This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Greater Cleveland Aquarium during my visit on 6-27-16. I am arranging the list by the current visitor map by the named zones as they are encountered along its one-way route. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit. This is not intended to be a full account of the collection. Also, species on exhibit are sometimes moved, so some that were there one day may have disappeared from public view the next. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the aquarium since I am not arranging the species by animal type. I will list each zone in a separate entry in the thread for clarity. All exhibits are indoors. OHIO LAKES & RIVERS: (14 Exhibits) These exhibits are within a room with a mix of elements: plain walls, mural walls, simulated stream rockwork, simulated foliage, and exposed-brick walls that are the structure of the former powerhouse in which the aquarium facility is located. Right side of visitor path: Small-sized pedestal aquarium: Sea Lamprey Medium-sized open-top aquarium with simulated rock waterfall backdrop: Bluegill Sunfish Brown Bullhead Catfish Channel Catfish Hybrid Striped Bass Largemouth Bass Longnose Gar Red Eared Slider Yellow Perch 5 small-sized wall terrariums, containing 1 species in each except where noted: American Toad (with Green Frog) Eastern Box Turtle Eastern Gartersnake Green Frog (with American Toad) Spotted Salamander Wood Frog Left side of visitor path: 5 small-sized wall aquarium/terrariums, containing 1 species in each except where noted: Blanding's Turtle Eastern Musk Turtle (with Round Goby) Midland Painted Turtle Mississippi Map Turtle Round Goby (with Eastern Musk Turtle) Spotted Turtle Medium-sized long open-top aquarium: Blacknose Dace Pumpkinseed Sunfish Redside Dace River Chub Southern Redbelly Dace Spotfin Shiner Medium-sized long open-top aquarium: Black Crappie Black Redhorse Longear Sunfish Shovelnose Sturgeon
LAKES & RIVERS OF THE WORLD: (12 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a room around the corner from the previous zone that mostly has exposed-brick walls, mild theming around the Asian exhibits, and dominated by a series of round tanks lining the center that each has some sort of simulated tree trunk rising out of the tank. Left side of visitor path: Medium-sized long open-top aquarium: Giant Danio Gold Dojo Loach Hi Fin Banded Shark Red Glass Barb Red Panda Barb White Cloud Mountain Minnow Medium-sized open-top aquarium with simulated tree stumps and tropical backdrop: Banded Cichlid Banded Leporinus Chocolate Cichlid Midas Cichlid Ocellate River Stingray Red Hook Silver Dollar Red Terror Cichlid Ripsaw Catfish Silver Arowana Uaru Yellow Spotted Amazon Turtle Right side of visitor path: Smallish-sized open-top aquarium with rocky backdrop: Australian Side-necked Turtle Krefft's River Turtle Medium-sized yard room behind glass with visitor walkway entering it with low wood railing for contact/feeding inhabitants: African Spurred Tortoise Center of path: Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Bleher's Rainbowfish Boesemani Rainbow Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish New Guinea Red Rainbow Red-striped Rainbowfish Yellow Rainbow Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Chinese Striped Neck Turtle Clown Knifefish Clown Loach Crystal Eyed Catfish Giant Gourami Red Tail Gourami Siamese Tiger Perch Tinfoil Barb Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Archerfish Figure Eight Pufferfish Spotted Pufferfish Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Black Tetra Blue Discus Tapajos Flagtail Catfish Freshwater Angel Heckle Discus Red Base Tetra Rummynose Tetra Slender Chameleon Tetra Three-lined Cory Smallish-sized round column aquarium: Red-bellied Piranha Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Bushynose Pleco Daffodil Cichlid Duboisi Cichlid Frontosa Marlier's Julie Smallish-sized round open-top pedestal aquarium: Blue Dolphin Cichlid Cobalt Blue Zebra Fuelleborn's Cichlid Purple Acei Yellow Lab Cichlid Smallish-sized round column aquarium: Black Piebald Blue Obliquidens Zebra Obliquidens
DISCOVERY ZONE: (4 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a small exposed-brick room that is the base of the tall brick steaming chimney that once vented the powerhouse building during its original use. 3 tiny-sized wall aquariums that illustrate the early lifecycles of: Moon Jellyfish Medium-sized round ceiling aquarium above visitors' heads: Moon Jellyfish
PACIFIC: (7 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a narrow exposed-brick L-shaped hallway. The map lists them all as being in one zone, but the species identification signs list the first 3 exhibits as being Indo-Pacific while the other 4 exhibits are Northern Pacific. Medium-sized column aquarium: Lionfish Reef Scorpionfish Spotted Scorpionfish Medium-sized column aquarium: Bignose Unicornfish Dog-faced Puffer Goldbar Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Maroon Clownfish Sailfin Tang Medium-sized column aquarium: Clark's Anemonefish Naso Tang Panther Grouper Snowflake Eel Three Spot Domino Damselfish Medium-sized wall aquarium: Blue Rockfish Copper Rockfish Kelp Greenling Mottled Seastar Vermilion Star Medium-sized wall aquarium: California Sea Cucumber Green Surf Anemone High Cockscomb Purple Sea Urchin Saddleback Gunnel Spot Prawn Medium-sized wall aquarium: Gumboot Chiton Lined Chiton Painted Greenling Shiner Surfperch Wolf Eel Small-sized tunnel aquarium that forms archway leading to next zone: Giant Pacific Octopus Leather Star Pink Sea Star Plumose Anemone
COASTAL: (9 Exhibits) These exhibits are in a large room with mostly plain walls decorated with white-painted wood wainscoting and trim. Left side of visitor path: 3 small-sized wall aquariums, containing 1 species in each: Potbelly Seahorse Empty Lined Seahorse Smallish-sized wall aquarium: Banggai Cardinalfish Cabbage Leather Coral Candy Cane Coral Clown Anemonefish Fluted Giant Clam Frogspawn Coral Kenya Tree Coral Lyretail Anthias Open Brain Coral Sailfin Tang Striped Mushroom Tomato Clownfish Largish-sized wall aquarium: Atlantic Spadefish Blue Tang Crevalle Jack Graysby Grouper Porkfish Red Hind Grouper Sargeant Major Largish-sized wall aquarium: Blue Chromis Blue Hamlet Butter Hamlet High-hat Jack-knifefish Northern Puffer Queen Angelfish Purple Damselfish Reef Butterfly Royal Gramma Shy Hamlet Spanish Hogfish Right side of visitor path: Largish-sized open-top round touchtank: I missed the sign for this if there was one, it appeared to contain: Bat Ray Southern Stingray Small-sized shallow open-top touchtank: Chocolate Chip Sea Star Horseshoe Crab Pincushion Sea Urchin Red Knob Sea Star Tiger Cowrie Tiny-sized shallow open-top touchtank: Cleaner Shrimp
TROPICAL REEF: (3 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in another narrow exposed-brick hallway. Medium-sized wall aquarium: Auriga Butterflyfish Bigeye Orange Fantail Filefish Raccoon Butterflyfish Yellow Tang Yellowtail Damsel Medium-sized wall aquarium: Emperor Angelfish Foxface Rabbitfish Harlequin Sweetlips Magnificent Rabbitfish Three Barred Damsel Yellow Belly Hippo Tang Medium-sized wall aquarium: Blackbar Soldierfish Cottonwick Oyster Toadfish Pygmy Angelfish Scrawled Cowfish Yellowhead Wrasse
SHARK SEATUBE: (1 Exhibit) This exhibit is by far the largest one at the aquarium; one side of it is viewed through large windows in a dark room dominated by the exposed-brick and steel structure of the former powerhouse building, which has been featured throughout rather than hidden. The other 3 sides of the exhibit are traversed by a long tunnel (169 linear feet) that makes several angles and turns, starting and ending in the room where the exhibit is first viewed. The interior of the tank is detailed with an average amount of simulated rock outcrops and a small shipwreck, but is rather shallow (9 feet) for one of this size (230,000 gallons). A sign says that it contains 34 species, but I could only find identification signs for 30 species: Atlantic Nurse Shark Black Drum Black Grouper Blacknose Shark Blue Angelfish Blue Runner Blue Striped Grunt Coney Grouper Cownose Ray Crevalle Jack Dusky Squirrelfish French Angelfish French Grunt Goliath Grouper Gray Angelfish Great Amberjack Great Barracuda Green Moray Eel Lookdown Fish Porcupine Pufferfish Queensland Grouper Red Grouper Reef Squirrelfish Rock Hind Grouper Rooster Hogfish Sandbar Shark Sandtiger Shark Shark Sucker Southern Stingray Yellowtail Snapper
EXPLORATION STATION: (3 Exhibits?) The main part of the aquarium is on one floor; after exiting the aquarium, there is a second floor area of two rooms on the map called Exploration Station which appears to mostly be children's education area. I missed this area, although there was a sign on the main floor stating that there was an electric eel exhibit on the second floor. Looking at the map, which is mostly drawn correctly, it appears that there is a single exhibit for that species in one room, while another room seems to show 2 more exhibits for what I assume are other species. So I will count them in the exhibit total. 3 aquariums of unknown size, I did not see them; at least 1 contains: Electric Eel
SUMMARY: By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Greater Cleveland Aquarium is: 53 By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits is: 211 The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories: Mammals: 0 Birds: 0 Reptiles: 13 Amphibians: 4 Fish: 168 Invertebrates: 26
