This is a list of species on exhibit at Cairns Aquarium as of 8/8/22. The animals will be listed under the exhibit/area that they were in.
I didn't specify which species I did or didn't see in most of the marine tanks & only listed what was signed.
Bold = not seen
* = unsigned
Freshwater
River Systems
1. Jungle Perch
2. Khaki Grunter
3. Freshwater Moray-Eel, rainbowfish species* (maybe Eastern or Lake Eacham?)
4. Gulf Saratoga, Sooty Grunter, Speckled Longfin-Eel*
5. Barramundi, Eel-Tailed Catfish, Pig-Nosed Turtle*
6. Barcoo Grunter
7. Snakehead Gudgeon, Speckled Longfin-Eel
8. Sleepy Cod
Creeks & Streams
1. Eastern Rainbowfish, Eel-Tailed Catfish*
2. Bullrout
3. Redclaw Crayfish
4. Giant Freshwater-Prawn
River Monsters
Flooded Waterways & Billabongs
1. Salmon Catfish, Freshwater Whipray, Barramundi, Mangrove Jack (where were the Freshwater Sawfish?)
Rainforest
1. Keelback
2. Eastern Water-Dragon, Turtles (Pig-Nosed*, Irwin's Snapping-, Cape York Long-Necked, Red-Bellied)
3. Jungle Carpet-Python, rainbowfish species* (maybe Eastern or Lake Eacham?)
4. Water Python
5. Green Python, White-Lipped Tree-Frog
6. Boyd's Forest-Dragon
7. Mangrove Monitor
8. Green Python, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle
9. Freshwater Crocodile, Krefft's Turtle, Snakehead Gudgeon*, Coal Grunter*
Forest Floor
1. Frogs (Stony-Creek, Green Tree-)
2. Common Tree-Snake
3. Orange-Thighed Tree-Frog
4. Northern Barred-Frog
5. Queensland Whistling-Tarantula
6. Spiny Stick-Insect
7. Rusty Monitor
8. Spotted Tree-Monitor
9. Mangrove Monitor
10. Giant Burrowing-Cockroach
Reptile
1. Green Python, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle
2. Emerald Tree-Monitor, skink species* (Major or Yakka?)
3. Common Blue-Tongue Skink, Scrub Python, Eastern Water-Dragon, Frilled Lizard, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle*
Mangroves
Life in the Mangroves
1. Spotted Scat, Banded Archerfish
2. Pinnate Batfish, Common Ponyfish, Greenback Mullet*
3. Saltwater Crocodile, Spotted Scat*, Common Ponyfish*
4. Spotted Scat*, Silver Moony*
5. Giant Mud-Crab
6. Upside-Down Jellyfish, unidentified small fish*
Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
1. Starck's Demoiselle, Barrier Reef Chromis, Painted Rock-Lobster, Scissortail Sergeant, Blue-Spotted Ribbontail-Ray*
2. Whitetail Dascyllus, Reticulated Damselfish, Convict
3. Longnose Butterflyfish, Yellow Scissortail, Gold-Saddle Goatfish
4. Sea Goldie, Square-Spot Anthias, Harlequin Tuskfish
5. Squirrelfish (Crowned, Silverspot, Sabre)
6. Redtoothed Triggerfish, Spotted Boxfish, Map Pufferfish, Epaulette Shark*
7. Blue Tang, Blue Damselfish, Blue Sea-Star
8. Longhorn Cowfish, Fire Goby, Purple-Lined Wrasse
9. Blue-Green Chromis, Wrasse (Sixbar, Pastel-Green, Moon)
10. Blue Sea-Star, Pineapple Sea-Cucumber
11. Clownfish (Ocellaris, Cinnamon), Hawkfish (Flame, Dwarf), Moyer's Dragonet, Wrasse (Exquisite, Tail-Spot), Blue-Band Goby, Barrier Reef Anemonefish, Bicolour Goatfish, Bar-Cheek Unicornfish, Tangs (Lavender, Sailfin), Sea Goldie, Fire Goby, Barred Spinefoot, Flame-Tail Blenny
12. Epaulette Shark
13. Grooved Razorfish
14. Barbour's Seahorse
15. Bar-Cheek Unicornfish, Coral Trout, Pinnate Batfish
Dangers of the Reef
1. Black-Blotched Porcupinefish, Red Lionfish
2. Reef Stonefish, Bay Lobster*
3. Laced Moray-Eel
4. Moon Jelly
5. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Black-Spotted Puffer
6. Olive Sea-Snake, Blue-Green Chromis*
Oceanarium
1. Reef-Sharks (Blacktip, Grey, Whitetip), Rays (Common Shovelnose-, Cownose, Porcupine), Reticulate Whipray, Groupers (Queensland, Malabar), Golden Trevally, Zebra Shark, Sailfin Snapper
I didn't specify which species I did or didn't see in most of the marine tanks & only listed what was signed.
Bold = not seen
* = unsigned
Freshwater
River Systems
1. Jungle Perch
2. Khaki Grunter
3. Freshwater Moray-Eel, rainbowfish species* (maybe Eastern or Lake Eacham?)
4. Gulf Saratoga, Sooty Grunter, Speckled Longfin-Eel*
5. Barramundi, Eel-Tailed Catfish, Pig-Nosed Turtle*
6. Barcoo Grunter
7. Snakehead Gudgeon, Speckled Longfin-Eel
8. Sleepy Cod
Creeks & Streams
1. Eastern Rainbowfish, Eel-Tailed Catfish*
2. Bullrout
3. Redclaw Crayfish
4. Giant Freshwater-Prawn
River Monsters
Flooded Waterways & Billabongs
1. Salmon Catfish, Freshwater Whipray, Barramundi, Mangrove Jack (where were the Freshwater Sawfish?)
Rainforest
1. Keelback
2. Eastern Water-Dragon, Turtles (Pig-Nosed*, Irwin's Snapping-, Cape York Long-Necked, Red-Bellied)
3. Jungle Carpet-Python, rainbowfish species* (maybe Eastern or Lake Eacham?)
4. Water Python
5. Green Python, White-Lipped Tree-Frog
6. Boyd's Forest-Dragon
7. Mangrove Monitor
8. Green Python, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle
9. Freshwater Crocodile, Krefft's Turtle, Snakehead Gudgeon*, Coal Grunter*
Forest Floor
1. Frogs (Stony-Creek, Green Tree-)
2. Common Tree-Snake
3. Orange-Thighed Tree-Frog
4. Northern Barred-Frog
5. Queensland Whistling-Tarantula
6. Spiny Stick-Insect
7. Rusty Monitor
8. Spotted Tree-Monitor
9. Mangrove Monitor
10. Giant Burrowing-Cockroach
Reptile
1. Green Python, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle
2. Emerald Tree-Monitor, skink species* (Major or Yakka?)
3. Common Blue-Tongue Skink, Scrub Python, Eastern Water-Dragon, Frilled Lizard, Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle*
Mangroves
Life in the Mangroves
1. Spotted Scat, Banded Archerfish
2. Pinnate Batfish, Common Ponyfish, Greenback Mullet*
3. Saltwater Crocodile, Spotted Scat*, Common Ponyfish*
4. Spotted Scat*, Silver Moony*
5. Giant Mud-Crab
6. Upside-Down Jellyfish, unidentified small fish*
Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
1. Starck's Demoiselle, Barrier Reef Chromis, Painted Rock-Lobster, Scissortail Sergeant, Blue-Spotted Ribbontail-Ray*
2. Whitetail Dascyllus, Reticulated Damselfish, Convict
3. Longnose Butterflyfish, Yellow Scissortail, Gold-Saddle Goatfish
4. Sea Goldie, Square-Spot Anthias, Harlequin Tuskfish
5. Squirrelfish (Crowned, Silverspot, Sabre)
6. Redtoothed Triggerfish, Spotted Boxfish, Map Pufferfish, Epaulette Shark*
7. Blue Tang, Blue Damselfish, Blue Sea-Star
8. Longhorn Cowfish, Fire Goby, Purple-Lined Wrasse
9. Blue-Green Chromis, Wrasse (Sixbar, Pastel-Green, Moon)
10. Blue Sea-Star, Pineapple Sea-Cucumber
11. Clownfish (Ocellaris, Cinnamon), Hawkfish (Flame, Dwarf), Moyer's Dragonet, Wrasse (Exquisite, Tail-Spot), Blue-Band Goby, Barrier Reef Anemonefish, Bicolour Goatfish, Bar-Cheek Unicornfish, Tangs (Lavender, Sailfin), Sea Goldie, Fire Goby, Barred Spinefoot, Flame-Tail Blenny
12. Epaulette Shark
13. Grooved Razorfish
14. Barbour's Seahorse
15. Bar-Cheek Unicornfish, Coral Trout, Pinnate Batfish
Dangers of the Reef
1. Black-Blotched Porcupinefish, Red Lionfish
2. Reef Stonefish, Bay Lobster*
3. Laced Moray-Eel
4. Moon Jelly
5. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Black-Spotted Puffer
6. Olive Sea-Snake, Blue-Green Chromis*
Oceanarium
1. Reef-Sharks (Blacktip, Grey, Whitetip), Rays (Common Shovelnose-, Cownose, Porcupine), Reticulate Whipray, Groupers (Queensland, Malabar), Golden Trevally, Zebra Shark, Sailfin Snapper