SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando Species List 12/2/23

red river hog

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Note that there are many small exhibits in ride queues and restaurants and being that I did not go on every single ride and into every single restaurant, there are likely some species missing from this list. Also, signage was lacking in many areas, so I listed the species I saw along with what was signed. I am likely also missing a few because of this.

DOLPHIN NURSERY


1. Common Bottlenose Dolphin

KEY WEST

Flamingo Cove:
1. American Flamingo

Manta Aquarium:

2. Bignose Unicornfish, Blotched Foxface, Bluespine Unicornfish, Copperband Butterflyfish, Elegant Unicornfish, Green Chromis, Ocellaris Clownfish, Orange-band Surgeonfish, Powder Blue Tang, Puddingwife Wrasse, Redfin Anthias, Regal Tang, Royal Gramma, Sailfin Tang, Sea Goldie, Sohal Surgeonfish, Striped Surgeonfish, Yellow Tang, Cauliflower Coral, Common Mushroom Coral
3. Fish-eating Anemone, Pink Sea Star, Pacific Purple Sea Urchin, White-spotted Rose Anemone
4. Black Cardinalfish, Blackcap Basslet, Neon Goby, Nose-stripe Anemonefish, Pajama Cardinalfish, Red Reef Hermit Crab
5. Black Cardinalfish, Blackcap Basslet, Neon Goby, Nose-stripe Anemonefish, Spotted Trunkfish, Red Reef Hermit Crab
6. Banded Pipefish, Lined Seahorse, Mandarinfish, Neon Goby, Sunburst Butterflyfish, Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
7. Atlantic Spadefish, Banded Butterflyfish, Bonnethead Shark, Common Shovelnose Ray, Foureye Butterflyfish, Lesser Devil Ray, Reticulate Whipray, Roughtail Stingray, Scaled Sardine, Sea Mullet, Zebra Shark
8. Weedy Seadragon
9. Weedy Seadragon
10. Foxface Rabbitfish, Nose-stripe Anemonefish, Ocellaris Clownfish, Orange Clownfish, Sea Goldie, Tomato Clownfish, Bubble-tip Anemone

Only visible in queue for the Manta ride:
11. Flying Fox Carp, Green Severum Cichlid, Sterlet

*Supposedly there is a Giant Pacific Octopus in the 3rd tank but it was not on exhibit or signed on my visit

Pelican Preserve:

12. American White Pelican, Eastern Brown Pelican

Stingray Lagoon:

13. Cownose Ray, Reticulate Whipray
14. Brownbanded Bamboo Shark, Whitespotted Bamboo Shark

Dolphin Stadium:

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Dolphin Cove:
15. Common Bottlenose Dolphin

SeaWorld Rescue Center:
16. Florida Manatee
17. Florida Manatee
18. Florida Manatee, Sailfin Molly, Western Mosquitofish
19. Florida Manatee, Alligator Gar, Common Pleco, Common Snook, Coppernose Bluegill, Florida Gar, Longnose Gar, Redtail Catfish, Ripsaw Catfish, Tambaqui, Western Mosquitofish
20. Green Sea Turtle, Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Atlantic Blue Tang, Atlantic Sergeant Major, Bermuda Blue Angelfish, French Grunt, Lookdown, Porkfish, Queen Angelfish, Rooster Hogfish, Scaled Sardine, Yellowtail Snapper
21. American Alligator, Florida Red-bellied Cooter

*SeaWorld Coral Rescue:
22. Doctorfish Tang, Boulder Brain Coral, Elliptical Star Coral, Grooved Brain Coral, Large Flower Coral, Lobed Star Coral, Maze Coral, Smooth Flower Coral, Yellow Finger Coral
23. Large Flower Coral
24. Yellow Finger Coral
25. Elliptical Star Coral
26. Maze Coral
27. Lobed Star Coral
28. Boulder Brain Coral
29. Grooved Brain Coral
30. Smooth Flower Coral

*The signage made it difficult to determine what species was in each tank but this is what it seemed to be indicating.

JOURNEY TO ATLANTIS

1. Moon Jelly
2. Achilles Tang, Banggai Cardinalfish, Bignose Unicornfish, Blackcap Basslet, Foxface Rabbitfish, Green Chromis, Ocellaris Clownfish, Orange-spotted Spinefoot, Regal Tang, Sailfin Tang, Sohal Surgeonfish, Threadfin Anthias, Yellow Tang, Cauliflower Coral, Common Mushroom Coral, Montipora sp., Thin Birdsnest Coral, Yellow Finger Coral
3. Yellowtail Snapper
4. Atlantic Blue Tang, Atlantic Spadefish, Florida Pompano, French Grunt, Green Moray, Longspine Squirrelfish, Porkfish, Princess Parrotfish, Neon Goby, Scaled Sardine, Spanish Hogfish
5. Warty Comb Jelly
6. Atlantic Spadefish, Lookdown, Red Drum, Yellowtail Snapper
7. Atlantic Menhaden

ANTARCTICA: EMPIRE OF THE PENGUIN

1. Adelie Penguin, King Penguin, Southern Gentoo Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin

WATERFRONT

Small tank in Lakeside Grille restaurant:
1. Azure Damselfish, Banggai Cardinalfish, Gilded Triggerfish, Green Chromis, Orange-band Surgeonfish, Purple Tang, Regal Tang, Sea Goldie, Threadfin Anthias, Cauliflower Coral, Common Mushroom Coral, Green Sea Urchin, Montipora sp.

PACIFIC POINT PRESERVE

1. Atlantic Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion

Sea Lion and Otter Stadium:

Asian Small-clawed Otter
California Sea Lion

SHARK WRECK REEF

Shark Encounter:

1. Atlantic Blue Tang, Atlantic Spadefish, Bermuda Blue Angelfish, Foureye Butterflyfish, French Grunt, Gray Angelfish, Lookdown, Porkfish, Queen Angelfish, Red Lionfish, Scaled Sardine, Spanish Hogfish, Yellowtail Snapper, Caribbean Spiny Lobster
2. Arabian Angelfish, Atlantic Spadefish, Clark’s Anemonefish, Ocellaris Clownfish, Silver Moonyfish, Spotfin Hogfish, Tomato Clownfish, Yellow Tang
3. Brown Chromis, Horn Shark, Scaled Sardine, Senorita, Yellowtail Snapper
4. Banggai Cardinalfish, Copperband Butterflyfish, Epaulet Shark, Green Chromis, Slate-pencil Urchin
5. Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
6. Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
7. Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Atlantic Tarpon, Blacktip Shark, Crevalle Jack, Great Hammerhead, Nurse Shark, Red Drum, Sand Tiger Shark, Sandbar Shark, Scaled Sardine, Smalltooth Sawfish, Whitetip Reef Shark, Yellowtail Snapper, Zebra Shark

Sharks Underwater Grill:

Outside the restaurant:
8. Atlantic Tarpon, Blacktip Shark, Brownbanded Bamboo Shark, Cownose Ray, Crevalle Jack, Golden Trevally, Leopard Shark, Red Drum, Reticulate Whipray, Southern Stingray, Whitetip Reef Shark, Whitespotted Bamboo Shark

Inside the restaurant, but visible from outside:
9. Australian Rainbowfish, Boeseman’s Rainbowfish, Denison’s Barb, Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish

ORCA STADIUM

1. Orca

WILD ARCTIC

1. Beluga Whale
2. Atlantic Harbor Seal
3. Pacific Walrus
 
Great work, it is hard to get everything there. The Altantis and Manta aquariums are easy to miss, but worth going to if you like aquatics.

They have a harp seal BTS, hopefully it will go on general display eventually. They also have a walrus in the sealion/otter show sometimes, they had one at the very end of the show when I was last there a few weeks ago.
 
Zootierliste states that there are northern elephant seals here, but it seems false. Does anyone know about this?
 
Zootierliste states that there are northern elephant seals here, but it seems false. Does anyone know about this?
Yes, there is one but it is not on display. It is a rescue that came from the West Coast USA and was initially at SeaWorld San Diego before moving to Orlando.
 
I should mention that since @red river hog created their original species list, the former “Wild Arctic” section is now referred to as Expedition Odyssey. Which itself is named after a flying theater-type attraction of the same name.

As for what is currently held in this renamed complex, here below are the species currently held there: (as of this past Monday - 28/10/25)

1. Beluga Whale

2. Magellanic Penguin + Kelp Gull - formerly Harbor Seal, which are still present at Pacific Point

3. Pacific Walrus
 
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