Mystic Aquarium Mystic Aquarium Partial Species List 8/5/2022

Smaggledagle

Well-Known Member
5+ year member
Species not seen will be italic.

There were multiple exhibits that the electronic signage was either not working or glitchy, or no signage at all, so when I get to those, they will be marked with 6 ?'s.

Both Touch of the Tropics and the Ray Touch Pool were both closed, and I never went into Jurassic Giants nor the Foxwoods Theater, so exhibits such as Frogs! won't be accounted for.

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Arctic Coast

Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

Pacific Northwest

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Spotted seal (Phoca largha)

Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Roger Tony Peterson Penguin Pavillion

African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Main Gallery*

Silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus)

Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
Desjardim's sailfin tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii)
Harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus)
Black spotted wrasse (Austrolabrus maculatus)
Sailfin tang (Zebrasoma velifer)
Tail-spot wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)
Three-striped damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)
Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
Bartlett's anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)

Janss' pipefish (Doryrhamphus janssi)
Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)
White's seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
Shrimpfish sp. (Subfamily: Centriscinae)
Yellowbanded pipefish (Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

Jellies

Crystal jelly (Aequorea victoria)
Comb jelly sp. (Phylum: Ctenophora)

Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)
Atlantic bay nettle (Chrysaora chesapeakei)

Upside-down jelly sp. (Genus: Cassiopea)

Weird and Wonderful*

Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
Leather star (Dermasterias imbricata)
Red urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
Mottled anemone (Urticina crassicornis)
Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora)

Giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson)
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)

Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)
American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

Garden eel sp. (Genus: Heteroconger)

Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)
Vampire crab sp. (Genus: Geosesarma)
Long-clawed hermit crab (Pagurus longicarpus)
West African fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri)

Giants of the Deep

Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
Giant isopod sp. (Genus: Bathynomus)

Glow with the Flow*

Carpenter flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri)
Neon gobby sp. (Genus: Elacatinus)

Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Strawberry anemone (Actinia fragacea)
White-spotted rose anemone (Urticina eques)
Frilled anemone (Metridium senile)
Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)

Predators of the Reef

Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
Mexican barred snapper (Hoplopagrus guentherii)
Pinktail triggerfish (Melichthys vidua)
Sabre squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum)
Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)
Black triggerfish (Melichthys niger)
Brown-banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
Blue-and-yellow grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus)

Hidden in the Reef**

Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons)
Lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata)

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef**

Blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Two-spot basslet (Pseudanthias bimaculatus)
Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles)

Long Island Sound*

Forbes sea star (Asterias forbesi)
American lobster (Homarus americanus)
Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Portly spider crab
(Libinia emarginata)
European green crab (Carcinus maenas)
Flat-claw hermit crab (Pagurus pollicaris)
Channeled whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus)
Atlantic purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata)
Oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau)

Common Snapping Turtle Exhibit***

Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Ocean Oasis

Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)
Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)

Underwater Viewing Foxwoods Marine Theater

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

Clownfish and Sea Anemone Exhibit**

Unknown clownfish sp. (Subfamily: Amphiprioninae)

Shark Lagoon

Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

Touch of the Tropics*

Rock boring urchin (Echinometra lucunter)
Blood shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
Halloween hermit crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus)
Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
Blue-green chromis (Chromis viridis)
Chocolate-chip seastar (Protoreaster nodosus)
Imperial sea urchin (Phyllacanthus imperialis)
Ridged slipper lobster (Scyllarides nodifer)

Corarita Cove***

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
White perch (Morone americana)
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)

Aquaculture

??????

The Mermaid's Purse

Chain dogfish (Scyliorhinus retifer)
Little skate (Leucoraja erinacea)
Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)

Holstein Foundation Coral Reef*

Blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus)
Blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Blue angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis)
Cottonwick grunt (Haemulon melanurum)
Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus)
Dusky squirrelfish (Sargocentron vexillarium)
Green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
Grey angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Longjaw squirrelfish (Neoniphon marianus)
Lookdown (Selene vomer)
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)
Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
Sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
Smallmouth grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum)
Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
Graysby grouper (Cephalopholis cruentata)
Lionfish sp. (Genus: Pterois)
Rock hind (Epinephelus adscensionis)
White grunt (Haemulon plumierii)
Yellow-tail blue damselfish (Chrysiptera parasema)

Rockin' Reefs*

Three-striped damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)
Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
Mimic tang (Acanthurus pyroferus)
Sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
Tomini tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis)
Tongue coral (Herpolitha limax)
Trumpet coral sp. (Genus: Caulastraea)
Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
Azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea)
Acropodra coral sp. (Genus: Acropora)
Montipora coral sp. (Genus: Montipora)
Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa)
Chalice coral (several unspecified genera)
Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
Mushroom coral (Lobactis scrutaria)
Branching frogspawn coral (Euphyllia paradivisa)
Leather coral sp. (Genus: Sinularia)
Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
Longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)
Maroon clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
Arc-eyed hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)

Africa Rift Lake

Rift Lake cichlid sp. (various genera)

Shark Touch Tank

Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)
Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)
Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
Yellow-spotted stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis)
Blue-spotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma)
Grunt sp. (Family: Haemulidae)
Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina)
Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)

Amazon Reef

Altum angelfish (Pterophyllum altum)
Emperor tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
Ram cichild (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)
Panda catfish (Corydoras panda)
Heckel discus (Symphysodon discus)
Rummynose tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus)
Red phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
Dantum anglerfish (Altum x Scalare angelfish hybrid)
Whiptail catfish (Farlowella acus)

??????

Banded leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus)
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)
Bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus)

Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)

Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Argentinian black tarantula (Grammostola iheringi)

Wiegnamn's striped gecko (Gonatodes vittatus)

Halloween crab (Gecarcinus lateralis)

Chocolate cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis)
Redhook myleus (Myloplus rubripinnis)
Pictus catfish (Pimelodus pictus)
Pearl cichlid (Geophagus brasiliensis)
Royal pleco (Panaque nigrolineatus)
Serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
Diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
Columbian tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus)

* Missing one or two species in the tank.
** Missing most species in the tank
*** I can't read some of my handwriting so I either had to guess what I said for exhibit names, or just put the inhabitant as the title.
 
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