Ocean Park Hong Kong Ocean Park species list - May 2024

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Almost complete species list as of visit on 26/5/2024. Definitely missed out on several unsigned fish as well as the Sea Jelly Spectacular

Croco Land

• Hybrid Cuban x Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer x Crocodylus siamensis)

The Grand Aquarium

Wall tank with corals

• Various corals
• Several unsigned fish

Open top intertidal tank

• Black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)
• Horned sea star (Protoreaster nodosus)
• Spiny sea cucumber (Pentacta anceps)

Small open top tank

• Double-barred spinefoot (Siganus virgatus)

Medium open top tank

• Harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus)
• Raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
• Saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium)
• Yellowtail fusilier (Caesio cuning)

Stingray tank

• Blue spotted stingray (Taeniura lemma)
• Cownose ray (Rhinoptera javanica)

Overhead tank

• Unsigned fish
• Unsigned lobster

Row of wall tanks, each housing

• Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) (unsigned)
• Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) (unsigned
  
  
• Cave sweeper (Pempheris oulaensis)

• Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

• Cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)

Trio of cylindrical tanks, all of them with

• Potbelly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

Smaller tank

• Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

Cylindrical tank

• Bicoloured foxface (Siganus uspi)

More wall tanks

• Polka-dot cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis)

• Yellow seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)

Large coral reef tank

• Asfur angelfish (Pomacanthus asfur)
• Common foxface (Siganus vulpinus)
• Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
• Redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare)
• Sailfin tang (Zebrasoma velifer)
• Six-banded angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
• Various other unsigned fish

Large cylindrical tank

• Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Large darkened tank

• Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
• Longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax) (unsigned)

Final tank

• Black spotted stingray (Taeniurops meyeni)
• Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
• Cownose ray (Rhinoptera javanica)
• Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
• Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
• Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
• Humpnose unicornfish (Naso tonganus)
• Leopard whipray (Himantura leoparda)
• Manta ray (Mobula alfredi) (unseen)
• Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
• Panther grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)
• Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai)
• Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)
• Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus)
• Unicornfish (Naso annulatus)

Jockey Club Sichuan Treasures

• Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Amazing Asian Animals

Gator Marsh

• Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
• Rock carp (Procypris rabaudi)
• White barbel fish (Onychostoma sima)

Giant Panda Adventure

• Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
  
  
• Red panda (Ailurus styani)
  
  
• Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
• Chinese sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
• Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Panda Village

• Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)

• Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
• Greater necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) (unseen)
• Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
• Purple wood pigeon (Columba punicea)

Small tanks

• Freshwater dwarf shrimp (Caridina cantonensis)
  
  
• Mountain crab (Nanhaipotamon hongkongense)
  
  
• Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
  
  
• Brown tree frog (Polypedates megacephalus)

Circular display with 4 separate tanks, each housing

• Snakehead murrel (Channa striata)
  
  
• Green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
• Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
• Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

• Jewel cichlid (Rubricatochromis sp.)
  
  
• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Wall tanks

• Predaceous chub (Parazacco spilurus)
• Striped loach (Schistura fasciolata)
• Thick-lipped barbel (Acrossocheilus beijiangensis)

• Gunther’s frog (Sylvirana guentheri)
• Lesser spiny frog (Quasipaa exilispinosa)

• Predaceous chub (Parazacco spilurus)
• Thick-lipped barbel (Acrossocheilus beijiangensis)

• Rosy bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus)
  
  
• Rice fish (Oryzias curvinotus)
  
  
• Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) (unseen)
  
  
• Romer’s tree frog (Liuxialus romeri) (unseen)

• Beale’s-eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei)

Open top pond

• Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Emerald Trail

• Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
• Pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
• Red collared dove (Streptopelia tranqueberica)
• Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus)

• Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
• Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)

• Red collared dove (Streptopelia tranqueberica)
• Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

Whiskers Harbour

Little Meerkat and Giant Tortoise Adventure

• Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
  
  
• Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)

Polar Adventure

North Pole Encounter

• Spotted seal (Phoca largha)
  
  
• Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

South Pole Spectacular

• Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi)
• King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus)
• Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)

Arctic Fox Den

• Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Rainforest

Wooden aviary

• Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)

"Parrots on stick" display

• Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)

Wooden cage

• Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

Enclosure underneath the boardwalk

• Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (unseen)
• Red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) (unseen)

Free-ranging

• Chestnut-fronted macaw (Ara severus) (unseen)
• Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) (unseen)
• Great green macaw (Ara ambiguus)
• Green aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) (unseen)
• Green-winged macaw (Ara chloropterus)
• Ivory-billed aracari (Pteroglossus azara) (unseen)
• Kinkajou (Potos flavus) (unseen)
• Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) (unseen)

Row of large reptile tanks

• Green iguana (Iguana iguana) (unseen)

• Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)
  
  
• Yellow-foot tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
  
  
• Red-foot tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Four amphibian paludariums

• Golden poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
  
  
• Dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) (unseen)
  
  
• Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) (unseen)
  
  
• Green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

Wall tanks

• Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
• Gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• Red phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)

• Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)
• Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum sp.)

Paludariums

• Amazonian poison frog (Ranitomeya ventrimaculata)
  
  
• Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
  
  
• Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius “azureus”)

Small tank

• Blind cave tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
• Gold-striped cory (Corydoras aeneus)
• Sterba’s cory (Corydoras sterbai)

Large tank 1

• Freshwater stingray (Potamotrygon sp.) (unseen)
• Discus (Symphyosodon sp.) (unsigned)

Large tank 2

• Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) (unseen)
• Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
• Pacu (Colossoma macropomum)
• Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) (unseen)

Large tank 3

• Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) (unseen)

Four invertebrate tanks

• Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
  
  
• Peppered roach (Archimandrita tessellata)
  
  
• Salmon pink birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana)
  
  
• Venezuelan suntiger tarantula (Psalmopeus irminia) (unseen)

Marine World

Sea Jelly Spectacular (missed this area out by accident)

Shark Mystique

Mangrove tank

• Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
• Grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)
• Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)
• White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex)
• White spotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)
• Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

Giant circular tank

• Black spotted stingray (Taeniurops meyeni)
• Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
• Brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
• Grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)
• Largemouth sawfish (Pristis pristis)
• Ragged tooth shark (Carcharias taurus)
• Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
• Sharpnose stingray (Himantura gerrardi)
• Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
• White spotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)
• Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
• Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

Pacific Pier (closed during visit)

• California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) (unseen)
• Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) (unseen)

Dolphin Explorations

• Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

 

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Almost complete species list as of visit on 26/5/2024. Definitely missed out on several unsigned fish as well as the Sea Jelly Spectacular

Croco Land

• Hybrid Cuban x Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer x Crocodylus siamensis)

The Grand Aquarium

Wall tank with corals

• Various corals
• Several unsigned fish

Open top intertidal tank

• Black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)
• Horned sea star (Protoreaster nodosus)
• Spiny sea cucumber (Pentacta anceps)

Small open top tank

• Double-barred spinefoot (Siganus virgatus)

Medium open top tank

• Harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus)
• Raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
• Saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium)
• Yellowtail fusilier (Caesio cuning)

Stingray tank

• Blue spotted stingray (Taeniura lemma)
• Cownose ray (Rhinoptera javanica)

Overhead tank

• Unsigned fish
• Unsigned lobster

Row of wall tanks, each housing

• Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) (unsigned)
• Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) (unsigned
  
  
• Cave sweeper (Pempheris oulaensis)

• Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

• Cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)

Trio of cylindrical tanks, all of them with

• Potbelly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

Smaller tank

• Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

Cylindrical tank

• Bicoloured foxface (Siganus uspi)

More wall tanks

• Polka-dot cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis)

• Yellow seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)

Large coral reef tank

• Asfur angelfish (Pomacanthus asfur)
• Common foxface (Siganus vulpinus)
• Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
• Redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare)
• Sailfin tang (Zebrasoma velifer)
• Six-banded angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
• Various other unsigned fish

Large cylindrical tank

• Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Large darkened tank

• Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
• Longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax) (unsigned)

Final tank

• Black spotted stingray (Taeniurops meyeni)
• Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
• Cownose ray (Rhinoptera javanica)
• Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
• Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
• Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
• Humpnose unicornfish (Naso tonganus)
• Leopard whipray (Himantura leoparda)
• Manta ray (Mobula alfredi) (unseen)
• Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
• Panther grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)
• Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai)
• Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)
• Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus)
• Unicornfish (Naso annulatus)

Jockey Club Sichuan Treasures

• Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Amazing Asian Animals

Gator Marsh

• Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
• Rock carp (Procypris rabaudi)
• White barbel fish (Onychostoma sima)

Giant Panda Adventure

• Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
  
  
• Red panda (Ailurus styani)
  
  
• Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
• Chinese sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
• Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Panda Village

• Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)

• Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
• Greater necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) (unseen)
• Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
• Purple wood pigeon (Columba punicea)

Small tanks

• Freshwater dwarf shrimp (Caridina cantonensis)
  
  
• Mountain crab (Nanhaipotamon hongkongense)
  
  
• Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
  
  
• Brown tree frog (Polypedates megacephalus)

Circular display with 4 separate tanks, each housing

• Snakehead murrel (Channa striata)
  
  
• Green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
• Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
• Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

• Jewel cichlid (Rubricatochromis sp.)
  
  
• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Wall tanks

• Predaceous chub (Parazacco spilurus)
• Striped loach (Schistura fasciolata)
• Thick-lipped barbel (Acrossocheilus beijiangensis)

• Gunther’s frog (Sylvirana guentheri)
• Lesser spiny frog (Quasipaa exilispinosa)

• Predaceous chub (Parazacco spilurus)
• Thick-lipped barbel (Acrossocheilus beijiangensis)

• Rosy bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus)
  
  
• Rice fish (Oryzias curvinotus)
  
  
• Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) (unseen)
  
  
• Romer’s tree frog (Liuxialus romeri) (unseen)

• Beale’s-eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei)

Open top pond

• Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Emerald Trail

• Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
• Pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
• Red collared dove (Streptopelia tranqueberica)
• Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus)

• Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
• Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)

• Red collared dove (Streptopelia tranqueberica)
• Spotted dove (Streptopelia chinensis)

Whiskers Harbour

Little Meerkat and Giant Tortoise Adventure

• Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
  
  
• Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)

Polar Adventure

North Pole Encounter

• Spotted seal (Phoca largha)
  
  
• Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

South Pole Spectacular

• Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi)
• King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus)
• Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)

Arctic Fox Den

• Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Rainforest

Wooden aviary

• Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)

"Parrots on stick" display

• Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)

Wooden cage

• Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

Enclosure underneath the boardwalk

• Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (unseen)
• Red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) (unseen)

Free-ranging

• Chestnut-fronted macaw (Ara severus) (unseen)
• Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) (unseen)
• Great green macaw (Ara ambiguus)
• Green aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) (unseen)
• Green-winged macaw (Ara chloropterus)
• Ivory-billed aracari (Pteroglossus azara) (unseen)
• Kinkajou (Potos flavus) (unseen)
• Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) (unseen)

Row of large reptile tanks

• Green iguana (Iguana iguana) (unseen)

• Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)
  
  
• Yellow-foot tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
  
  
• Red-foot tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Four amphibian paludariums

• Golden poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
  
  
• Dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) (unseen)
  
  
• Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) (unseen)
  
  
• Green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)

Wall tanks

• Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
• Gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• Red phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)

• Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)
• Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum sp.)

Paludariums

• Amazonian poison frog (Ranitomeya ventrimaculata)
  
  
• Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
  
  
• Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius “azureus”)

Small tank

• Blind cave tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
• Gold-striped cory (Corydoras aeneus)
• Sterba’s cory (Corydoras sterbai)

Large tank 1

• Freshwater stingray (Potamotrygon sp.) (unseen)
• Discus (Symphyosodon sp.) (unsigned)

Large tank 2

• Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) (unseen)
• Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
• Pacu (Colossoma macropomum)
• Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) (unseen)

Large tank 3

• Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) (unseen)

Four invertebrate tanks

• Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
  
  
• Peppered roach (Archimandrita tessellata)
  
  
• Salmon pink birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana)
  
  
• Venezuelan suntiger tarantula (Psalmopeus irminia) (unseen)

Marine World

Sea Jelly Spectacular (missed this area out by accident)

Shark Mystique

Mangrove tank

• Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
• Grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)
• Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)
• White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex)
• White spotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)
• Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

Giant circular tank

• Black spotted stingray (Taeniurops meyeni)
• Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
• Brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
• Grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)
• Largemouth sawfish (Pristis pristis)
• Ragged tooth shark (Carcharias taurus)
• Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
• Sharpnose stingray (Himantura gerrardi)
• Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
• White spotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)
• Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
• Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

Pacific Pier (closed during visit)

• California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) (unseen)
• Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) (unseen)

Dolphin Explorations

• Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Amazing list, thank you very much.

 

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Missed out on the area for Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)?