North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher's education team has put their census up on iNaturalist, so that teachers and fellow educators have a reference to learn more about the different species here at the aquarium.

Green Sea Turtle ¹
Chelonia mydas

Horse-eye Jack ²
Caranx latus

Queen Triggerfish ³
Balistes vetula

Red Grouper ³
Epinephelus morio

White Grunt ⁴
Haemulon plumierii

Blue Poison Frog ⁵
Dendrobates azureus

Yellow-banded Poison Frog ⁶
Dendrobates leucomelas

Black Drum ⁷
Pogonias cromis

Red Lionfish ⁸
Pterois volitans

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ⁹
Caretta caretta

Falcos Hawkfish ¹⁰
Cirrhitichthys falco

Sixline Wrasse ¹¹
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Lined Seahorse ¹²
Hippocampus erectus

Atlantic Guitarfish ¹³
Rhinobatos lentiginosus

Atlantic Stingray ¹⁴
Dasyatis sabina

Atlantic Thread Herring ¹⁵
Opisthonema oglinum

Cownose Ray ¹⁶
Rhinoptera bonasus

Southern Stingray ¹⁷
Dasyatis americana

Atlantic Blue Tang ¹⁸
Acanthurus coeruleus

Doctorfish ⁹
Acanthurus chirurgus

Queen Angelfish ¹⁹
Holacanthus ciliaris

Sand Tilefish ²⁰
Malacanthus plumieri

Sergeant Major ⁹
Abudefduf saxatilis

Slippery Dick ⁹
Halichoeres bivittatus

Smallmouth Grunt ²¹
Haemulon chrysargyreum

Spanish Hogfish ³
Bodianus rufus

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North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Green Sea Turtle 1 Chelonia mydas

Horse-eye Jack 2 Caranx latus

Queen Triggerfish 3 Balistes vetula

Red Grouper 3 Epinephelus morio

White Grunt 4 Haemulon plumierii

Blue Poison Frog 5 Dendrobates azureus

Yellow-banded Poison Frog 6 Dendrobates leucomelas

Black Drum 7 Pogonias cromis

Red Lionfish 8 Pterois volitans

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 9 Caretta caretta

Falcos Hawkfish 10 Cirrhitichthys falco

Sixline Wrasse 11 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Lined Seahorse 12 Hippocampus erectus

Atlantic Guitarfish 13 Rhinobatos lentiginosus

Atlantic Stingray 14 Dasyatis sabina

Atlantic Thread Herring 15 Opisthonema oglinum

Cownose Ray 16 Rhinoptera bonasus

Southern Stingray 17 Dasyatis americana

Atlantic Blue Tang 18 Acanthurus coeruleus

Doctorfish 9 Acanthurus chirurgus

Queen Angelfish 19 Holacanthus ciliaris

Sand Tilefish 20 Malacanthus plumieri

Sergeant Major 9 Abudefduf saxatilis

Slippery Dick 9 Halichoeres bivittatus

Smallmouth Grunt 21 Haemulon chrysargyreum

Spanish Hogfish 3 Bodianus rufus