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The former location of the aquarium in Washington, D.C. The National Aquarium was established in 1873 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts under the auspices of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries by Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Spencer Baird. It displayed 180 species of fish, reptiles, and other aquatic animals.
San Antonio Aquarium - Leon Valley; Sea Center Texas - Lake Jackson [32] Sea Life San Antonio Aquarium - San Antonio [33] SeaWorld San Antonio - San Antonio; Seven Seas Marine Life Park - Arlington; Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center - Athens [34] Texas State Aquarium - Corpus Christi
The Aquarium of the Bay is a Smithsonian Affiliate and certified as a Green Business by the city of San Francisco. It contains over 750,000 gallons of salt water that over 24,000 animals from 200+ species call home. It is the only Smithsonian-affiliated aquarium in the state of California.
The following list of known freshwater fish species, subspecies, and hybrids occurring in Washington state is taken from Wydoski and Whitney(2003). Some scientific names have been updated or corrected. Trout nomenclature follows Behnke et al.(2002). Asterisks denote introduced fishes.
Dive Show in the Window on Washington Waters exhibit. Window on Washington Waters is a 120,000-US-gallon (450,000 L) tank created as part of the 2007 expansion. It is meant to replicate the coastal waters of Washington state from about 5 to 60 feet (1.5 to 18.3 m), and features native marine life including salmon, rockfish, and sea anemones ...
At the end of the 19th century the Artis aquarium was considered state-of-the-art, as it was again at the end of the 20th century. [5] Before its closing on 30 September 2013, the oldest American aquarium was the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C., founded in 1873. [6]
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, located in Tacoma, Washington, US, owned by Metro Parks Tacoma. Situated on 29 acres (12 ha) in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park , the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species .
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is a National Park Service site located in the north eastern corner of Washington, D.C., and the near the Maryland state border. Nestled near the banks of the Anacostia River and directly west of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens preserves a plethora of rare waterlilies and lotuses in the cultivated ponds near the river.