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  1. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Tank by tank on-show species list from my visit on the 07.03.18:

    Freshwater:
    Jungle Grunter
    Silver Grunter
    +

    Tully River Grunter

    Saratoga Jardini
    Sooty Grunter

    Saratoga Jardini
    Barramundi

    Jade Perch

    Snakehead Gudgeon
    Australian Long-finned Eel
    Bullrout*

    Mouth Almighty
    Purple-spotted Gudgeon

    Freshwater Moray
    +

    Lake Eacham Rainbowfish
    +

    Blue Lobster
    +

    Red-claw Crayfish
    +

    Giant Jungle Prawn
    +

    River Monsters
    Barramundi
    Mangrove Jack
    Whiptail Ray
    Large-toothed Sawfish
    Jade Perch (unsigned)
    Fork-tailed Catfish (unsigned)
    Saratoga (unsigned)

    Terrestrial Touch Tank:
    Northern Blue-tongue

    Eastern Blue-tongue

    Goliath Stick Insect

    Rainforest:
    Krefft's River Turtle
    Jardine River Painted Turtle
    Rusty Monitor (unsigned)

    Eastern Water Dragon

    Jungle Carpet Python
    +

    Green Tree Python

    Boyd's Forest Dragon

    Water Python

    Escarpment:
    Common Keelback*
    Arafura Filesnake
    Pig-nosed Turtle (unsigned)

    Pig-nosed Turtle
    Merten's Water Monitor

    White-lipped Treefrog

    Queensland Goliath Stick Insect

    Brown Tree Snake*

    Common Green Treefrog*

    Red-eyed Treefrog (?)

    Rainforest Tarantula *

    Northern Dwarf Treefrog

    Giant Water Spider
    +

    Peppermint Stick Insect

    Giant Burrowing Cockroach

    Queensland Prickly Katydid

    Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko

    Golden Orb Spider

    Spiny Stick Insect

    Emerald Monitor
    +

    Scrub Python
    +

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    * = (not seen)
    + = (additional unsigned species)
     
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  2. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mangroves:
    Archerfish

    Queensland Giant Mudskipper*
    +

    Greenback Mullet

    Saltwater Crocodile (juv)
    Spotted Scat
    Common Ponyfish

    Spotted Scat
    Milk-spotted Pufferfish
    +

    Mangrove Jack

    Giant Mud Crab
    +

    Barrier Reef:
    Painted Crayfish
    Scissor-tail Sergeant
    Starck's Demoiselle
    Barrier Reef Chromis

    Headband Humbug
    Convict Tang
    +

    Yellow Assessor*
    Gold-saddle Goatfish*
    *

    Lyretail Anthias
    Square-spot Anthias

    Tailspot Squirrelfish
    Sabre Squirrelfish
    +

    Fire Goby*
    Purple-lined Wrasse
    +

    Pastel-green Wrasse
    Moon Wrasse*
    +

    Blue-green Damselfish
    Sixbar Wrasse
    +

    Red-tooth Triggerfish
    Spotter Boxerfish
    +

    Common Lionfish
    Spotfin Lionfish
    Dwarf Lionfish

    Reef Stonefish
    +
     
  3. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Barrier Reef:
    Honeycomb Moray
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    Striped Catfish*
    Dogface Pufferfish

    Olive Seasnake
    *

    Moon Sea Jelly

    Epaulette Shark (other tank)
    Bluespot Lagoon Ray (other tank)
    Blue Seastar
    +

    Spotted Seahorse

    Grooved Razorfish

    Barbour's Seahorse
    +

    Clown Anemonefish
    Red-and-Black Anemonefish*
    Flame Hawkfish*
    Moyer's Dragonet
    Exquisite Fairy Wrasse*
    Blueband Goby*
    Orangeband Tang*
    Midnight Sailfin*
     
  4. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Oceanarium:
    Orange-spine Unicornfish
    Coral Trout*
    Pinnate Batfish
    Tasselled Wobbegong*
    Hump-headed Maori-wrasse (other tank)
    Bluestripe Seaperch
    Golden Trevally
    Cownose Ray
    Leopard Shark
    Spotted Eagle Ray*
    Malabar Grouper
    Grey Reef Shark
    White-tip Reef Shark*
    Porcupine Ray
    Sailfin Snapper*
    +

    Deep Reef Tank:
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  5. AWP

    AWP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Blacktip Reef Sharks are kept in the tank in the Aqualuna Restaurant.

    I wonder what happened to the Scalloped Hammerheads. The species is mentioned in several reports on internet and there's a large photograph of it next to entrance, but I didn't see any Scalloped Hammerhead nor a signage of it last month. Looking at your lists, this is still the case.
     
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  6. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    No idea. Definitely didn't see any...
     
  7. DaLilFishie

    DaLilFishie Well-Known Member

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    The hammerheads went off exhibit not long after opening. Not sure what happened to them. I saw them when I visited on opening day, didn't take any photos unfortunately.
     
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