Ripley's Aquarium Myrtle Beach Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach Species List

[thejbird]

Hello all! I visited Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach back in August and I figured I'd post the species list I made since there wasn't one on here for this facility yet. There was a lot of either inaccurate signage or species that were entirely unsigned, so this probably isn't an entirely accurate or exhaustive list, but I did my best and hope that this can at least provide a good baseline for people visiting. I may post a reply to this thread specifying which species were unsigned or any other thoughts I had, please enjoy!

' = Repeated species
() = Subspecies/breed or other designation
* = Unspecified species

Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach Species List​

Entrance Tank-​

-Afra Cichlids, Blue Dolphin Cichlids, Blue Mbunas, Bumblebee Cichlids, Kenyi Cichlids, Labidochromis Caeruleus Cichlids, Pindani & Red Zebras

Ocean Wonders-​

-Five-Bar Flagtails
-Bubble-Tip Anemones, Copperband Butterflyfish, Fire Shrimp, Ocellaris Clownfish, Pacific Cleaner Shrimp & Stichodactyla Sea Anemones*
-Big-Belly Seahorses, Hermit Crab*, Ornate Cowfish, Stripey & Strongylocentrotus Droebachiensis Green Sea Urchins
-Cherry Anthias
-Zebra Mantis Shrimp
-Banggai Cardinalfish, Copperband Butterflyfish' & Coral Banded Shrimp
-American Lobster (Orange) & California Spot Prawn
-American Lobsters' & Shiner Perch

Penguin Playhouse-​

-African Penguins

Savage Seas-​

-Panther Chameleon
-Atlantic Spadefish & Bluestriped Grunts
-Blackbar Soldierfish, Caesar Grunts, Green Morays & Saucereye Porgies
-Atlantic Blue Tang, French Grunt, Graysby, Long-Spine Porcupinefish, Ocean Surgeonfish & Porkfish

Submarine Tank-
-Arc-Eye Hawkfish
-Crescent-Masked Butterflyfish
-Lagoon Triggerfish
-Powder Blue Tang
-Regal Tang
-Rock Beauty
-Sailfin Tangs
-Spanish Hogfish
-Speckled Butterflyfish
-Stripeys'
-Threadfin Butterflyfish
-Whitetail Dascyllus
-Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
-Yellow Tang

Rio Amazon-​

-Red-Bellied Piranhas
-Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman, Redtail Catfish, Ripsaw Catfish, Smooth Back River Stingray & Tambaqui

Planet Jellies-​

-Common Jellyfish
-Jelly Blubbers
-Upside-Down Jellyfish*
-Pacific Sea Nettles

Friendship Flats & Ray Bay-​

-Atlantic Stingrays, Cownose Rays, Leopard Sharks, Southern Stingrays & Spotted Eagle Ray

Tropical Rainforest-​

-Green Iguanas
-Common Blue-Tongued Skinks
-Russian Tortoises
-Eastern Bearded Dragons
-Axolotls

Living Gallery-​

-Goldfish
-Giant Pacific Octopus & White-Spotted Rose Anemones
-Common Seadragons, Mottled Star & Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus Purple Sea Urchins

-Dock Tank
-Canary Rockfish
-Copper Rockfish
-Corynactis Californica Anthozoan Corallimorphs
-Pisinae Crab*
-Frilled Anemones
-Giant Green Anemones
-Hermit Crabs'*
-Pacific Blood Star
-Painted Greenlings
-Shiner Perch
-White-Spotted Rose Anemones

Coral Reef Tank-
-Acropora Coral*
-Anchor Coral
-Banggai Cardinalfish'
-Bicolor Anthias
-Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses
-Branching Frogspawn Coral
-Copperband Butterflyfish'
-Echinophyllia Coral*
-Elephant Skin Coral
-Heliofungia Actiniformis Stony Coral
-Larger Star Coral
-Mandarin Dragonet
-Orange Cup Coral
-Pajama Cardinalfish
-Sarcophyton Coral*
-Sinularia Coral*
-Sea Goldies
-Spine Coral
-Squarespot Anthias
-Staghorn Coral
-Starry Cup Coral
-Tomato Clownfish
-Yellowhead Jawfish
-Yellow Tangs'

Discovery Center-​

-Bat Stars, Blood Stars', California Sea Cucumbers, Frilled Anemones', Strongylocentrotus Droebachiensis Green Sea Urchins', Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus Purple Sea Urchins' & White-Spotted Rose Anemones'
-Common Jellyfish'
-Blackspotted Puffers, High-Hats, Spot-Fin Porcupinefish, Spotted Sharpnose Puffers & Yellow Tangs'
-Splitfin Flashlightfish

Rainbow Rock-​

-Red Lionfish

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef-
-Atlantic Blue Tangs'
-Atlantic Creole-Fish
-Atoll Butterflyfish
-Bird Wrasse
-Blackback Butterflyfish
-Blacktail Angelfish
-Bluecheek Butterflyfish
-Bluering Angelfish
-Brown-and-White Butterflyfish
-Clown Triggerfish
-Clown Unicornfish
-Convict Tangs
-Crescent-Masked Butterflyfish'
-Five-Bar Flagtails'
-Flame Angelfish
-Flame Hawkfish
-Four Stripe Damselfish
-Foxface Rabbitfish
-Goldrim Surgeonfish
-Harlequin Tuskfish
-Orange-Band Surgeonfish
-Orange-Spotted Spinefoot
-Orbicular Batfish
-Pajama Cardinalfish
-Pennant Coralfish
-Powder Blue Tangs'
-Purple Tangs
-Pyramid Butterflyfish
-Red Sea Sailfin Tangs
-Redtail Butterflyfish
-Regal Tangs'
-Sailfin Snapper
-Sailfin Tangs'
-Scibbled Unicornfish
-Short-Nosed Unicornfish
-Snyder’s Grubfish
-Sohal Surgeonfish
-Spotted Drum
-Stripeys'
-Sunburst Butterflyfish
-Threadfin Butterflyfish
-Three-Striped Fusilier
-Tomato Clownfish'
-Tomini Surgeonfish
-Variegated Spinefoot
-Whitemargin Unicornfish
-Yellow and Blueback Fusiliers
-Yellowfin Surgeonfish
-Yellowfin Tangs
-Yellow Tangs'

Sloth Valley-​

-Blue Dolphin Cichlids', Linnaeus’s Two-Toed Sloths, Pindani' & Red Zebras'

Dangerous Reef-​

-Atlantic Blue Tangs'
-Atlantic Goliath Grouper
-Atlantic Nurse Shark
-Atlantic Spadefish'
-Atlantic Tarpon
-Bermuda Chubs
-Blacktip Reef Sharks
-Bluestriped Grunts'
-Crevalle Jacks
-French Grunts'
-Green Sea Turtle
-Holocentrus Adscensionis Squirrelfish
-Horse-Eye Jacks
-Laced Morays
-Longcomb Sawfish
-Lookdowns
-Mangrove Snappers
-Porkfish'
-Red Drums
-Sandbar Sharks
-Sand Tiger Sharks
-Schoolmaster Snappers
-Sergeant Majors
-Sheepshead
-Whitetip Reef Sharks
-Yellowtail Snappers

Behind-the-Scenes Species-​

-African Spurred Tortoise
-Ball Python
-California Kingsnake
-Chilean Rose Tarantula
-Mexican Redknee Tarantula*

Total Species - 188​