Welcome to the Meet the Fish Page! In the marine aquarium many different species of fish, invertebrates, and corals live together in the same habitat. On this page you will meet each species with a picture of the actual animal in the aquarium and some fun facts about each species. Have fun exploring and learning about the fascinating living things in the marine aquarium!

Flame Angel

Name: Flame Angel Scientific Name: Centropyge Ioriculus Natural Habitat: Clear Lagoons and Seaward Reefs Comes From: Central and South Pacific Ocean (Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Tahiti and Hawaii) Size: Up to 4 inches Food/Diet: Algae, small invertebrates such as shrimp Characteristics: Bright Orange-Red in color with a long, vertical black blotch followed by 4 to 5 black long, black bars on the sides. The dorsal fins toward the tail of the fish are black and purple-blue stripes. Very secretive and likes to stay hidden.

Bicolor Pseudochromis

Name: Bicolor Pseudochromis Scientific Name: Pseudochromis paccagnellae Natural Habitat: Coral reefs Comes From: Western Pacific Ocean (Indonesia) Size: 2 to 3 inches Food/Diet: Meaty foods, shrimp, other small worms and invertebrates Characteristics: The front half of the fish is bright purple and tail half is bright yellow. These fish are known to semi-aggressive and territorial.

Six Line Wrasse

Name: Six Line Wrasse Scientific Name: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Natural Habitat: Coral reefs Comes From: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Off the Coast of Fiji) Size: 0.5 to 1.5 inches Food/Diet: Small crustaceans and invertebrates like snails, urchins and shrimp Characteristics: Orange colored with 6 blue horizontal lines

Tomato Clownfish

Name: Tomato Clownfish Scientific Name: Amphiprion frenatus Natural Habitat: Purple anemones like the Bubble-tip Anemone Comes From: Western Pacific Ocean (Ryukyu Islands, Japan to Malaysia and Indonesia) Size: 0.5 to 1 inch (small) or 1 to 1.5 inches (medium), but can grow as big as 5.5 inches Food/Diet: plants and small invertebrates Characteristics: Bright Orange-Red to Deep Red in color with one vertical, white stripe just behind the eyes that wraps over the head

Maroon Clownfish

Name: Maroon Clownfish Scientific Name: Premnas biaculeatus Natural Habitat: Sea anemones Comes From: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Western Indonesia to Taiwan and the Great Barrier Reef) Size: Up to 6.5 inches Food/Diet: Zoo Plankton and other small invertebrates Characteristics: Bright Orange-Red to Deep Red or Maroon in color with three vertical, white stripes. One of the biggest clownfish species

Yellow Tang

Name: Yellow Tang Scientific Name: Zebrasoma flavescens Natural Habitat: Shallow Reefs Comes From: Pacific and Indian Oceans (West of Hawaii and East of Japan) Size: 6 to 7 inches Food/Diet: Algae, wild grasses, other plant materials, shrimp and other small animals Characteristics: Bright yellow during the day, but at night a brown patch and a horizontal white stripe appear on the sides of the fish. Yellow Tangs are shaped like an arrow and have a snout-like mouth that they use to eat algae off of rocks, corals, and sometimes even larger fish and turtles. They also have a sharp spine near their tail.

Kole Tang

Name: Kole Tang Scientific Name: Ctenochaetus strigosus Natural Habitat: Shallow and Deep Lagoons and outer coral reefs Comes From: Central Pacific From Hawaii to Australia Size: Up to 5.5 inches Food/Diet: Algae Characteristics: Brown in color with light blue to yellow horizontal stripes all over its body. Toward the head, the stripes turn into spots. The Kole Tang has a yellow circle surrounding its eyes. Its teeth allow the mouth to work like a vacuum to pick up algae.

Blue Hippo Tang

Name: Blue Hippo Tang Scientific Name: Paracanthurus hepatus Natural Habitat: Clear water around current-swept seaward reefs Comes From: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Reefs of East Africa, Japan, Samoa, New Caledonia, and the Great Barrier Reef) Size: 2-3.5 inches Food/Diet: Small invertebrates and algae Characteristics: Bright blue color with black markings and a yellow tail fin. This fish is commonly recognized as it is portrayed as Dory in Disney/ Pixar's Finding Nemo

Banggai Cardinal

Name: Banggai Cardinal Scientific Name: Pterapogon kaudemi Natural Habitat: Marine reef Comes From: Banggai Islands of Indonesia Size: Up to 3 inches Food/Diet: Small crustaceans, fish, and invertebrates Characteristics: Colored with black and lighter-colored bars with white spots. Endangered Species

Niger Trigger

Name: Niger Trigger Scientific Name: Odonus niger Natural Habitat: Coral reefs Comes From: Indo-Pacific Ocean off the coast of Tahiti and Fiji Size: Up to 12 inches in the wild Food/Diet: squid, krill, clams, small fish and hard shelled shrimp Characteristics: Blue, green, and/or purple in color. These fish actually have bright red teeth. Vocalizes using a grunting-like sound. Like to hide in holes in coral reefs and live rock.

Serpent Sea Star

Name: Serpent Sea Star Scientific Name: Orphioderma appressum Natural Habitat: Littoral zone of the ocean (submerged shoreline) Comes From: South Carolina to Brazil, Bermuda, eastern Atlantic, Senegal and Angola, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, off Florida and Texas Size: Arms can reach up to 2 feet long Food/Diet: fish and small invertebrates (they are scavengers) Characteristics: Much like a starfish with long, thin legs. The legs are approximately four times as long as the diameter of the round body. They are nocturnal.

Long-Spined Sea Urchin

Name: Long-Spined Sea Urchin Scientific Name: Diadema antillarum Natural Habitat: Comes From: Size: Food/Diet: Characteristics:

Pencil Urchin

Name: Pencil Urchin Scientific Name: Heterocentrotus mammillatus Natural Habitat: Comes From: Size: Food/Diet: Characteristics:

Green-Striped Mushrooms

Name: Green-Striped Mushrooms Scientific Name: Actinodiscus Natural Habitat: Comes From: Size: Food/Diet: Characteristics:

Leather Coral

Name: Leather Coral Scientific Name: Sarcophyton Natural Habitat: Comes From: Size: Food/Diet: Characteristics:

Spaghetti Coral

Name: Spaghetti Coral Scientific Name: Sinularia flexibis Natural Habitat: Comes From: Size: Food/Diet: Characteristics: