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As of 3/1/24, may have missed some unsigned species
*=repeated

River Gems:
Black phantom tetra
Boeseman's rainbowfish
Cuckoo catfish(?)
Denison barb
Fahaka puffer
Gold barb
Pearl gourami
Penguin tetra
Rainbow shark
Red-tailed hemiodus tetra
Rummy-nose tetra
Siamese flying fox
Two-spot barb
Wild guppy
Violet turaco
Von der decken's hornbill

African Rivers:

*Wall tank*
Cobalt blue zebra
Golden mbuna
Bluegray mbuna

*Tank 1*
Congo tetra
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Haplochromis sp.
Hippo point salmon
Humphead(?) cichlid
Peter's elephantnose fish
Various african cichlids that i couldnt identify

*Tank 2*
Giraffe catfish
Grass-eater distichodus
Saddleback bichir
Six-banded distichodus
Tailspot ctenopoma

*Tank 3*
Atlantic tarpon
Moustache catfish
Nile perch

Congo River:

Bluegray mbuna*
Bumblebee cichlid
Cobalt blue zebra*
Giraffe hap
Golden mbuna*
Red zebra mbuna
Spindle hap
Upside-down catfish
Crowned hornbill
Hartlaub's duck

Lake Tanganyika:

Blue neon cichlid
Blunthead cichlid
Compressed cichlid
Cuckoo catfish*
Fairy cichlid
Lemon cichlid
Red spot callochromis
Sardine cichlid

River Nile:

Aba knifefish
African arowana(didnt see)
African pike
Giraffe hap*
Goliath tigerfish
Grass-eater distichodus*
Hornet tilapia

Ganges River:

*Tank 1*
Dawkinsia barb
Gharial
Malaysian giant turtle
Painted terrapin

*Tank 2*
Clown knifefish
Giant gourami
Giant snakehead
Rira rita


Mary River:

*Tank 1*
Australian lungfish
Banded archerfish
Boeseman's rainbowfish*
Eastern rainbowfish
Golden algae eater
Jade perch
Peacock gudgeon
Red rainbowfish
Siamese flying fox*

*Tank 2*
Pearse's mudskipper

*Tank 3*
Blue devil damselfish
Humbug damselfish
Mangrove horseshoe crab

Mekong River

*Paludarium*
Lion-tailed macaque(didnt see)
Pig-nosed turtle

*Giant tank*
Asian arowana
Dolphin barb
Giant freshwater stingray
Giant pangasius
Giant siamese carp
Golden mahseer
Iridescent shark
Jullien's golden carp
Mekong giant catfish
Red cheek barb
Siamese tigerfish

*Aviary*
Black-faced spoonbill
Green imperial pigeon
Masked lapwing
Nankeen night heron

*Wall tank*
Chinese water dragon
Fire eel
Red cheek barb*
Spanner barb
Vietnamese pond turtle


*Jewel tanks*
1.Bintan liquorice gourami, Chilli rasbora
2. Boeseman's rainbowfish*, Red rainbowfish*
3. Tiger hillstream loach, Denison barb*, Dwarf botia
4. Bigspot barb, Harlequin rasbora

Yangtze River:

*Tank 1*
Chinese softshell turtle
Chinese stripe-necked turtle
Black marsh turtle
False gharial
Elongated tortoise

*Tank 2*
Chinese high-fin banded shark
Chinese giant bitterling
Gold barb*

*Tank 3*
Amur sturgeon
Black carp
Chinese longsnout catfish
Grass carp
Phoenix barb

*Giant Panda Forest*
Giant panda
Red panda

Amazon River Quest

Black howler
Brazilian tapir
Brown-headed spider monkey
Capybara
Collared peccary
Common squirrel monkey
Giant anteater
Greater flamingo
Guanaco
Guyanan red howler
Jaguar
Patagonian mara
Bearded saki
Tufted capuchin

Wild Amazonia:

*Enclosure 1*
Common pleco
Green anaconda
Silver cichlid
Plumed basilisk

*Enclosure 2*
Common marmoset
Cotton-top tamarin
White-lipped tamarin

*Pond 1*
Common pleco*
False piraiba
Flagtail characin
Golden dorado
Royal pleco
Silver arowana

*Amazonian Wonders*
American white ibis
Azara's agouti
Great green macaw
Helmeted curassow
Red-and-green macaw
Scarlet macaw
White-faced saki

*Pond 2*
Cuvier's dwarf caiman
Yellow-spotted river turtle

Amazon Flooded Forest:

*Tunnel tank*
Giant otter

*Tank 1*
Columbian redfin tetra
Electric eel

*Tank 2*
Blue discus
Cardinal tetra
Leopard cory
Whiptail catfish

*Tank 3*
Altum angelfish
Black ghost knifefish
Gold laser cory
Rummy-nose tetra*

*Tank 4*
Red-bellied piranha

*Tank 5*
Bushymouth catfish
Columbian redfin tetra*
Golden nugget pleco
Tiger king pleco

*Tank 6*
Amazon redtail tetra
Cockatoo cichlid
Otocinclus(didnt see)
Red phantom tetra
Royal tetra

*Giant tank 2.0*
Arapaima
Atlantic tarpon
Golden dorado*
Redtail catfish
Ripsaw-like catfish(?)
Tambaqui
West indian manatee

*Tank 7*
Adonis pleco
Banded leporinus
Disk tetra
Giant bumblebee catfish
Giant raphael catfish
Granulated catfish
Ocellate river ray
Southern striped raphael
Striped silver dollar
Tigerstriped catfish
Xinghu river ray
 
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its not. i know a piraiba when i see one and the one i saw definitely had spikes running along the sides
 
Just 2 updates from my visits this afternoon:

The mixed Tomistoma & Asian turtles' exhibit was under renovation. When I sought clarification from a friend who used to work with the herp team, he mentioned that it was possibly for an installation of new keeper-safe barriers as the Tomi continues to get larger.

I also noticed 3 very large Batagur borneoensis (2.1) in the Indian gharial exhibit. I suspect these were the same individuals which used to inhabit the Proboscis Monkey and Bornean Marsh enclosures in the past.

Overall, I was impressed by the new Titicaca frogs, along with the return of gilded shovelnose catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) in the silver arowana pond.
 
Oh! Also noticed the Aba Aba trailing the goliath tiger quite closely. At one point, it even attempted to nip the old bugger's caudal fin.

Typical territorial behaviour of that species. Tsk tsk tsk...
 
@Casuarius_casuarius There's only one of the goliath tigerfish left in the nile tank, right? On a related note, what happened to the common tigerfish? I seem to recall them being moved to the old snapping turtle exhibit and then dying out.
 
Pigeon said:
@Casuarius_casuarius There's only one of the goliath tigerfish left in the nile tank, right? On a related note, what happened to the common tigerfish? I seem to recall them being moved to the old snapping turtle exhibit and then dying out.
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Yeap, only one goliath remaining in the Nile tank currently. Not sure about the fate of the vittatus, but it does potentially open the door for future acquisitions of the smaller and leaner Hydrocynus forskahlii.

The new ichthyo curator is a big fish geek after all. (just like me ! ;))
 
Btw, most of the piraibas in the River Wonders' collection are true filamentosums, with the exception of one possible hybrid (the very chunky, silver catfish in the main flooded forest tank).

B. capapretum tend to display much wider dorsal spots and rarely grow beyond 3 - 4 feet.
And together with the gorgeous B. juruense, both species have not been imported into the Southeast Asian ornamental fish markets for close to a decade, since around 2013/14.

Most capas currently being traded in shops are actually true piraibas / hybrids too.
 
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Z4ccity_qxv said:
As of 3/1/24, may have missed some unsigned species
*=repeated

River Gems:
Black phantom tetra
Boeseman's rainbowfish
Cuckoo catfish(?)
Denison barb
Fahaka puffer
Gold barb
Pearl gourami
Penguin tetra
Rainbow shark
Red-tailed hemiodus tetra
Rummy-nose tetra
Siamese flying fox
Two-spot barb
Wild guppy
Violet turaco
Von der decken's hornbill

African Rivers:

*Wall tank*
Cobalt blue zebra
Golden mbuna
Bluegray mbuna

*Tank 1*
Congo tetra
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Haplochromis sp.
Hippo point salmon
Humphead(?) cichlid
Peter's elephantnose fish
Various african cichlids that i couldnt identify

*Tank 2*
Giraffe catfish
Grass-eater distichodus
Saddleback bichir
Six-banded distichodus
Tailspot ctenopoma

*Tank 3*
Atlantic tarpon
Moustache catfish
Nile perch

Congo River:

Bluegray mbuna*
Bumblebee cichlid
Cobalt blue zebra*
Giraffe hap
Golden mbuna*
Red zebra mbuna
Spindle hap
Upside-down catfish
Crowned hornbill
Hartlaub's duck

Lake Tanganyika:

Blue neon cichlid
Blunthead cichlid
Compressed cichlid
Cuckoo catfish*
Fairy cichlid
Lemon cichlid
Red spot callochromis
Sardine cichlid

River Nile:

Aba knifefish
African arowana(didnt see)
African pike
Giraffe hap*
Goliath tigerfish
Grass-eater distichodus*
Hornet tilapia

Ganges River:

*Tank 1*
Dawkinsia barb
Gharial
Malaysian giant turtle
Painted terrapin

*Tank 2*
Clown knifefish
Giant gourami
Giant snakehead
Rira rita


Mary River:

*Tank 1*
Australian lungfish
Banded archerfish
Boeseman's rainbowfish*
Eastern rainbowfish
Golden algae eater
Jade perch
Peacock gudgeon
Red rainbowfish
Siamese flying fox*

*Tank 2*
Pearse's mudskipper

*Tank 3*
Blue devil damselfish
Humbug damselfish
Mangrove horseshoe crab

Mekong River

*Paludarium*
Lion-tailed macaque(didnt see)
Pig-nosed turtle

*Giant tank*
Asian arowana
Dolphin barb
Giant freshwater stingray
Giant pangasius
Giant siamese carp
Golden mahseer
Iridescent shark
Jullien's golden carp
Mekong giant catfish
Red cheek barb
Siamese tigerfish

*Aviary*
Black-faced spoonbill
Green imperial pigeon
Masked lapwing
Nankeen night heron

*Wall tank*
Chinese water dragon
Fire eel
Red cheek barb*
Spanner barb
Vietnamese pond turtle


*Jewel tanks*
1.Bintan liquorice gourami, Chilli rasbora
2. Boeseman's rainbowfish*, Red rainbowfish*
3. Tiger hillstream loach, Denison barb*, Dwarf botia
4. Bigspot barb, Harlequin rasbora

Yangtze River:

*Tank 1*
Chinese softshell turtle
Chinese stripe-necked turtle
Black marsh turtle
False gharial
Elongated tortoise

*Tank 2*
Chinese high-fin banded shark
Chinese giant bitterling
Gold barb*

*Tank 3*
Amur sturgeon
Black carp
Chinese longsnout catfish
Grass carp
Phoenix barb

*Giant Panda Forest*
Giant panda
Red panda

Amazon River Quest

Black howler
Brazilian tapir
Brown-headed spider monkey
Capybara
Collared peccary
Common squirrel monkey
Giant anteater
Greater flamingo
Guanaco
Guyanan red howler
Jaguar
Patagonian mara
Bearded saki
Tufted capuchin

Wild Amazonia:

*Enclosure 1*
Common pleco
Green anaconda
Silver cichlid
Plumed basilisk

*Enclosure 2*
Common marmoset
Cotton-top tamarin
White-lipped tamarin

*Pond 1*
Common pleco*
False piraiba
Flagtail characin
Golden dorado
Royal pleco
Silver arowana

*Amazonian Wonders*
American white ibis
Azara's agouti
Great green macaw
Helmeted curassow
Red-and-green macaw
Scarlet macaw
White-faced saki

*Pond 2*
Cuvier's dwarf caiman
Yellow-spotted river turtle

Amazon Flooded Forest:

*Tunnel tank*
Giant otter

*Tank 1*
Columbian redfin tetra
Electric eel

*Tank 2*
Blue discus
Cardinal tetra
Leopard cory
Whiptail catfish

*Tank 3*
Altum angelfish
Black ghost knifefish
Gold laser cory
Rummy-nose tetra*

*Tank 4*
Red-bellied piranha

*Tank 5*
Bushymouth catfish
Columbian redfin tetra*
Golden nugget pleco
Tiger king pleco

*Tank 6*
Amazon redtail tetra
Cockatoo cichlid
Otocinclus(didnt see)
Red phantom tetra
Royal tetra

*Giant tank 2.0*
Arapaima
Atlantic tarpon
Golden dorado*
Redtail catfish
Ripsaw-like catfish(?)
Tambaqui
West indian manatee

*Tank 7*
Adonis pleco
Banded leporinus
Disk tetra
Giant bumblebee catfish
Giant raphael catfish
Granulated catfish
Ocellate river ray
Southern striped raphael
Striped silver dollar
Tigerstriped catfish
Xinghu river ray
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When I was there last October, there was a pair of Black Spur-winged Geese in with the Black-faced Spoonbills
 
Z4ccity_qxv said:
As of 3/1/24, may have missed some unsigned species
*=repeated

River Gems:
Black phantom tetra
Boeseman's rainbowfish
Cuckoo catfish(?)
Denison barb
Fahaka puffer
Gold barb
Pearl gourami
Penguin tetra
Rainbow shark
Red-tailed hemiodus tetra
Rummy-nose tetra
Siamese flying fox
Two-spot barb
Wild guppy
Violet turaco
Von der decken's hornbill

African Rivers:

*Wall tank*
Cobalt blue zebra
Golden mbuna
Bluegray mbuna

*Tank 1*
Congo tetra
Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Haplochromis sp.
Hippo point salmon
Humphead(?) cichlid
Peter's elephantnose fish
Various african cichlids that i couldnt identify

*Tank 2*
Giraffe catfish
Grass-eater distichodus
Saddleback bichir
Six-banded distichodus
Tailspot ctenopoma

*Tank 3*
Atlantic tarpon
Moustache catfish
Nile perch

Congo River:

Bluegray mbuna*
Bumblebee cichlid
Cobalt blue zebra*
Giraffe hap
Golden mbuna*
Red zebra mbuna
Spindle hap
Upside-down catfish
Crowned hornbill
Hartlaub's duck

Lake Tanganyika:

Blue neon cichlid
Blunthead cichlid
Compressed cichlid
Cuckoo catfish*
Fairy cichlid
Lemon cichlid
Red spot callochromis
Sardine cichlid

River Nile:

Aba knifefish
African arowana(didnt see)
African pike
Giraffe hap*
Goliath tigerfish
Grass-eater distichodus*
Hornet tilapia

Ganges River:

*Tank 1*
Dawkinsia barb
Gharial
Malaysian giant turtle
Painted terrapin

*Tank 2*
Clown knifefish
Giant gourami
Giant snakehead
Rira rita


Mary River:

*Tank 1*
Australian lungfish
Banded archerfish
Boeseman's rainbowfish*
Eastern rainbowfish
Golden algae eater
Jade perch
Peacock gudgeon
Red rainbowfish
Siamese flying fox*

*Tank 2*
Pearse's mudskipper

*Tank 3*
Blue devil damselfish
Humbug damselfish
Mangrove horseshoe crab

Mekong River

*Paludarium*
Lion-tailed macaque(didnt see)
Pig-nosed turtle

*Giant tank*
Asian arowana
Dolphin barb
Giant freshwater stingray
Giant pangasius
Giant siamese carp
Golden mahseer
Iridescent shark
Jullien's golden carp
Mekong giant catfish
Red cheek barb
Siamese tigerfish

*Aviary*
Black-faced spoonbill
Green imperial pigeon
Masked lapwing
Nankeen night heron

*Wall tank*
Chinese water dragon
Fire eel
Red cheek barb*
Spanner barb
Vietnamese pond turtle


*Jewel tanks*
1.Bintan liquorice gourami, Chilli rasbora
2. Boeseman's rainbowfish*, Red rainbowfish*
3. Tiger hillstream loach, Denison barb*, Dwarf botia
4. Bigspot barb, Harlequin rasbora

Yangtze River:

*Tank 1*
Chinese softshell turtle
Chinese stripe-necked turtle
Black marsh turtle
False gharial
Elongated tortoise

*Tank 2*
Chinese high-fin banded shark
Chinese giant bitterling
Gold barb*

*Tank 3*
Amur sturgeon
Black carp
Chinese longsnout catfish
Grass carp
Phoenix barb

*Giant Panda Forest*
Giant panda
Red panda

Amazon River Quest

Black howler
Brazilian tapir
Brown-headed spider monkey
Capybara
Collared peccary
Common squirrel monkey
Giant anteater
Greater flamingo
Guanaco
Guyanan red howler
Jaguar
Patagonian mara
Bearded saki
Tufted capuchin

Wild Amazonia:

*Enclosure 1*
Common pleco
Green anaconda
Silver cichlid
Plumed basilisk

*Enclosure 2*
Common marmoset
Cotton-top tamarin
White-lipped tamarin

*Pond 1*
Common pleco*
False piraiba
Flagtail characin
Golden dorado
Royal pleco
Silver arowana

*Amazonian Wonders*
American white ibis
Azara's agouti
Great green macaw
Helmeted curassow
Red-and-green macaw
Scarlet macaw
White-faced saki

*Pond 2*
Cuvier's dwarf caiman
Yellow-spotted river turtle

Amazon Flooded Forest:

*Tunnel tank*
Giant otter

*Tank 1*
Columbian redfin tetra
Electric eel

*Tank 2*
Blue discus
Cardinal tetra
Leopard cory
Whiptail catfish

*Tank 3*
Altum angelfish
Black ghost knifefish
Gold laser cory
Rummy-nose tetra*

*Tank 4*
Red-bellied piranha

*Tank 5*
Bushymouth catfish
Columbian redfin tetra*
Golden nugget pleco
Tiger king pleco

*Tank 6*
Amazon redtail tetra
Cockatoo cichlid
Otocinclus(didnt see)
Red phantom tetra
Royal tetra

*Giant tank 2.0*
Arapaima
Atlantic tarpon
Golden dorado*
Redtail catfish
Ripsaw-like catfish(?)
Tambaqui
West indian manatee

*Tank 7*
Adonis pleco
Banded leporinus
Disk tetra
Giant bumblebee catfish
Giant raphael catfish
Granulated catfish
Ocellate river ray
Southern striped raphael
Striped silver dollar
Tigerstriped catfish
Xinghu river ray
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Is the giant stingray from Mekong or Australia.
 
Has there been any clarification on the Haplochromis species at River Wonders?
Upon my visit a few months ago, I saw:
- Haplochromis obliquidens
- Haplochromis sp. "Hippo Point Salmon"

I know that there should also be some Haplochromis sp. "Thick Skin" in there. The species is often labelled as CH44, although this also refers to Haplochromis sp. 'Migori", but I saw neither in the tank. The signage at River Wonders uses "Thick Skin" as a variation of obliquidens, but I'm pretty sure I just saw the normal obliquidens. On top of that, there were at least two other Haplochromis that I wasn't able to identify. It's those last ones that I'm looking for. Does anyone know more about it?
 
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