This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord in Concord, North Carolina during my visit on 9-27-19. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit, and using the map going along the one-way suggested route from the aquarium entrance to its named zones. 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 post the list in 2 halves. Exterior - Mall Entrance by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM Entrance to Admissions by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM ADMISSIONS: (1 Exhibit) The admissions desk in the lobby shares the room with an exhibit that can be viewed before visitors enter the aquarium. Medium-sized half-round open-topped aquarium: Engineer Goby Green Bird Wrasse Maroon Clown Fish Orange Toadfish Red V-Tail Grouper Regal Tang CATAWBA RIVER: (2 Exhibits) After visitors go through the Introduction Room and its very brief show, the first zone along the exhibit path is this one dedicated to the local freshwater species, set in a forest-themed room. Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium: Fish (unsigned, unidentified, possibly a species or two from the adjacent tank?) Medium-sized curved open-topped aquarium: Black Crappie Bluegill Channel Catfish Golden Shiner Largemouth Bass Red-eared Sunfish Catawba River Exhibits by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM SANDY SHORES: (1 Exhibit) This zone and the next share a large coastal-themed room. Large-sized long open-topped aquarium: Four-eye Butterflyfish Hi-hat Drumfish Hogfish Marsh Killifish Queen Angel Yellow Stingray Sandy Shores Exhibit by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM TIDAL TOUCHPOOLS: (1 Exhibit) Medium-sized open-topped touchtank divided in three nodes, set within simulated rocky walls: Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Unsigned) Invertebrates (Unsigned, unidentified) HARBOR: (3 Exhibits) This zone is in a small room that simulates the piers and ceiling of being under a dock. Small-sized quarter-bubble shaped aquarium: Banded Serpent Sea Star Green Banded Goby Neon Goby Peppermint Shrimp Pincushion Sea Urchin Spotted Garden Eel Medium-sized square-shaped open-topped aquarium viewed from 3 sides: Blotched Stingray Chalk Basslet Cuban Hogfish Fringed Filefish Spanish Hogfish Tobacco Basslet Medium-sized long open-topped aquarium with bubble viewing window on one end: (I suspect I missed a rotation of the species identification monitor for this exhibit, there were probably at least 6 more species in here) Blackbar Soldierfish Black Drumfish Brown-banded Bamboo Shark Cottonwick Grunt French Angelfish Hogfish Harbor Exhibits by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM THE SHOAL: (1 Exhibit) This dark modern room is entered by visitors as they are surrounded on all sides by the exhibit. Large narrow 360-degree oval-shaped aquarium surrounding outer walls of room, with plain blue backdrop walls and numerous air bubble columns in water: Caribbean Spiny Lobster Silver Moony The Shoal Exhibit by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM
SEAHORSE NURSERY: (3 Exhibits) This small room is decorated with simulated mudbanks and strangler fig trees and their roots. Medium-sized quarter-round shaped shelf aquarium with visitor crawlspace below and pop-up window: Sailfin Molly Small-sized half-round wall aquarium: Bangai Cardinalfish Blue-leg Hermit Crab Mandarin Goby Spider Decorator Crab Turbo Snail Small-sized half-round wall aquarium: Empty (signed that it normally holds Potbelly Seahorse) STINGRAY BAY (1 Exhibit) This zone is in a large room with simulated palm trees. Large-sized hexagonal-shaped open-topped aquarium with two bubble-shaped viewing windows on backside: Blue Spot Ribbontail Ray Brown Banded Bamboo Shark Coral Cat Shark Epaulette Shark Fish (unsigned, unidentified) Horn Shark Shovelnose Guitarfish Stingray Bay Exhibit by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM SHARK SHIPWRECK: (4 Exhibits) This zone and the next one share a dark low-ceilinged room that recreates a sunken shipwreck. Shark Shipwreck Exhibits by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM Medium-sized wall aquarium with 2 bubble-shaped viewing windows: Fish (unsigned, unidentified) Medium-sized floor-to-ceiling column aquarium: Blue Dot Grouper Dragon Moray Eel Snowflake Moray Eel Volitans Lionfish White Spot Rabbitfish Medium-sized wall aquarium: Giant Pacific Octopus Medium-sized curved wall aquarium: Banded Coral Shrimp Ocellaris Clownfish Pajama Cardinalfish Purple Firefish Regal Tang Ringtail Surgeonfish Shark Shipwreck Exhibits by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM CLAWS: (3 Exhibits) Medium-sized half-round pedestal terrarium: Hermit Crab Medium-sized half-round pedestal aquarium: American Lobster Medium-sized round pedestal aquarium: Giant Isopod (nearby graphics suggest this exhibit was originally for Japanese Spider Crab) OCEAN TUNNEL and TROPICAL OCEAN: (1 Exhibit) The aquarium's feature tank is seen from a variety of viewpoints, including an introductory curved window within the Shark Shipwreck zone seen previously. Large-sized feature aquarium with simulated reef outcrops and stone octopus ruins, viewed from short curved tunnel, 2 larger curved panels, and several small round windows: Blacktip Reef Shark Bonnethead Shark Cownose Stingray Double-saddle Butterflyfish Green Sea Turtle Lookdown Map Pufferfish Nurse Shark Queensland Grouper Schooling Bannerfish Southern Stingray Zebra Shark Ocean Tunnel/Tropical Ocean Exhibit - Tunnel View by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM Ocean Tunnel/Tropical Ocean Exhibit by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM CORAL REEF: (2 Exhibits) This small area adjoins the Tropical Ocean zone. Medium-sized plain wall aquarium: Moon Jelly Coral Reef - Moon Jelly Exhibit by geomorph posted 19 Jan 2020 at 1:10 PM Small-sized square pedestal aquarium with small visitor tunnel: Coral (unsigned, unidentified) KIDS SOFT PLAY AREA: (1 Exhibit) The final zone of the aquarium is mostly a bright activity space dominated by a play structure, but there is one exhibit. Small-sized narrow half-round pedestal aquarium: Blue Devil Chromis Blue Spot Pufferfish Marine Betta Saddle-back Butterflyfish Tomato Clownfish White Spotted Bamboo Shark
SUMMARY: By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord is: 24 By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits with identification signs is: 88 The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories: Mammals: 0 Birds: 0 Reptiles: 1 Amphibians: 0 Fish: 71 Invertebrates: 16
