Greater Cleveland Aquarium List of Species on Exhibit 6-27-16

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geomorph

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This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Greater Cleveland Aquarium during my visit on 6-27-16. I am arranging the list by the current visitor map by the named zones as they are encountered along its one-way route. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit. This is not intended to be a full account of the collection. Also, species on exhibit are sometimes moved, so some that were there one day may have disappeared from public view the next. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the aquarium since I am not arranging the species by animal type. I will list each zone in a separate entry in the thread for clarity. All exhibits are indoors.

OHIO LAKES & RIVERS: (14 Exhibits)
These exhibits are within a room with a mix of elements: plain walls, mural walls, simulated stream rockwork, simulated foliage, and exposed-brick walls that are the structure of the former powerhouse in which the aquarium facility is located.

Right side of visitor path:
Small-sized pedestal aquarium:
Sea Lamprey

Medium-sized open-top aquarium with simulated rock waterfall backdrop:
Bluegill Sunfish
Brown Bullhead Catfish
Channel Catfish
Hybrid Striped Bass
Largemouth Bass
Longnose Gar
Red Eared Slider
Yellow Perch

5 small-sized wall terrariums, containing 1 species in each except where noted:
American Toad (with Green Frog)
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Gartersnake
Green Frog (with American Toad)
Spotted Salamander
Wood Frog

Left side of visitor path:
5 small-sized wall aquarium/terrariums, containing 1 species in each except where noted:
Blanding's Turtle
Eastern Musk Turtle (with Round Goby)
Midland Painted Turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
Round Goby (with Eastern Musk Turtle)
Spotted Turtle

Medium-sized long open-top aquarium:
Blacknose Dace
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Redside Dace
River Chub
Southern Redbelly Dace
Spotfin Shiner

Medium-sized long open-top aquarium:
Black Crappie
Black Redhorse
Longear Sunfish
Shovelnose Sturgeon
 
LAKES & RIVERS OF THE WORLD: (12 Exhibits)
These exhibits are set in a room around the corner from the previous zone that mostly has exposed-brick walls, mild theming around the Asian exhibits, and dominated by a series of round tanks lining the center that each has some sort of simulated tree trunk rising out of the tank.

Left side of visitor path:
Medium-sized long open-top aquarium:
Giant Danio
Gold Dojo Loach
Hi Fin Banded Shark
Red Glass Barb
Red Panda Barb
White Cloud Mountain Minnow

Medium-sized open-top aquarium with simulated tree stumps and tropical backdrop:
Banded Cichlid
Banded Leporinus
Chocolate Cichlid
Midas Cichlid
Ocellate River Stingray
Red Hook Silver Dollar
Red Terror Cichlid
Ripsaw Catfish
Silver Arowana
Uaru
Yellow Spotted Amazon Turtle

Right side of visitor path:
Smallish-sized open-top aquarium with rocky backdrop:
Australian Side-necked Turtle
Krefft's River Turtle

Medium-sized yard room behind glass with visitor walkway entering it with low wood railing for contact/feeding inhabitants:
African Spurred Tortoise

Center of path:
Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Bleher's Rainbowfish
Boesemani Rainbow
Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish
New Guinea Red Rainbow
Red-striped Rainbowfish
Yellow Rainbow

Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Chinese Striped Neck Turtle
Clown Knifefish
Clown Loach
Crystal Eyed Catfish
Giant Gourami
Red Tail Gourami
Siamese Tiger Perch
Tinfoil Barb

Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Archerfish
Figure Eight Pufferfish
Spotted Pufferfish

Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Black Tetra
Blue Discus Tapajos
Flagtail Catfish
Freshwater Angel
Heckle Discus
Red Base Tetra
Rummynose Tetra
Slender Chameleon Tetra
Three-lined Cory

Smallish-sized round column aquarium:
Red-bellied Piranha

Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Bushynose Pleco
Daffodil Cichlid
Duboisi Cichlid
Frontosa
Marlier's Julie

Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium:
Blue Dolphin Cichlid
Cobalt Blue Zebra
Fuelleborn's Cichlid
Purple Acei
Yellow Lab Cichlid

Smallish-sized round column aquarium:
Black Piebald
Blue Obliquidens
Zebra Obliquidens
 
DISCOVERY ZONE: (4 Exhibits)
These exhibits are set in a small exposed-brick room that is the base of the tall brick steaming chimney that once vented the powerhouse building during its original use.

3 tiny-sized wall aquariums that illustrate the early lifecycles of:
Moon Jellyfish

Medium-sized round ceiling aquarium above visitors' heads:
Moon Jellyfish
 
PACIFIC: (7 Exhibits)
These exhibits are set in a narrow exposed-brick L-shaped hallway. The map lists them all as being in one zone, but the species identification signs list the first 3 exhibits as being Indo-Pacific while the other 4 exhibits are Northern Pacific.

Medium-sized column aquarium:
Lionfish
Reef Scorpionfish
Spotted Scorpionfish

Medium-sized column aquarium:
Bignose Unicornfish
Dog-faced Puffer
Goldbar Wrasse
Harlequin Tuskfish
Maroon Clownfish
Sailfin Tang

Medium-sized column aquarium:
Clark's Anemonefish
Naso Tang
Panther Grouper
Snowflake Eel
Three Spot Domino Damselfish

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Blue Rockfish
Copper Rockfish
Kelp Greenling
Mottled Seastar
Vermilion Star

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
California Sea Cucumber
Green Surf Anemone
High Cockscomb
Purple Sea Urchin
Saddleback Gunnel
Spot Prawn

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Gumboot Chiton
Lined Chiton
Painted Greenling
Shiner Surfperch
Wolf Eel

Small-sized tunnel aquarium that forms archway leading to next zone:
Giant Pacific Octopus
Leather Star
Pink Sea Star
Plumose Anemone
 
COASTAL: (9 Exhibits)
These exhibits are in a large room with mostly plain walls decorated with white-painted wood wainscoting and trim.

Left side of visitor path:
3 small-sized wall aquariums, containing 1 species in each:
Potbelly Seahorse
Empty
Lined Seahorse

Smallish-sized wall aquarium:
Banggai Cardinalfish
Cabbage Leather Coral
Candy Cane Coral
Clown Anemonefish
Fluted Giant Clam
Frogspawn Coral
Kenya Tree Coral
Lyretail Anthias
Open Brain Coral
Sailfin Tang
Striped Mushroom
Tomato Clownfish

Largish-sized wall aquarium:
Atlantic Spadefish
Blue Tang
Crevalle Jack
Graysby Grouper
Porkfish
Red Hind Grouper
Sargeant Major

Largish-sized wall aquarium:
Blue Chromis
Blue Hamlet
Butter Hamlet
High-hat
Jack-knifefish
Northern Puffer
Queen Angelfish
Purple Damselfish
Reef Butterfly
Royal Gramma
Shy Hamlet
Spanish Hogfish

Right side of visitor path:
Largish-sized open-top round touchtank:
I missed the sign for this if there was one, it appeared to contain:
Bat Ray
Southern Stingray

Small-sized shallow open-top touchtank:
Chocolate Chip Sea Star
Horseshoe Crab
Pincushion Sea Urchin
Red Knob Sea Star
Tiger Cowrie

Tiny-sized shallow open-top touchtank:
Cleaner Shrimp
 
TROPICAL REEF: (3 Exhibits)
These exhibits are set in another narrow exposed-brick hallway.

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Auriga Butterflyfish
Bigeye
Orange Fantail Filefish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Yellow Tang
Yellowtail Damsel

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Emperor Angelfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Harlequin Sweetlips
Magnificent Rabbitfish
Three Barred Damsel
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang

Medium-sized wall aquarium:
Blackbar Soldierfish
Cottonwick
Oyster Toadfish
Pygmy Angelfish
Scrawled Cowfish
Yellowhead Wrasse
 
SHARK SEATUBE: (1 Exhibit)
This exhibit is by far the largest one at the aquarium; one side of it is viewed through large windows in a dark room dominated by the exposed-brick and steel structure of the former powerhouse building, which has been featured throughout rather than hidden. The other 3 sides of the exhibit are traversed by a long tunnel (169 linear feet) that makes several angles and turns, starting and ending in the room where the exhibit is first viewed. The interior of the tank is detailed with an average amount of simulated rock outcrops and a small shipwreck, but is rather shallow (9 feet) for one of this size (230,000 gallons). A sign says that it contains 34 species, but I could only find identification signs for 30 species:
Atlantic Nurse Shark
Black Drum
Black Grouper
Blacknose Shark
Blue Angelfish
Blue Runner
Blue Striped Grunt
Coney Grouper
Cownose Ray
Crevalle Jack
Dusky Squirrelfish
French Angelfish
French Grunt
Goliath Grouper
Gray Angelfish
Great Amberjack
Great Barracuda
Green Moray Eel
Lookdown Fish
Porcupine Pufferfish
Queensland Grouper
Red Grouper
Reef Squirrelfish
Rock Hind Grouper
Rooster Hogfish
Sandbar Shark
Sandtiger Shark
Shark Sucker
Southern Stingray
Yellowtail Snapper
 
EXPLORATION STATION: (3 Exhibits?)
The main part of the aquarium is on one floor; after exiting the aquarium, there is a second floor area of two rooms on the map called Exploration Station which appears to mostly be children's education area. I missed this area, although there was a sign on the main floor stating that there was an electric eel exhibit on the second floor. Looking at the map, which is mostly drawn correctly, it appears that there is a single exhibit for that species in one room, while another room seems to show 2 more exhibits for what I assume are other species. So I will count them in the exhibit total.

3 aquariums of unknown size, I did not see them; at least 1 contains:
Electric Eel
 
SUMMARY:

By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Greater Cleveland Aquarium is: 53

By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits is: 211
The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories:
Mammals: 0
Birds: 0
Reptiles: 13
Amphibians: 4
Fish: 168
Invertebrates: 26
 
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