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The
Newport Aquarium
is a public
aquarium
in
Newport, Kentucky
,
United States
.
In the aquarium's first gallery, nine displays show
freshwater
fish
from five
continents
of the world. There are hundreds of
species
in these
exhibits
, from the
rainforests
of
Australia
, the
wetlands
and
caves
of
North America
, tall
grasses
of
Asia
, the
Amazon
of
South America
, and the center of
Africa
. The tanks in World Rivers hold 9,000
gallons
of freshwater.
- Wenlock River:
Banded Rainbow fish, Pacific Blue Eye, Black Tandan
Catfish
, Gudgeon
- Licking River:
Rainbow darter, Rosefin shiner, Redside dace, Blue sucker, Two-toned Pared
Sunfish
- Mississippi River
:
Spotted gar, Spring cavefish, Stinkpot
turtle
- Cavefish:
Blind cavfish, Northern cavefish
- Mekong River
:
Bumblebee goby, Harlequin Rasboras, Blue gouarmi, Siamese
algae
eater, Danios,
Thai
Wood
Shrimp
- Rio Negro
:
Heckel duscus, Corydoras catfish, Black-winged hatchetfish, Goden pencilfish, Ram cichlid, Striped Headstander, Cardinal tetra, Neon tetra, Rummy-nose tetra, Red finned Congo tetra, Striped Krib, Slender teleo, Brichard's catfish, Deep Angelfish
- Lake Malawi:
Mbuna Cichlid, Malawi Eyebiter, Even-spotted Synodontius, Hapliningsteni
- Congo River
:
Congo
Tetra, Red Finned Congo Tetra, Green Rope Fish, Butterfly Fish
- Lake Tanganyika
:
Black-fin cichlid, Golden julie, Mbu
pufferfish
, Moore's Lamprologus, Clavas, Shelldweller, Xenotilapia
- Caribbean
Cove:
Near the end of World Rivers is the aquarium's first
tunnel
. This tank is home to lookdowns, live sharksuckers, porkfish, gruntfish, and green
moray eels
.
This gallery has over 500 animals in eight different exhibits. These are animals that live in the shallow areas of a water's edge. The tanks in the Shore Gallery hold 6,120 gallons of water. This includes a touch pool where visitors can touch species of the
New England
shoreline in a 1,200 gallon, rocky, open-topped exhibit. The
Surge Zone
depicts an area of
Hawaii
where waves crash against the rocky shore and create
tide pools
.
- Salt Marsh:
Depicts the species that live in the
brackish waters
of
Maryland's
shores: Northern Diamondback Terrapin, Marsh Fiddler
Crab
, Sheepshead
Minnow
, Marsh Killfish, Mummichog, Periwinkle, Blenny, and Atlantic Silverside.
- Tidal River:
Showcases a river whose flow is affected by tides in Peninsula De Paria,
Venezuela
: Four-eyed Fish, Endler's Livebearers, and Orange-spotted Sunfish.
- Mangrove Forest:
This depicts the brackish
mangrove
forest along the
Nigerian
Coast in
Africa
: Butterfly Mudskipper, Diamond moonfish, Striped Painchax.
Florida Grass Bed:
Depicts the tall, thick grasses of the
Florida Keys
: Scrawled Filefish, High Hat, Gramma Basslet, Orange Toadfish, Trumpetfish.
Flooded Crater:
Depicts the
Hanauma Bay
, which was created when the ocean broke through the side of a
volcanic crater
and filled the crater with water: Lagoon Triggerfish, Pennant fish, Racoon Butterfly,
Loggerhead sea turtle
.
Surge Zone:
Saddle Wrasse, Ornate wrasse, Sergeants, Sailfin Tang, Dascyilus, Hawaiian Flagtail, Squirrelfish, Arc-eyed Hawkfish.
Sand Flats:
Depicts a sandy flat off the Southeastern coast of the U.S.: Silver pomfrets.
California Kelp Forest:
This is the second tunnel of the aquarium, simulating a thick
kelp forest
near Anacapa Island,
California