Woods Hole Science Aquarium Woods Hole Science Aquarium Species List (7.7.2022)

ZooElephantMan

ZooElephantMan

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Hello everyone! As I mentioned on the main WHSA thread, I visited the aquarium two days ago, and thought I would post a species list. The list is organized into 3 sections: “Outdoor Exhibits,” “Main Floor Exhibits,” and “Behind the Scenes”. The tanks are ordered from first seen to last seen, if you take the direct route from the main entrance to the rear exit. I have listed all the animals’ common names, and most of their latin names (there were a few entries for which I could not find the latin names in my research). I have also provided links to gallery images of some of the animals and exhibits, if that would be helpful.

I have never made a species list before, so please feel free to leave feedback, corrections, or suggestions for the future!


Outdoor Exhibits

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)


Main Floor Exhibits

Tank 1
  • Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea)
  • Pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
  • White Hake (Urophycis tenuis)
  • Blackbelly Rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus)
  • Forbes Sea Star (Asterias forbesi)
  • Green Sea Urchin (undetermined latin name)

Tank 2
  • Cusk (unidentified latin name)
  • Red Stomphia (unidentified latin name)
  • Orange Footed Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa)
  • Unsigned Snail species (unidentified latin name)

Tank 3
  • Pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
  • Northern Sea Star (Asterias amurensis)
  • Thorny Skate (Amblyraja radiata)

Tank 4

Tank 5
  • Chain Dogfish (Scyliorhinus rotifer) [there was a live dogfish, in addition to egg cases]
  • Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)
  • Lumpfish (undetermined latin name)
  • Shorthorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Tank 6
  • Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)
  • Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus)
  • Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
  • Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
  • Windowpane Flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus)

Tank 7

Tank 8
  • Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
  • Rough Scad (Trachurus lathami)
  • Forbes Sea Star (Asterias forbesi)
  • Channeled Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus)

Tank 9
  • Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)
  • Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau)
  • Northern Kingfish (Menticirrhus saxatilis)
  • Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)

Tank 10

Tank 11
  • Striped Burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi)

Tank 12
  • French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
  • Glasseye Snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

Tank 13
  • Mantis Shrimp (undetermined latin name)

Tank 14
  • Northern Pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
  • Ridged Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides nodifer)

Tank 15
  • Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
  • Butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus)
  • Tautog (Tautoga onitis)
  • Planehead Filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus)


Behind the Scenes


Unsigned touch tank with various crabs and sea stars


Tank 16
  • Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
  • Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus)

Tank 17
  • Striped Killifish (Fundulus majalis)
  • Long-Clawed Hermit Crab (Pagurus longicarpus)

Tank 18
  • Snowy Grouper (Hyporthodus niveatus)
  • Forbes Sea Star (Asterias forbesi)
  • Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)

Tank 19
  • Knobbed Whelk (Busycon carica)
  • Channeled Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus)
  • Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata)

Tank 20
  • Chain Dogfish (Scyliorhinus rotifer) [it seemed like this dogfish may have recently been removed from Tank 5]

Tank 21
  • Little Skate (Leucoraja Erinacea)
  • Northern Sea Star (Asterias amurensis)
  • Chain Dogfish (Scyliorhinus rotifer)

Tank 22
  • Northern Lobster (Homarus americanus)
  • Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
  • Blackbelly Rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus)
 
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Sounds like a nice little natives-focused aquarium!

The species list is well done, and easy to read. My only suggestion would be that spoilers aren't really needed for species lists, as everyone is going to open them anyway for this type of thread. The links to the various tanks that had pictures were also cleverly done.
 
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