[Official] Animal suggestion thread

[Twice Circled]

Hey all, I was recently asked if there was a place to suggest and discuss animal choices for the game so I thought I'd make one.

All the results are tabulated in a big chart and used to shape future design choices.

Here's the animals that are currently in the game:

Megaquarium

Rank 1
Azure Demoiselle
orchid dottyback
Half and Half Chromis

Rank 2
King Demoiselle
Arabian bluelined dottyback
Yellow Tang
Blackbar Soldierfish

Rank 3
Royal Gramma
Flame Angelfish
Coral Grouper
Redtail butterflyfish
Zebra Moray Eel

Rank 4
Reef Squirrelfish
Oblique-lined dottyback
Fox Face Rabbitfish
Panther grouper
Long Horn Cowfish
Volitans Lionfish
Blue knuckle hermit crab
Disco mushrooms

Rank 5
Coral Beauty
Cuckoo Wrasse
Atlantic Pollock
Humpback snapper
Porcupine Puffer
Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish
Common starfish
Blue tubular sponge
Schooling Bannerfish

Rank 6
Arabian Butterflyfish
French Angelfish
Ballan Wrasse
Unicorn Surgeonfish
Epaulette Shark
Striped Boxfish
Moon Jelly
Frilled Anemone
Daisy Star Polyps

Rank 7
Clown Fish
Bartlett Anthias
Turbot
Horse-eye Jack
Bull Huss Shark
Green Moray Eel
Common Cuttlefish
Pie-Crust Crab
Marbled Serpent Starfish
Bubbletip Anemone

Rank 8
Squarespot Anthias
Atlantic Mackerel
Regal Tang
Southern Stingray
Blue and Yellow Grouper
Leopard Shark
Lumpsucker
Spotted Boxfish
Toadstool Leather Coral
Common Lobster

Rank 9
Achilles Surgeonfish
Emperor Angelfish
Blonde Skate
Atlantic Cod
Tassled Wobbegong Shark
Slender seahorse
Wolffish
Scarlet leg hermit crab
Fish-eating anemone

Rank 10
Copperband Butterfly
Blue Whiting
Blacktip Reef Shark
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Starry Smoothhound
Big Bellied Seahorse
Fried egg Jelly
Leaf Scorpionfish
Staghorn Coral
Plate Coral

Rank 11
Purple Queen Anthias
Sohal Surgeonfish
Green Turtle
Angel Shark
Bonnethead Shark
Spotted Eagle Ray
Flame pipefish
Greater Blue Ring Octopus
Sun montipora
Purple plume fan

Rank 12
Green Mandarin Dragonet
Meyers Butterflyfish
Lemon shark
Manta Ray
Whale Shark
Giant Pacific Octopus
Leafy Seadragon
Nautilus
Emperor gorgonian
Leopard Giant clam

Freshwater Frenzy DLC

Rank 4
Midas Cichlid
Convict Cichlid
Guppy

Rank 5
Red striped eartheater
Boeseman's Rainbow
Blind Cave Tetra
Tinfoil Barb

Rank 6
Pacu
Amazonian Angelfish
Adolfo's Cory
Congo Tetra
Cardinal Tetra

Rank 7
Sunshine Pleco
Gardner's Killifish
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Fan shrimp

Rank 8
Red Bellied Piranha
Butterfly Ram
Redtail Catfish
Panther Crab

Rank 9
Porcupine River Stingray
Ripsaw Catfish
Giant Hatchetfish

Rank 10
Discus
Electric Eel
Dwarf Crocodile

Rank 11
Arapaima
Green Anaconda
American Paddlefish

Rank 12
American Manatee

Architect's Collection DLC

Rank 4
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Picasso Triggerfish

Rank 5
Oriental Sweetlips
Sea Needle

Rank 6
Decorator Crab

Rank 7
Tub Gurnard

Rank 8
Surge Wrasse

Rank 9
Golden Jack
Garden Eel
Steephead Parrotfish

Rank 10
John Dory
Large Tooth Sawfish

Rank 11
Japanese Spider Crab
Napoleon Wrasse

Rank 12
Ocean Sunfish

Deep Freeze DLC

Rank 4
Arctic Char
Shorthorn Sculpin

Rank 5
Giant Isopod
Antarctic Scallop
Antarctic Silverfish

Rank 6
Antarctic Sea Whip
Antarctic Sea Pig
Blackfin Icefish
Long-tailed Duck

Rank 7
Atlantic Puffin
Dumbo Octopus
Antarctic Feather Star

Rank 8
Northern Sea Otter
Pacific Viperfish
Arctic Skate
Zigzag Coral

Rank 9
Snow Petrel
Adélie Penguin
Black Seadevil Anglerfish
Peacock Squid

Rank 10
Emperor Penguin
Long-nosed Chimaera
Bubblegum Coral

Rank 11
Crabeater Seal
Barreleye
Atlantic Halibut

Rank 12
Pacific Walrus
Goblin Shark

Rank 13
Polar Bear
Giant Phantom Jelly

What would you like to see in the game and why?

[Shipwrecked]

Someone has probably already said it, but I'd personally like to see some larger animals, especially in the shark category, like bull or tiger sharks, and maybe some porpoises (dolphins, belugas, etc). Need something scary for my shark tunnel.

[Arbutus]

They actually already have tiger sharks I believe

[Bosjesman]

Tiger shark is not in the game.

[DragonHarrier]

I don't know if this has been said ealier in this thread, but I would love to somehow see Oarfish in the game. You got the largest fish, now add the longest.

Maybe also some squids (Humboldt maybe).
I know this is unlikely but perhaps some marine mammals?

[lindatjuh]

I actually work as an aquarist in a big wholesale company that supplies zoos and public aquaria with animals. fair warning my suggested species are a bit pro shark since I love them and thats the animals I work with the most <3 I'll try to prevent talking about why, because I will ramble on like crazy because I love all these animals so much. I feel so blessed to be able to work with these animals every single day aswell <3

I love this game (heads up. I haven't played the whole thing yet, so I might name a few animals that I haven't come across in yet but are in the game. I will meet them soon though!), but some species I really do miss which are really popular (and I absolutely adore):

Sandtiger shark (carcharias taurus)
bull shark (carcharhinus leucas, a real whimp! but gotta love them)
black tip reef shark (carcharhinus melanopterus)
tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
zebra shark (so stegostoma fasciatum)
Shovelnose ray (Rhinobatos typus)
spotted eagleray (Aetobatus narinari)
cownose ray (rhinobatos sp.)
brown banded bamboo shark
coral catshark
manta ray
whale shark
hammerhead (either great, scalloped or bonnethead all three are really popular and amazing)
Small-spotted catshark
any heterodontus species I believe the common name is bullheadshark, zebra, japonica, portjackson.
Honeycomb whipray (himantura undulata)
white tip reefshark
nurseshark (any kind cirratum, tawny or any other (tawny is the most beautiful one in my opinion though)
bat ray (Myliobatis sp)
Yellow Stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis)
blue spotted stingray (Teaniura lymma)
Japanese angel shark (super adorable, but scares the crap out of me every time xD)
brown shark/sandbar shark (carcharhinus plumbeus)
grey reef shark
edit: Bowmouth guitar fish aka rhyna. how could I forget this difficult, very expensive but awesome shark!


non sharks and rays xD:

nautilus
horseshoecrab
golden trevally
cleaner shrimp like amboinensis or debelius
flamboiant cuttlefish
bluering octopus
giant pacific octopus
upside down yellyfish
green seaturtle
green or/and blue chromis
Mandarinfish
gramma dejongi
carribean spiny lobster
giant isopod
triggerfishes
stone fish
achilles tang
look down (selene vomer)
Orbicular batfish
Japanese spider crab
seahorse (so many kinds but maybe the normal reidi? or for cold water abdominalis or subelongatus)
different kinds of clams
some more corals, anemones and sea urchins.
peacock mantis shrimp
Napoleon fish
Leafy seadragon
mangrove trees for a nursery tank
coral catfish
sunfish (mola mola)
spotted sandeel (heteroconger hassi)
sardine / herring
barracuda
parrotfish (any or multiple species like stoplight and princess)
nudibranchs and seahares
flying gurnard
cleaner wrasse
and maybe for jokes Halichoeres bivittatus amazing looking fish. just has a ridiculous common name

I think that's all that I could think of at the moment xD

kind regards,

Linda

ps. if you would like any more information on what traits sharks or other animals have or something like that dont be afraid to message me for information ^^

pps. maybe a cool idea for the future to include breeding possibilities? some species are bred very easily like clownfish, shrimp, seahorses even some sharks like blacktips and bamboo sharks.

ppps. please keep the game real and don't add species that are not kept succesfully in aquaria like great whites

[Koenraad27]

Surely it wouldnt be possible, but id love to see something extra large. In the direction of whales or orcas.

[Stormtempter]

Narwhals!

Livin in the ocean, causin a commotion

[Just dont ask]

Ancistrus and other L-nummers

[Ash]

I'd love the possibility of outdoor maps. More plants (especially for outdoors if that became a reality) and circular tanks :)

[Bosjesman]

I have made circular tanks :)
More info about them at:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/600480/discussions/0/1742228532898310244/

[BrySkye]

I made sure to play through the whole campaign first, so I'd have a better idea of what things have been added to the game in its various updates since the list in this topic was updated. :)

Can probably guess its gonna include sharks.
But I've tried to think of a few that might be nice additions to the little eco systems in the tanks.


Sandtiger Shark (Also known as Grey Nurse or Spotted Ragged Tooth, depending on region) < It's been suggested before. At this point, it's possibly the most noticibly absent large shark regularly kept in captivity.

Nurse Shark < Though its larger and looks more like a traditional shark, it's mainly a bottomfeeder and is quite happy to be stationary on the bottom. Could fill the niche of the Wobbegong/Angel sharks whilst still looking more 'sharky'. Also compatible with captivity.
Gameplay wise, would favour crustrations over fish.

White Tip Reef Shark < Similar to the Nurse shark in many ways, but a bit more of an active swimmer. This could have different behaviour of both free swimming at various depths of the tanks, but still happy to occasionally settle stationary on the bottom as well. Would favour predating on fish over crustations

Bull Head Shark. < Just to expand the small shark selection a bit. They have a distinctive shape with plenty of variety. Horn shark, Japanese Bull Head, Port Jackson, etc.
Would be able to use the armour stat so although small, can still go in tanks with the likes of the Angel Shark (some rather famous footage from the 90's of an Angel Shark swallowing a Horn Shark whole, then prompltly regurgating it intact to swim away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gygwFyPYmJU

Sawfish < Certainly a visually unique addition that have proven pretty robust in captivity. Also incredibly endangered in the wild, so the subject of various captive breeding programs and considered an important exhibit for conservation messages.

Bowmouth Guitar Fish < Apart from looking pretty neat, I will admit this is also partially because the original Japanese release of Endless Ocean (Forever Blue) had a critical bug where placing one or more in the games aquarium led to the console hard locking. Nintendo actually issued a recall of physical discs and produced new discs with the bug fixed.

Humphead Wrasse < It's big. It's very distinctive. It's colourful. It's not a shark.

Mola Mola (Giant Sunfish) < It's very big, the world's heaviest bony fish, it's very distinctive and its still not a shark.
Chorocojo can talk about that one more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzS4JDpFfQU

Goliath Grouper < Might be seeing a pattern here, but its a massive fish suited to filling out a Megaquarium tank and fearlessly coexisting with the larger predators.

And for something a bit more original
Cleaner Wrasse and Remoras.
Both fish help clean other fish of parasites, dead skin, etc and remoras are certainly known to even eat shark feces.
Not sure how it would be implemented exactly, but cleaner wrasse should be good in almost any tropical tank without fear of being eaten and would be either neutral to, or even help improve water quality slightly.
Similar for remoras, but with the additional requirement of the tank having large hosts present.

And now, just some to expand more on cold-water variety:

Conger Eel
Bluefin Tuna < Would need the largest tanks
Monkfish
Beluga Sturgeon < Adults to tend to live in the sea, returning to fresh water to spawn.
King Crab

[Michelin Man]

One thing I believe could be interesting is something known as the Bobtail Squid.
In actuality the Bobtail Squid is a cephalopod that more resembles a type of cuttlefish than a squid. It only grows up to 2 inches, and will only prey on creatures smaller than it (so basically only really small fish and crustaceans like cleaner shrimp). It usually lives in a tropical environment, preferring flat sandbeds in order to bury itself in.

[Dr.Dream Killer]

i think that there are many fish u haven't add yet...If u wish you can search marine fishes on Live aquaria site.There's a lot of choices to pick from there.

[xleon]

Not sure if these have been suggested, but Cleaner Shrimp would be a good addition and they could actually have a negative value for load as they would clean up some detritus.

Some live rock (rather than just stones) for the reef fish such as clown fish etc.

[Kikulune]

I know freshwater fish aren't really a priority (and I can understand why), but I just thought I'd say that there are some of us who would love to see them included much farther down the road. There really are enough interesting looking freshwater fish (some of them rather large, like the arapaima, taipon, and several species of catfish) that they'd fill up their own tanks without issue. Again, I know that would take a lot of work and isn't really a priority now, but it's food for thought.