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230 A Docent Field Guide to the Species <strong>of</strong> the Steinhart Aquarium 230 Fish-eating anemone Urticina piscivora Gumboot chiton Cryptochiton stelleri Rough keyhole limpet Diodora aspera Giant rock scallop Crassedoma giganteum Lloyd Gomez E. Eugenia Patten © CAS Marguerite Marguerite Gregory Gregory © © CAS CAS Gary Ron McDonald DeCloux Stephen Lonhart Gary McDonald / NOAA Stephen Lonhart Ron DeCloux / NOAA Sherry Ballard Ron DeCloux © CAS Mossy chiton Mopalia muscosa Red abalone Haliotis rufescens California mussel Mytilus californianus Red rock crab Cancer productus Ron DeCloux Sherry Jan Haaga Ballard / © NOAA CAS
Red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus Giant acorn barnacle Balanus nubilus Bat star Asterina miniata Giant sea star Pisaster giganteum 231 California Coast Main Tank 231 Sherry Ballard © CAS Sherry Ballard © CAS Gary McDonald Purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Gooseneck barnacle Pollicipes polymerus Pink star Pisaster brevispinus Ochre star Pisaster ochraceus Sherry Ballard © CAS Ron DeCloux Ron DeCloux Ron DeCloux
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THE STEINHART AQUARIUM A VIEW FOR A
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ii A Docent & Guide View of the Ste
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CARCHARINIDAE (REQUIEM SHARKS) 12 g
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Fish Families 7 All members of the
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Fish Families 9 Some species are no
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Fish Families 11 Wrasses are most e
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Fish Families 13 Most are solitary,
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Ron DeCloux Steinhart Field Guide I
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Conservation status: Steinhart Fiel
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ALGAE GREEN (DIVISION CHLOROPHYTA)
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subsequently grow into the familiar
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California into Baja; introduced su
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leaves as new ones replace them. Ma
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y species, 10-30 cm. Diet: Microcar
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Remarks: Can retract polyps individ
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anches. Paired branchlets extend fr
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Diet: Microcarnivore of plankton; m
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extends feeding tentacles at night
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Appearance: Various growth forms in
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Remarks: Its scientific name and a
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greenish, or yellowish. Conical pro
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Appearance: Colonies can be massive
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female’s gastrovascular cavity. W
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crown. Non-crowded (solitary) indiv
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Fish-eating Anemone Urticina pisciv
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nutrition by photosynthesis, thus t
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usually shed in large tide pools. F
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Black Turban Snail Tegula funebrali
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mollusks except bivalves, is covere
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Commercial propagation shows promis
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trade. Consumed in its range by hum
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on temperature.) Females do not fee
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and partially pink or salmon-colore
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cementing silk, tough outer silk fo
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will copulate the female by sliding
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Banded Coral Shrimp Stenopus hispid
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to April. Fertile females ready to
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The mollusk shells selected as home
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Habitat: On rocks, pier pilings and
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leaves, and each batch is housed in
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Habitat: From sea level to 1,800 m
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gardening ants, number about 200 sp
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Vermillion Sea Star Mediaster aequa
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only differences in light and dark.
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may seek protection in the urchin
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CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA (SEA CUCUMBERS)
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during December and January; egg ca
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along the coast in estuaries, bays,
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Rivers and their large tributaries,
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Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus (
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y other fishes. Live to at least 55
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hermaphrodite. As the ribbon eel gr
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Tinfoil Barb Barbonymus schwanenfel
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substrate egg-scattering fish. Male
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Habitat: Various tropical stream ha
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Diet: Consume terrestrial and aquat
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Diet: Insects and decaying fruits a
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Remarks: Can live out of water for
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free-swimming larvae hatch and leav
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irregular patch of flesh that dangl
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Habitat: Small tropical rivers and
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Flashlight Fish aka Eyelight Fish P
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Australia and New Zealand. Habitat:
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Weedy Seadragon Phyllopteryx taenio
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Starry Rockfish Sebastes constellat
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Distribution: Puget Sound to centra
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Habitat: Coral reefs. Appearance: S
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Aleutian Islands, and south along t
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Northern Spearnose Poacher Agonopsi
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in southern California; their bones
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member of the genus Serranus, commo
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Remarks: A popular game fish with a
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Distribution: Western Pacific: Mala
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and Central Pacific. Habitat: Subti
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dorsal fin, and yellow tail; two ve
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Appearance: Typically bright orange
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Mortality/Longevity: More than 5 ye
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caragua; in Lakes Nicaragua and Man
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turquoise to white dots over the bo
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wild, breeds in holes excavated und
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Redtail Surfperch Amphistichus rhod
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Diet: Oral “winnowers” sifting
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Mortality/Longevity: Eaten by bigge
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Neon Damselfish Neoglyphidodon oxyo
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Diet: Zooplankton in the water colu
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Pinstriped Wrasse Halichoeres melan
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Sixline Wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexa
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Reproduction and Development: Males
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Adults live secretively in reefs, c
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Page 185 and 186: Orange Spotted Spinefoot Siganus gu
Page 187 and 188: Reproduction and Development: Exter
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Page 193 and 194: Diet: Omnivorous; small invertebrat
Page 195 and 196: Diet: Small crustaceans, marine wor
Page 197 and 198: Ornate Cowfish Aracana ornate (Arac
Page 199 and 200: flowing mountain streams. Active no
Page 201 and 202: Like most toads, its poison glands
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Page 207 and 208: in pools and ditches after heavy ra
Page 209 and 210: Diet: Aquatic vegetation and fruit,
Page 211 and 212: Small prey is swallowed whole. Larg
Page 213 and 214: Habitat: Arboreal and semi-aquatic;
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Page 217 and 218: Diet: Young eat fruit, leaves, and
Page 219 and 220: Female coils around her eggs provid
Page 221 and 222: Distribution: Coastal lowlands, sou
Page 223 and 224: Habitat: Arboreal, living in lowlan
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Page 231: CALIFORNIA ROCKY COAST - MAIN TANK
Page 235 and 236: Black & yellow rockfish Sebastes ch
Page 237 and 238: Kelp greenling (male) Hexagrammos d
Page 239 and 240: 237 California Coast Southern Calif
Page 241 and 242: Rock wrasse (initial stage) Halicho
Page 243 and 244: Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Ora
Page 245 and 246: California mussel Mytilus californi
Page 247 and 248: Gerald & Buff Corsi © CAS Blood st
Page 249 and 250: GIANTS TANK - CALIFORNIA COAST EXHI
Page 251 and 252: Philippine Coral Reef Main Tank 249
Page 253 and 254: SEAGRASS SHALLOWS - PHILIPPINE CORA
Page 255 and 256: Tridacna clam Tridacna squamosa Lon
Page 257 and 258: PHILIPPINE CORAL REEF MAIN TANK Sar
Page 259 and 260: Galaxy coral Galaxea fascicularis A
Page 261 and 262: Bubbletip sea anemone Entacmea quad
Page 263 and 264: Seale’s cardinalfish Apogon seale
Page 265 and 266: Clark’s anemonefish Amphiprion cl
Page 267 and 268: Bird wrasse Gomphosus varius Pastel
Page 269 and 270: Orange spotted spinefoot Siganus gu
Page 271 and 272: Convict tang Acanthurus triostegus
Page 273 and 274: Ron DeCloux Gilded triggerfish (fem
Page 275 and 276: Warty Corallimorpharian Discosoma s
Page 277 and 278: Redspotted hawkfish Amblycirrhitus
Page 279 and 280: Pitcher plant Nepehthes sp. The Neo
Page 281 and 282: Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Red-leg
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Postman (underwing) Heliconius melp
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FLOODED AMAZON MAIN TANK Pirarucu (
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FRESHWATER STINGRAYS White-blotched
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Tank/ Exhibit # Focus Area and Them
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chitin the tough, resistant organic
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in a cell is decreased by half. Unl
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A Abalone, Red 53, 241 Acanthaster
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Oar Weed 20 Rockweeds 20 Brycon mel
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Cynopterus brachyotis 227 Cyprinida
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Icelinus tenuis 135 Ictalurus punct
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giganteus 87 ochraceus 87 Pitcher P
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Sharkminnow, Tricolor 104 Sharks 92
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Senorita 172, 239 Sixbar 173, 265 S
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