A shoal of bizarre-looking lumpsucker fish has gone on display at Bristol Aquarium. Half a dozen of the fish, which have been described as Britain’s least graceful, are sharing their new home with a lone wolf fish. Juvenile lumpsucker at Bristol Aquarium It is hoped the juvenile lumpsuckers, which are part of a captive breeding … Continued
Bristol Aquarium is highlighting the real life story of the fish which inspired the new ‘Finding Dory’ film. The Harbourside attraction is home to a dozen regal tangs – the fishy inspiration for the eponymous star of the new Disney Pixar animation. Found in the Indo Pacific, regal tangs are also known as ‘palette surgeonfish’ … Continued
A lobster from Bristol Aquarium is set to star in a national radio broadcast next week. ‘Satsuma’ a bright orange coloured crustacean, which has been living at the Harbourside attraction since 2014, is to feature in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Natural Histories’ programme. The show’s presenter Brett Westwood travelled to the aquarium to … Continued
:: BABY BAMBOO SHARK GETS NEW HOME AT AQUARIUM :: A tropical shark which outgrew its tank in a Worcestershire pet shop is enjoying its spacious new surroundings at Bristol Aquarium. The female bamboo shark was donated to the Harbourside attraction after her owners realised they could no longer look after her. The shark, which was … Continued
Shell shocked by lobster ‘twin’! Staff were a little shell-shocked this morning and thought they were seeing double when they discovered Charlotte, our bright blue lobster, apparently sharing her display with an identical twin. On closer inspection it became clear the ‘twin’ was in fact a complete moult. The delicate moult is an exact replica of Charlotte including both claws, legs … Continued
New shipwreck home for giant eels A quartet of giant conger eels are setting in to their new shipwreck home at Bristol Aquarium. The eels share their new display with a variety of other native species including sea bass, cuckoo wrasse and ballan wrasse. The eels, which currently measure around a metre in length, came … Continued
AQUARIUM TO SET ‘IQ TESTS’ FOR QUARTET OF OCTOPUS A quartet of curled octopus is to be set a series of challenges as part of a new enrichment programme at Bristol Aquarium. The newly-arrived cephalopods will share a specially-themed habitat and aquarists are devising a training plan to ensure each octopus is kept both … Continued
Deadly ‘seaweed’ with fishy sting it the tail A bizarre-looking venomous fish which disguises itself as seaweed has gone on display for the first time at Bristol Aquarium. The weedy scorpionfish is covered in seaweed-like appendages and venomous spines. Found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans the scorpionfish is a master of … Continued
Exotic new jellyfish spotted at Bristol Aquarium An exotic new species of jellyfish has gone on display for the first time at Bristol Aquarium. The white spotted, or floating bell, jellyfish is native to the West Pacific from Australia to Japan and can grow up to half-a-metre in diameter. The jellyfish gets its … Continued
Aquarium adds giant snails to Botanical House A quintet of the world’s largest species of snail has gone on display in one of the large bio-domes at Bristol Aquarium. The giant tiger land snail, which is native to West Africa, can reach in excess of 18cms in the wild – making them the largest land … Continued