Northwest_FIsh_Keeping
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Lot's of new species have been added to both of the Aquariums throughout the last few weeks, and considering my last list was from August, I felt like it's time for an updated list.
'Kidz Zone'
(Area 1)
(Area 2)
'Shallow Beach Lagoon' (None of the rays are signed, but they are easy to ID)
'Crashing Waves' Tank is the wave simulator tank that's outside of the entrance to the Pacific Seas Aquarium. Home to juvenile Coho Salmon, Giant Green Anemones, and various algae
'Giant Pacific Octopus' (This was the former Japanese Spider Crab tank and most recently held Sunflower Sea Stars, however it is currently under renovation and being turned into the new GPO tank for the Aquarium)
'Schooling Fish'
'Tidepool Touch Zone' (None of these species are signed, so this is to the best of my observation)
- Species in Green are those that are on exhibit, but not signed
- Species in Red are those that are signed, but not on exhibit
'Kidz Zone'
(Area 1)
- Black and White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata)
- African Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) (I'm not sure how many adults there are, but there are a total of 15 babies now)
- Damaraland Mole Rats (Fukomys damarensis)
- Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
- Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
- Solomon Island Leaf Frog (Cornufer guentheri)
- Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
- New Caledonia Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
- Giant Tailless Whip Scorpion (Damon diadema)
- Lake Malawi Peacock Cichlids (Aulonocara sp.)
- Kenya Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus)
- Dominio Roaches (Therea petiveriana)
- Chacoan Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) (Temporarily off exhibit still)
- Magnificent Tree Frogs (Ranoidea splendida)
- White's Tree Frogs (Ranoidea caerulea)
- Home's Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
- Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
(Area 2)
- Red Belly Pirahna (Pygocentrus nattereri) (Still just the 1 individual who is very old)
- Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
- Prehensile Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
- Black Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
- Golden Poison Dart Frogs (Phyllobates terribilis)
- Blue Poison Dart Frogs (Dendrobates azureus 'maculatus')
- Nigerian Dwarf Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus)
- North American Red Wolves (Canis rufus)
- Muskox (Adult pair + two calves) (Ovibos moschatus) (The only ones in the mainland US)
- Polar Bears (only Larke now since Astra was moved to Como Park Zoo) (Ursus maritimus)
- Arctic Foxes (Young Male + Female pair, Sven and Freya) (Vulpes lagopus)
- Southern Sea Otters (3 females, Libby, Moea, and Clara) (Enhydra lutris nereis)
- California Sea Lions (1 male and 3 females, Boomer, Eloise, Matia, and Pepper) (Zalophus californianus)
- Harbor Seals (2 females, Riley and Qilak) (Phoca vitulina)
- Horned Puffins (Fratercula corniculata)
- Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Common Murres (Uria aalge)
- Pacific Walrus (2 males, Blazak and Lakina) (Odobenus rosmarus) (Some of the only in the US)
- Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus)
- Sumatran Tigers (Felis tigris sondaicus) (3 females now I believe, Kali, Indah, and Mawar)
- Clouded Leopards (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Malayan Tapirs (Tapirus indicus) (Pair + Calf)
- Asian Small Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus) (2 Pairs)
- Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) (Only one in an AZA institution I believe)
- Lar Gibbons (Hylobates lar)
- Siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus)
- Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros corrugatus) (Is only on exhibit sporadically with the Gibbons since he's very old, lives behind the scenes most of the time)
- (Former Asian Elephant habitat is still empty, and will be for a while before they decide on what species to take the spot)
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
'Shallow Beach Lagoon' (None of the rays are signed, but they are easy to ID)
- Blue Spotted Ribbontail Rays (Taeniura lymma) (3 total)
- Bullseye Round Ray (Urobatis concentricus) (Potentially the only one in captivity, afaik)
- Blue-Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
- Zebra Dartfishes (Ptereleotris zebra)
- Orange Stripe Cardinalfishes (Ostorhinchus cyanosoma)
- Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa)
- Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
- Coral Catfishes (Plotosus lineatus)
- Checkerboard Wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)
- Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)
- Threadfin Cardinalfishes (Zoramia leptacantha)
- Black & Pink Sea Cucumbers (Holothuria edulis)
- Skunk Cleaner Shrimps (Lysmata amboinensis)
- Cerith Snails (Cerith sp.)
- Blue Linkia Seastars (Linckia laevigata)
- Yellow Mesh Seastars (Fromia monilis)
- Burrowing Urchins (Echinometra mathaei)
- Decorator Urchins (Tripneustes gratilla)
- Prickly Black Sea Cucumbers (Thelenota ananas)
- Black & Pink Sea Cucumbers (Holothuria edulis)
- Australian Epaulette Sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) (2 total)
- White Spotted Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) (2 total)
- Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
- Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)
- Fivestripe Wrasses (Thalassoma quinquevittatum)
- Bluehead Wrasses (Thalassoma amblycephalum)
- Paddlefin Wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum)
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus)
- Orange Lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
- Wedgetail Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
- Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
- Porcupine Pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus)
- Naso Tangs (Naso lituratus)
- Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens)
- Blue Hippo Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus)
- Coral Rabbitfishes (Siganus corallinus)
- Foxface Rabbitfishes (Siganus vulpinus)
- Tomato Clownfishes (Amphiprion frenatus)
- Manybar Goatfishes (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
- Monocle Breams (Scolopsis bilineata)
- Threadfin Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon auriga)
- Pearl Scale Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon xanthurus)
- Raccoon Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon lunula)
- Lattice Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon rafflesii)
- Dusky Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon flavirostris)
- Scribbled Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)
- Orange-dotted Tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago)
- Blackfin Hogfish (Bodianus loxozonus)
- Spot-nape Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon oxycephalus) (Potentially 1 of 2 global holders, the other being in China)
- Mertensii Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon mertensii)
- Koran Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)
- Panther Grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)
- Orbicular Batfish (juveniles) (Platax orbicularis)
- Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus)
- Bigscale Soldierfishes (Myripristis berndti) (Assuming they're the same species as in the 'Baja Bay' Tank in the Pacific Seas Aquarium)
- Sabre Squirrelfishes (Sargocentron spiniferum)
- Blackfin Squirrelfishes (Neoniphon opercularis)
- Purple Square Anthias (Males and Females) (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
- Porcupine Pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus)
- Annularis Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
- Longfin Bannerfishes (Heniochus acuminatus)
- Raccoon Butteflyfishes (Chaetodon lunula)
- Powder Brown Tang (Acanthurus japonicus)
- Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma velifer)
- Harlequin Tusk Wrasse (Choerodon fasciatus)
- Birdnose Wrasse (Gomphosus caeruleus)
- Red Breasted Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)
- Blackbar Wrasse (Thalassoma nigrofasciatum)
- Orbicular Batfish (juveniles) (Platax orbicularis)
- Monocle Bream (Scolopsis bilineata)
- Blackfin Hogfish (Bodianus loxozonus)
- Spectacled Filefish (Cantherhines fronticinctus) (Potentially the only one in captivity, afaik)
- Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (5 total)
- Grey Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (3 total)
- Zebra Sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum) (3 total)
- Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus) (2 total)
- Tasseled Wobbegong Shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) (1 total)
- Australian Whipray (Himantura australis) (Confirmed to be a true H. australis, potentially one of the few in the US)
- Potato Grouper (Epinephelus tukula)
- Napoleon Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
- Red Emperor Snappers (Lutjanus sebae)
- Red Belly Yellowtail Fusiliers (Caseio cuning)
- Orbicular Batfishes (Platax orbicularis)
- Golden Trevally's (Gnathanodon speciosus)
- Bluefin Trevally's (Caranx melampygus)
- Humphead Unicornfish(Naso tonganus)
- Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)
- Vlamingi Tangs (Naso vlamingii)
- Sleek Unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus) (1 of 2 US holders, the other being Shedd)
- Sailfin Tangs (Zebrasoma velifer)
- Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri)
- Mimic / Chocolate Tangs (Acanthurus pyroferus)
- Clown Tangs (Acanthurus lineatus)
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus)
- Pink Tail Triggerfishes (Melichthys vidua)
- Barrier Reef Chromis' (Chromis nitida)
- Monocle Breams (Scolopsis bilineata)
- Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major Damselfishes (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
- Orange Tail Damselfishes (Chrysiptera cyanea)
- Sapphire Damselfishes (Chrysiptera springeri)
- Orange Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
- Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
- Dispar Anthias (Nemanthias dispar) (Males and Females)
- Bicolor Anthias (Pseudanthias bicolor) (Males and Females)
- Purple Queen Anthias (females) (Pseudanthias tuka)
- Foxface Rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus)
- Magnificent Foxface Rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus)
- Blue Throat Triggerfish (male) (Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
- Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidatus)
- Bristle-tail Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)
- Sixline Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
- Goldhead Sleeper Goby (Valenciennea strigata)
- Grooved Razorfishes (Centriscus scutatus)
- Striped Shrimpfishes (Aeoliscus strigatus)
- Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
- Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)
- Red Firefishes (Nemateleotris magnifica)
- Purple Firefishes (Nemateleotris decora)
- Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) (Not on exhibit yet from what I saw)
- Scopas Tang (Zebrasoma scopas)
- Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissima)
- (Blue Leg Hermit Crabs, Nassarius Snails, and Coral Banded Shrimp are also on exhibit)
- (Various Stony corals are also on exhibit, of course)
- Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star (Acanthaster cf. solaris)
'Crashing Waves' Tank is the wave simulator tank that's outside of the entrance to the Pacific Seas Aquarium. Home to juvenile Coho Salmon, Giant Green Anemones, and various algae
'Giant Pacific Octopus' (This was the former Japanese Spider Crab tank and most recently held Sunflower Sea Stars, however it is currently under renovation and being turned into the new GPO tank for the Aquarium)
'Schooling Fish'
- Pacific Herrings (Clupea pallasii)
- Egg-Yolk Jellies (Phacellophora camtschatica)
- Cross Jellies (Mitrocoma cellularia)
- Pacific Sea Gooseberries (Pleurobrachia bachei)
- Canadian Comb Jellies (Bolinopsis microptera)
- Dryodora glandiformis (Comb Jelly, it has no common name)
- Umbrella Jellies (Eutonina indicans)
- Japanese Sea Nettles (Chrysaora pacifica)
- Upside-Down Jellies (Cassiopea sp.)
- Greater Moon Jellies (Aurelia labiata)
- California Sheephead (Bodianus pulcher)
- Flag Rockfish (Sebastes rubrivinctus)
- Tree Rockfish (Sebastes serriceps) (Still have not seen it in a very long time)
- Halfmoons (Medialuna californiensis)
- Opaleyes (Girella nigricans)
- Blacksmith's (Chromis punctipinnis)
- Garibaldis (Hypsypops rubicundus)
- Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
- Rock Wrasses (Halichoeres semicinctus)
- California Moray (Gymnothorax mordax) (it's a very small individual but it is in there)
- Spotted Ratfish / Chimeras (Hydrolagus colliei) (3 total)
- Big Skate (Beringraja binoculata) (1 total)
- White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
- Yellowtail Rockfishes (Sebastes flavidus)
- Canary Rockfishes (Sebastes pinniger)
- China Rockfishes (Sebastes nebulosus)
- Black Rockfishes (Sebastes melanops)
- Tiger Rockfishes (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
- Striped Surfperches (Embiotoca lateralis)
- Starry Flounders (Platichthys stellatus)
- Sablefishes (Anoplopoma fimbria)
- Cabezons (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
- Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)
- Walleye Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus)
- Fish-eating Anemones (Urticina piscivora)
- Giant Green Anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
- Beaded Anemones (Urticina coriacea)
- Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen)
- Ochre Stars (Pisaster ochraceus)
- Wolf Eels (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
- Kelp Greenlings (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
- Quillback Rockfishes (Sebastes maliger)
- Black Rockfishes (Sebastes melanops)
- Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)
- Pile Perch (Rhacochilus vacca)
- Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis)
- Ochre Stars (Pisaster ochraceus)
- Sunflower Sea Stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
- Giant Spined Sea Stars (Pisaster giganteus)
- Fish-Eating Anemones (Urticina piscivora)
- Basket Stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)
- Feather Stars (Florometra serratissima)
- Pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers (Eumicrotremus orbis)
- Mosshead Warbonnets (Chirolophis nugator)
- Sailfin Sculpins (Nautichthys oculofasciatus)
- Grunt Sculpins (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)
- Orange Sea Cucumbers (Cucumaria miniata)
- Lined Chitons (Tonicella lineata)
- Striped Dogwinkle Snail (Nucella ostrina)
- Whitespotted Greenling (Hexagrammos stelleri),
- Slime Stars (Pteraster tesselatus)
- Six-arm Sea Star (Leptasterias hexactis)
- Kelp Perches (Brachyistius frenatus)
- Striped Sun Star (Solaster stimpsoni)
- Dock Shrimps (Pandalus danae)
- Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen)
- Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile)
- Northern Feather Duster Worms (Eudistylia vancouveri)
- California Mussels (Mytilus californianus)
- Pacific Acorn Barnacles (Balanus glandula)
- Puget Sound King Crab (Echidnocerus cibarius)
- Tubesnouts (Aulorhynchus flavidus)
- Three-spined Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
- Red Sea Urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
- Gumboot Chitons (Cryptochiton stelleri)
- California Sea Cucumbers (Apostichopus californicus)
- Monterey Sea Lemon (Doris montereyensis) (Probably just a hitchhiker from the filtration system)
- (This tank is still very new as it was the former GPO tank so not everything is moved in yet)
- Sidestripe Shrimps (Pandalopsis dispar)
- California Sea Cucumbers (Apostichopus californicus)
- Yellow Boring Sponges (Cliona celata)
- Blood Stars (Henricia leviuscula)
- Swimming Scallops (Chlamys hastata)
- Giant Scallops (Crassadoma gigantea)
- Strawberry Anemones (Corynactis californica)
- Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis)
- Blackeye Goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
- Longhorn Decorator Crab (Chorilia longipes)
- Stout Coastal Shrimp (Heptacarpus brevirostris)
- Puget Sound Rockfishes (Sebastes emphaeus)
- Roughback Sculpins (Chitonotus pugetensis)
- Northern Spearnose Poacher (Agonopsis vulsa)
- Sand Dollars (Dendraster excentricus)
- Orange Sea Pens (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)
- Slender Sea Pens (Stylatula elongata)
- Burrowing Tube Anemones (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
'Tidepool Touch Zone' (None of these species are signed, so this is to the best of my observation)
- Fish Eating Anemones (Urticina piscivora)
- Beaded Anemones (Urticina coriacea)
- Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis)
- Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen)
- Ochre Stars (Pisaster ochraceus)
- California Sea Cucumbers (Apostichopus californicus)
- Black Eye Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus)
- Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
- Blood Stars (Henricia leviuscula)
- Giant Spined Sea Stars (Pisaster giganteus)
- Strawberry Anemones (Corynactis californica)
- Giant Scallops (Crassadoma gigantea)
- Eastern Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)
- Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen)
- Various kelp and algaes
- Atlantic Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) (4 of them) (As stand-ins for the Tawny Nurse Shark that'd be more accurate for the exhibit)
- Ocellated Eagle Rays (Aetobatus ocellatus) (4 of them)
- Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) (3 of them total, 2 Pacific / 1 Atlantic)
- Moorish Idols (Zanclus cornutus)
- Cortez Angelfishes (Pomacanthus zonipectus)
- Clarion Angelfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) (Rare CITES II fish)
- Lookdowns (Selene vomer)
- Convict Tangs (Acanthurus triostegus)
- Bigscale Soldierfishes (Myripristis berndti)
- Panamic Porkfishes (Anisotremus taeniatus)
- King Angelfishes (Holacanthus passer)
- Blue & Gold Snappers (Lutjanus viridis)
- Barred Pargo (Hoplopagrus guentherii) (Might be the only ones in the US, afaik)
