea sp)

The next part of my updated species list

Changes:
- Deleted Japanse wobbegong, tasseled wobbegong and convict surgeonfish from 'Shark Seas' as I wasn't able to find them and there hasn't been recent confirmation of these species still being present in this tank
- Added black-eared moray to the first tank in 'Coral Gardens'. It wasn't signed.
- Added copperband butterflyfish and Valentin's sharpnose puffer to the second tank in 'Coral Gardens'. Neither were signed.
(black-eared moray and Valentin's sharpnose puffer were not listed on ZTL, so I added these)

Section 3: Daylight

Shark Seas: (formerly 'Apex Predators of the Sea')

Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) (not signed)
Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Silvertip reef shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)
Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)
Spiny chromis (Acanthochromis polyacanthus) (not signed)
Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) (not signed)
Scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) (not signed)
Red-toothed triggerfish (Odonus niger) (not signed)

Coral gardens:

First tank:
Snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa)
Leopard moray (Enchelycore pardalis)
Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) (not signed)
Blackear moray (Muraena melanotis) (not signed)
Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) (not signed)
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) (not signed)

Unsure: Azure demoiselle (Chrysiptera hemicyanea) (not signed, not seen, but seen on youtube walkthrough videos)

Second tank:
Sailfin snapper (Symphorichthys spilurus)
Bicolor chromis (Pycnochromis margaritifer) (not signed)
Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) (not signed)
Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) (not signed)
Sea cucumber (not signed, ID needed)
Stereonephthya coral

Unsure: Chocolatedip chromis (Pycnochromis dimidiatus) (not signed, ID needs confirmation)

I hope to do the remaining tanks of 'Coral Garden' soon

The next part of 'Coral Gardens' is here.

Changes:
- Added sixline wrasse to the third tank
- Added an unknown blenny, Picturesque dragonet and Pacific cleaner shrimp to the fourth tank
- Deleted Coral catshark, Bluespotted ribbontail ray, Blackspotted puffer, Speckled sandperch
Striped large-eye bream and Largescaled terapon from the fourth tank. The first 4 have been moved to different tanks, the latter 2 I did not see anywhere in the aquarium.
- Added banded sleeper goby to the fifth tank.
- Added unknown Ecsenius, unknown Synchiropus, mural goby and Talbots demoiselle to the sixth tank

Coral Gardens (part 2):

Third tank:
Peach fairy basslet (Nemanthias dispar) (not signed)
Sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea) (not signed)
Regal demoiselle (Neopomacentrus cyanomos) (not signed)
Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) (not signed)
Sixline wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) (not signed)
Chin-strap fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus aquamarinus) (not signed)
Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus) (not signed)
Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus) (not signed)
Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) (not signed)
Hammer coral (Fimbriaphyllia paraancora)
Torch coral (Euphyllia glabrescens)

Fourth tank:
Blenny sp (not signed, ID needed)
Picturesque dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus) (not signed)
Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) (not signed)
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) (not signed)
Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)
Pacific sail-fin surgeonfish (Zebrasoma velifer) (not signed)
Pacific cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) (not signed)
Acropora millepora

Fifth tank:
Pink-spotted watchman goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus)(signed, but not seen)
Banded sleeper goby (Amblygobius phalaena) (not signed)
Whitetail damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) (not signed)
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) (not signed)
Sixline wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) (not signed)
Bristle-tail file-fish (Acreichthys tomentosus) (not signed)
Sand Sifting sea star (Archaster typicus) (signed, but not seen)
Favia brain coral (Favia sp.)
Torch coral (Euphyllia glabrescens)

Sixth tank:
Sea goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) (not signed)
Yellowstriped fairy basslet (Mirolabrichthys tuka) (not signed)
Jewelled blenny (Salarias fasciatus) (not signed)
Ecsenius sp. (not signed)
Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) (signed, but not seen)
Synchiropus sp. (not signed)
Orange-spotted sleeper-goby (Valenciennea puellaris) (signed, but not seen)
Mural goby (Valenciennea muralis) (not signed)
Banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus) (not signed)
Goldtail demoiselle (Chrysiptera parasema) (not signed)
Talbot's demoiselle (Chrysiptera talboti) (not signed)
Yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii) (not signed)
Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) (not signed)
Big longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris) (not signed)
Blackstriped angelfish (Genicanthus lamarck) (not signed)
Canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) (not signed)
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) (not signed)
Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus) (not signed)
Yellowtail tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) (not signed)
Bristle-tail file-fish (Acreichthys tomentosus) (not signed)
Banded trochus snail (Trochus sp)
Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata)