This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord in Concord, North Carolina during my visit on 9-27-19. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit, and using the map going along the one-way suggested route from the aquarium entrance to its named zones. 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 post the list in 2 halves.
ADMISSIONS: (1 Exhibit)
The admissions desk in the lobby shares the room with an exhibit that can be viewed before visitors enter the aquarium.
Medium-sized half-round open-topped aquarium:
Engineer Goby
Green Bird Wrasse
Maroon Clown Fish
Orange Toadfish
Red V-Tail Grouper
Regal Tang
CATAWBA RIVER: (2 Exhibits)
After visitors go through the Introduction Room and its very brief show, the first zone along the exhibit path is this one dedicated to the local freshwater species, set in a forest-themed room.
Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium:
Fish (unsigned, unidentified, possibly a species or two from the adjacent tank?)
Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium:
Black Crappie
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Golden Shiner
Largemouth Bass
Red-eared Sunfish
SANDY SHORES: (1 Exhibit)
This zone and the next share a large coastal-themed room.
Large-sized long open-topped aquarium:
Four-eye Butterflyfish
Hi-hat Drumfish
Hogfish
Marsh Killifish
Queen Angel
Yellow Stingray
TIDAL TOUCHPOOLS: (1 Exhibit)
Medium-sized open-topped touchtank divided in three nodes, set within simulated rocky walls:
Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Unsigned)
Invertebrates (Unsigned, unidentified)
HARBOR: (3 Exhibits)
This zone is in a small room that simulates the piers and ceiling of being under a dock.
Small-sized quarter-bubble shaped aquarium:
Banded Serpent Sea Star
Green Banded Goby
Neon Goby
Peppermint Shrimp
Pincushion Sea Urchin
Spotted Garden Eel
Medium-sized square-shaped open-topped aquarium viewed from 3 sides:
Blotched Stingray
Chalk Basslet
Cuban Hogfish
Fringed Filefish
Spanish Hogfish
Tobacco Basslet
Medium-sized long open-topped aquarium with bubble viewing window on one end:
(I suspect I missed a rotation of the species identification monitor for this exhibit, there were probably at least 6 more species in here)
Blackbar Soldierfish
Black Drumfish
Brown-banded Bamboo Shark
Cottonwick Grunt
French Angelfish
Hogfish
THE SHOAL: (1 Exhibit)
This dark modern room is entered by visitors as they are surrounded on all sides by the exhibit.
Large narrow 360-degree oval-shaped aquarium surrounding outer walls of room, with plain blue backdrop walls and numerous air bubble columns in water:
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Silver Moony
ADMISSIONS: (1 Exhibit)
The admissions desk in the lobby shares the room with an exhibit that can be viewed before visitors enter the aquarium.
Medium-sized half-round open-topped aquarium:
Engineer Goby
Green Bird Wrasse
Maroon Clown Fish
Orange Toadfish
Red V-Tail Grouper
Regal Tang
CATAWBA RIVER: (2 Exhibits)
After visitors go through the Introduction Room and its very brief show, the first zone along the exhibit path is this one dedicated to the local freshwater species, set in a forest-themed room.
Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium:
Fish (unsigned, unidentified, possibly a species or two from the adjacent tank?)
Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium:
Black Crappie
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Golden Shiner
Largemouth Bass
Red-eared Sunfish
SANDY SHORES: (1 Exhibit)
This zone and the next share a large coastal-themed room.
Large-sized long open-topped aquarium:
Four-eye Butterflyfish
Hi-hat Drumfish
Hogfish
Marsh Killifish
Queen Angel
Yellow Stingray
TIDAL TOUCHPOOLS: (1 Exhibit)
Medium-sized open-topped touchtank divided in three nodes, set within simulated rocky walls:
Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Unsigned)
Invertebrates (Unsigned, unidentified)
HARBOR: (3 Exhibits)
This zone is in a small room that simulates the piers and ceiling of being under a dock.
Small-sized quarter-bubble shaped aquarium:
Banded Serpent Sea Star
Green Banded Goby
Neon Goby
Peppermint Shrimp
Pincushion Sea Urchin
Spotted Garden Eel
Medium-sized square-shaped open-topped aquarium viewed from 3 sides:
Blotched Stingray
Chalk Basslet
Cuban Hogfish
Fringed Filefish
Spanish Hogfish
Tobacco Basslet
Medium-sized long open-topped aquarium with bubble viewing window on one end:
(I suspect I missed a rotation of the species identification monitor for this exhibit, there were probably at least 6 more species in here)
Blackbar Soldierfish
Black Drumfish
Brown-banded Bamboo Shark
Cottonwick Grunt
French Angelfish
Hogfish
THE SHOAL: (1 Exhibit)
This dark modern room is entered by visitors as they are surrounded on all sides by the exhibit.
Large narrow 360-degree oval-shaped aquarium surrounding outer walls of room, with plain blue backdrop walls and numerous air bubble columns in water:
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Silver Moony
