California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery

The heart of the Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet focuses on the universality of water wherever there is life, investigating the adaptations by organisms to live in the myriad niches resulting from water's many differences in chemistry, abundance or scarcity, temperature, and motion.
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Pot-bellied Seahorse ¹
Hippocampus abdominalis

Weedy Seadragon ²
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Nothobranchius thierryi ³

Sewellia lineolata ⁴

Nothobranchius ⁵

Butterfly Splitfin ⁶
Ameca splendens

Sphaerichthys vaillanti ³

Yellow Perch ⁷
Perca flavescens

Channel Catfish ⁸
Ictalurus punctatus

Smallmouth Buffalo ⁹
Ictiobus bubalus

spotted gar ¹⁰
Lepisosteus oculatus

Longnose gar ¹¹
Lepisosteus osseus

Longear sunfish ¹²
Lepomis megalotis

Spoonbill Cat ¹⁰
Polyodon spathula

Black Crappie ⁷
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Scaphirhynchus albus

shovelnose sturgeon ¹³
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Mexican Tetra ¹⁰
Astyanax mexicanus

Gnathonemus petersii ¹⁰

Synodontis nigriventris ¹⁴

Kryptopterus bicirrhis ¹⁵

Toxotes ¹⁶

Microrasbora ¹⁷

Indostomus paradoxus ¹⁸

Leafy Seadragon ¹⁹
Phycodurus eques

Banggai Cardinalfish ²⁰
Pterapogon kauderni

Ringed Pipefish ²¹
Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus

Doryrhamphus janssi ²²

Lemon Coralgoby ²³
Gobiodon citrinus

Endler's Livebearer ²⁴
Poecilia wingei

Randall's anthias ²⁰
Pseudanthias randalli

Three-spined Stickleback ²⁵
Gasterosteus aculeatus

Altolamprologus calvus ²⁶

Neolamprologus ²⁷

Neolamprologus brevis ²⁸

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California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery

Pot-bellied Seahorse 1 Hippocampus abdominalis

Weedy Seadragon 2 Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Butterfly Splitfin 6 Ameca splendens

Yellow Perch 7 Perca flavescens

Channel Catfish 8 Ictalurus punctatus

Smallmouth Buffalo 9 Ictiobus bubalus

spotted gar 10 Lepisosteus oculatus

Longnose gar 11 Lepisosteus osseus

Longear sunfish 12 Lepomis megalotis

Spoonbill Cat 10 Polyodon spathula

Black Crappie 7 Pomoxis nigromaculatus

shovelnose sturgeon 13 Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Mexican Tetra 10 Astyanax mexicanus

Leafy Seadragon 19 Phycodurus eques

Banggai Cardinalfish 20 Pterapogon kauderni

Ringed Pipefish 21 Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus

Lemon Coralgoby 23 Gobiodon citrinus

Endler's Livebearer 24 Poecilia wingei

Randall's anthias 20 Pseudanthias randalli

Three-spined Stickleback 25 Gasterosteus aculeatus