The River of Kyoto
Pale Chub Zacco platypus
Oily Bitterling Tanakia limbata
Shirohire-tabira Acheilognathus tabira tabira
Upstream Fatminnow Rhynchocypris oxycephalus jouyi
Dark Chub Nipponocypris temminckii
Pike Gudgeon Pseudogobio esocinus
Gudgeon sp. Sarcocheilichthys sp. (unsigned. Looks like S. biwaensis but unsure)
Mugitsuku Pungtungia herzi
Kanehira Acheilognathus rhombeus
Whitespotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis (most appeared to be S. leucomaenis pluvius, but some specimens potentially being P. leucomaenis japonicus)
Cherry Salmon Oncorhynchus masou (subspecies unknown)
Crucian carp sp. Carassius sp. (unsigned)
Japanese Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus (signed)
Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias sp. (signed as Andrias davidianus)
Japanese x Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus x sp. (signed as Andrias japonicus x davidianus. These three Andrias taxa all signed, but it was unclear which were in which tanks and I don’t know how to tell them apart)
Japanese Freshwater Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii
Oriental Weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Oriental Giant Water Bug Kirkaldyia deyrolli
Itomoroko Squalidus gracilis gracilis
Japanese Aucha Perch Coreoperca kawamebari
Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica (signed, not seen)
Amur Catfish Silurus asotus (signed, not seen)
Carp sp. Cyprinus sp. (signed as Cyprinus carpio, which formerly included what is now called Cyprinus rubrofuscus. Both taxa are present in Japan and hybridise frequently, and I don’t know how to differentiate them.)
Dace sp. Pseudaspius sp. (unsigned)
Gigi Tachysurus nudiceps (unsigned)
Barbel Steed Hemibarbus labeo
Pinniped + penguin area
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis (unsigned)
Spotted Seal Phoca largha (unsigned)
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Sea of Kyoto
Bluestriped Angelfish Chaetodontoplus septemtrionalis (unsigned)
Luna Lionfish Pterois lunare (unsigned)
Trevally sp. Carangidae (unsigned)
Dusky Spinefoot Siganus fuscescens
Multicolourfin Rainbowfish Parajulis poecilopterus (unsigned)
Asian Sheepshead Wrasse Bodianus reticulatus (signed as Semicossyphus reticulatus, a synonym)
Unicorn Leatherjacket Aluterus monoceros (unsigned)
Red Stingray Hemitrygon akajei
Crescent Sweetlips Plectorhinchus cinctus (unsigned)
Striped Beakfish Oplegnathus fasciatus (unsigned)
Blackhead Seabream Acanthopagrus schlegeli (unsigned)
Spotted Beakfish Oplegnathus punctatus (unsigned)
Barracuda sp. Sphyraena sp. (unsigned)
Australasian Snapper Chrysophrys auratus (unsigned)
Japanese Topeshark Hemitriakis japonica (unsigned)
Barred Soapfish Diploprion bifasciatum (unsigned)
Pearl-spot Chromis Chromis notata
Pacific Burrfish Chilomycteris reticulatus (unsigned)
Seabass sp. Lateolabrax sp. (unsigned)
Scad/horse mackerel sp. Decapterus/Trachurus sp. (unsigned)
Bar-tailed flathead sp. Platycephalus sp. (unsigned. Previously under Platycephalus indicus but this has been split into multiple species)
Japanese Bullhead Shark Heterodontus japonicus (signed, not seen)
Banded Houndshark Triakis scyllium (signed, not seen)
Short-tailed Stingray Bathytoshia brevicaudata (signed, not seen. Signed as Bathytoshia matsubarai, a synonym)
Japanese Pilchard Sardinops sagax melanostictus (signed, not seen. Signed as Sardinops melanostictus, a synonym)
Chicken Grunt Parapristipoima trilineatum
Red Seabream Pagrus major (signed, not seen)
Largescale Blackfish Girella punctata (signed, not seen)
Sharpbeak Terapon Rhynchopelates oxyrhinchus (signed, not seen)
Ara Niphon spinosus (unsigned)
Soldierfish sp. Myripristis sp. (unsigned)
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (unsigned)
Sea of Kyoto – upstairs (there are two viewing windows on the upstairs part of this tank – the one nearest to Kurage Wonder may actually be a separate tank that appears to be connected to the large main tank but is separated by a well-hidden pane of glass. As such, I am including the fish seen from this window as a separate tank)
Horsehead Tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus
Red Seabream Pagrus major
Longfin Bullseye Cookeolus japonicus (unsigned)
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (unsigned)
Japanese Squirrelfish Ostichthys japonicus (unsigned)
Yellowback Seabream Dentex hypselosomus
Kurage Wonder
Purple-striped Jelly Chrysaora colorata
Fat-armed jelly sp. Catostylus sp.
White-spotted Golden Jelly Mastigias albipunctatus
Upside-down jelly sp. Cassiopea sp.
Small fringed Jelly Tima formosa
Crystal Jelly Aequorea coerulescens
Cannonball Jelly Stomolophus meleagris
Bay Nettle Chrysaora chesapeakei
Amakusa Jelly Sanderia malayensis
South American Sea Nettle Chrysaora plocamia
Pacific Sea Nettle Chrysaora fuscescens
Umbrella Jelly Eutonina indicans
Pacific Fried Egg Jelly Phacellophora chamtschatica
Clapper Hydroid Sarsia tubulosa
Brown-rimmed Moon Jelly Aurelia limbata
Japanese Sea Nettle Chrysaora pacifica
Eboshikurage Leuckartiana ocotona
Lion’s Mane Jelly Cyanea capillata
Komorebikurage Alatina morandinii
Juzukurage sp. Stauridosarsia sp.
Clinging Jelly Gonionemus vertens
Komochikaginotekurage Scolionema suvaense
Egeashikurage Cladonema radiatum
Communication Hall (I paid little attention to the signage here, so I won’t specify what was and wasn’t signed. The vast majority however was unsigned)
Splendid Garden Eel Gorgasia preclara
Spotted Garden Eel Heteroconger hassi
Strawberry Conch Conomurex luhuanus
Jointed Razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus
Japanese Anthias Pseudanthias nobilis (signed as Pseudanthias squamipinnis, from which P. nobilis was split)
Pyjama Cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematopterus
Mandarin Dragonet Synchiropus splendidus
Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
Clark’s Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii
Saddleback Anemonefish Amphiprion polymnus (if A. polymnus were to be split, these would become Amphiprion annamensis)
Orange Skunk Anemonefish Amphiprion sandaracinos
Pink Skunk Anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion
Japanese Seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei
Whitetail Dascyllus Dascyllus sp. (formerly Dascyllus aruanus but this has been split into 2 visually identical species)
Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Indian Ocean form)
Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri
Bluegreen Chromis Chromis viridis
Blacksaddle Toby Canthigaster valentini
Pearlscale Angelfish Centropyge vrolikii
Regal Tang Paracanthurus hepatus
Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga
Threadfin Cardinalfish Zoramia leptacantha
Bicolour Blenny Ecsenius bicolor
Raccoon Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula
Longnose Hawkfish Oxycirrhites typus
Goldtail Demoiselle Chrysiptera parasema
Bubbletip Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris
Compressed Toby Canthigaster compressa
Toadstool leather coral sp. Sarcophyton sp.
Anemone sp. Actinaria
Green Button Polyp? Palythoa mutuki?
Beauty of Nature Zone (Forgot to look at three tanks here – it seems they contained aquatic insects)
Tango Stripe Spined Loach Cobitis takenoi
Eastern-Japanese Common Toad Bufo formosus (signed as Bufo japonicus formosus, a synonym)
Yamato Salamander Hynobius sp. (signed as Hynobius vandenburghi, but this species ahs been split)
Yellow Pond Turtle Mauremys mutica mutica
Biwa Oily Gudgeon Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis
Catfish sp. Siluriformes (unsigned)
Japanese Ricefish Oryzias latipes
Northern Medaka Oryzias sakaizumii
Amur Goby Rhinogobius similis
Freshwater snail sp. Gastropoda (unsigned)
Hotokedojou Lefua echigonia
Nagare-hotokedojou Lefua torrentis
Utsusemi Sculpin Cottus reinii
Reddish Bullhead Liobagrus reinii
Ajime Loach Niwaella delicata (signed, not seen)
Kawahigai Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus
Chinese False Gudgeon Abbottina rivularis
Mitten Crab Eriochir japonicus
Oriental Weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Wataka Ischikauia steenackeri
Slender Bitterling Tanakia lanceolata
Oily Bitterling Tanakia limbate
Golden Venus Chub Hemigrammocypris neglecta (signed as Hemigrammocypris neglectus, a synonym)
Biwa Moroko Gudgeon Gnathopogon caerulescens
Shiro-hiretabira Acheilognathus tabira tabira
Striped Bitterling Acheilognathus cyanostigma
Japanese Freshwater Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Japanese Aucha Perch Coreoperca kawamebari
The Countryside of Kyoto
Carp sp. Cyprinus sp. (unsigned)
Dolphin Stadium
Bottlenose dolphin sp. Tursiops sp. (unsigned)
Pale Chub Zacco platypus
Oily Bitterling Tanakia limbata
Shirohire-tabira Acheilognathus tabira tabira
Upstream Fatminnow Rhynchocypris oxycephalus jouyi
Dark Chub Nipponocypris temminckii
Pike Gudgeon Pseudogobio esocinus
Gudgeon sp. Sarcocheilichthys sp. (unsigned. Looks like S. biwaensis but unsure)
Mugitsuku Pungtungia herzi
Kanehira Acheilognathus rhombeus
Whitespotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis (most appeared to be S. leucomaenis pluvius, but some specimens potentially being P. leucomaenis japonicus)
Cherry Salmon Oncorhynchus masou (subspecies unknown)
Crucian carp sp. Carassius sp. (unsigned)
Japanese Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus (signed)
Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias sp. (signed as Andrias davidianus)
Japanese x Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus x sp. (signed as Andrias japonicus x davidianus. These three Andrias taxa all signed, but it was unclear which were in which tanks and I don’t know how to tell them apart)
Japanese Freshwater Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii
Oriental Weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Oriental Giant Water Bug Kirkaldyia deyrolli
Itomoroko Squalidus gracilis gracilis
Japanese Aucha Perch Coreoperca kawamebari
Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica (signed, not seen)
Amur Catfish Silurus asotus (signed, not seen)
Carp sp. Cyprinus sp. (signed as Cyprinus carpio, which formerly included what is now called Cyprinus rubrofuscus. Both taxa are present in Japan and hybridise frequently, and I don’t know how to differentiate them.)
Dace sp. Pseudaspius sp. (unsigned)
Gigi Tachysurus nudiceps (unsigned)
Barbel Steed Hemibarbus labeo
Pinniped + penguin area
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis (unsigned)
Spotted Seal Phoca largha (unsigned)
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Sea of Kyoto
Bluestriped Angelfish Chaetodontoplus septemtrionalis (unsigned)
Luna Lionfish Pterois lunare (unsigned)
Trevally sp. Carangidae (unsigned)
Dusky Spinefoot Siganus fuscescens
Multicolourfin Rainbowfish Parajulis poecilopterus (unsigned)
Asian Sheepshead Wrasse Bodianus reticulatus (signed as Semicossyphus reticulatus, a synonym)
Unicorn Leatherjacket Aluterus monoceros (unsigned)
Red Stingray Hemitrygon akajei
Crescent Sweetlips Plectorhinchus cinctus (unsigned)
Striped Beakfish Oplegnathus fasciatus (unsigned)
Blackhead Seabream Acanthopagrus schlegeli (unsigned)
Spotted Beakfish Oplegnathus punctatus (unsigned)
Barracuda sp. Sphyraena sp. (unsigned)
Australasian Snapper Chrysophrys auratus (unsigned)
Japanese Topeshark Hemitriakis japonica (unsigned)
Barred Soapfish Diploprion bifasciatum (unsigned)
Pearl-spot Chromis Chromis notata
Pacific Burrfish Chilomycteris reticulatus (unsigned)
Seabass sp. Lateolabrax sp. (unsigned)
Scad/horse mackerel sp. Decapterus/Trachurus sp. (unsigned)
Bar-tailed flathead sp. Platycephalus sp. (unsigned. Previously under Platycephalus indicus but this has been split into multiple species)
Japanese Bullhead Shark Heterodontus japonicus (signed, not seen)
Banded Houndshark Triakis scyllium (signed, not seen)
Short-tailed Stingray Bathytoshia brevicaudata (signed, not seen. Signed as Bathytoshia matsubarai, a synonym)
Japanese Pilchard Sardinops sagax melanostictus (signed, not seen. Signed as Sardinops melanostictus, a synonym)
Chicken Grunt Parapristipoima trilineatum
Red Seabream Pagrus major (signed, not seen)
Largescale Blackfish Girella punctata (signed, not seen)
Sharpbeak Terapon Rhynchopelates oxyrhinchus (signed, not seen)
Ara Niphon spinosus (unsigned)
Soldierfish sp. Myripristis sp. (unsigned)
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (unsigned)
Sea of Kyoto – upstairs (there are two viewing windows on the upstairs part of this tank – the one nearest to Kurage Wonder may actually be a separate tank that appears to be connected to the large main tank but is separated by a well-hidden pane of glass. As such, I am including the fish seen from this window as a separate tank)
Horsehead Tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus
Red Seabream Pagrus major
Longfin Bullseye Cookeolus japonicus (unsigned)
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (unsigned)
Japanese Squirrelfish Ostichthys japonicus (unsigned)
Yellowback Seabream Dentex hypselosomus
Kurage Wonder
Purple-striped Jelly Chrysaora colorata
Fat-armed jelly sp. Catostylus sp.
White-spotted Golden Jelly Mastigias albipunctatus
Upside-down jelly sp. Cassiopea sp.
Small fringed Jelly Tima formosa
Crystal Jelly Aequorea coerulescens
Cannonball Jelly Stomolophus meleagris
Bay Nettle Chrysaora chesapeakei
Amakusa Jelly Sanderia malayensis
South American Sea Nettle Chrysaora plocamia
Pacific Sea Nettle Chrysaora fuscescens
Umbrella Jelly Eutonina indicans
Pacific Fried Egg Jelly Phacellophora chamtschatica
Clapper Hydroid Sarsia tubulosa
Brown-rimmed Moon Jelly Aurelia limbata
Japanese Sea Nettle Chrysaora pacifica
Eboshikurage Leuckartiana ocotona
Lion’s Mane Jelly Cyanea capillata
Komorebikurage Alatina morandinii
Juzukurage sp. Stauridosarsia sp.
Clinging Jelly Gonionemus vertens
Komochikaginotekurage Scolionema suvaense
Egeashikurage Cladonema radiatum
Communication Hall (I paid little attention to the signage here, so I won’t specify what was and wasn’t signed. The vast majority however was unsigned)
Splendid Garden Eel Gorgasia preclara
Spotted Garden Eel Heteroconger hassi
Strawberry Conch Conomurex luhuanus
Jointed Razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus
Japanese Anthias Pseudanthias nobilis (signed as Pseudanthias squamipinnis, from which P. nobilis was split)
Pyjama Cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematopterus
Mandarin Dragonet Synchiropus splendidus
Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
Clark’s Anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii
Saddleback Anemonefish Amphiprion polymnus (if A. polymnus were to be split, these would become Amphiprion annamensis)
Orange Skunk Anemonefish Amphiprion sandaracinos
Pink Skunk Anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion
Japanese Seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei
Whitetail Dascyllus Dascyllus sp. (formerly Dascyllus aruanus but this has been split into 2 visually identical species)
Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Indian Ocean form)
Freckled Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri
Bluegreen Chromis Chromis viridis
Blacksaddle Toby Canthigaster valentini
Pearlscale Angelfish Centropyge vrolikii
Regal Tang Paracanthurus hepatus
Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga
Threadfin Cardinalfish Zoramia leptacantha
Bicolour Blenny Ecsenius bicolor
Raccoon Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula
Longnose Hawkfish Oxycirrhites typus
Goldtail Demoiselle Chrysiptera parasema
Bubbletip Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris
Compressed Toby Canthigaster compressa
Toadstool leather coral sp. Sarcophyton sp.
Anemone sp. Actinaria
Green Button Polyp? Palythoa mutuki?
Beauty of Nature Zone (Forgot to look at three tanks here – it seems they contained aquatic insects)
Tango Stripe Spined Loach Cobitis takenoi
Eastern-Japanese Common Toad Bufo formosus (signed as Bufo japonicus formosus, a synonym)
Yamato Salamander Hynobius sp. (signed as Hynobius vandenburghi, but this species ahs been split)
Yellow Pond Turtle Mauremys mutica mutica
Biwa Oily Gudgeon Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis
Catfish sp. Siluriformes (unsigned)
Japanese Ricefish Oryzias latipes
Northern Medaka Oryzias sakaizumii
Amur Goby Rhinogobius similis
Freshwater snail sp. Gastropoda (unsigned)
Hotokedojou Lefua echigonia
Nagare-hotokedojou Lefua torrentis
Utsusemi Sculpin Cottus reinii
Reddish Bullhead Liobagrus reinii
Ajime Loach Niwaella delicata (signed, not seen)
Kawahigai Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus
Chinese False Gudgeon Abbottina rivularis
Mitten Crab Eriochir japonicus
Oriental Weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Wataka Ischikauia steenackeri
Slender Bitterling Tanakia lanceolata
Oily Bitterling Tanakia limbate
Golden Venus Chub Hemigrammocypris neglecta (signed as Hemigrammocypris neglectus, a synonym)
Biwa Moroko Gudgeon Gnathopogon caerulescens
Shiro-hiretabira Acheilognathus tabira tabira
Striped Bitterling Acheilognathus cyanostigma
Japanese Freshwater Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Japanese Aucha Perch Coreoperca kawamebari
The Countryside of Kyoto
Carp sp. Cyprinus sp. (unsigned)
Dolphin Stadium
Bottlenose dolphin sp. Tursiops sp. (unsigned)
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