| The Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park opened in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial celebration. Housed in its original Art Deco building, the Aquarium is home to a varied collection of thousands of aquatic animals, including marine and freshwater fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Come see an alligator snapping turtle weighing 135 pounds, a venomous lionfish, a 5-foot-long electric eel, a 6-foot-long alligator gar and much more including daily fish feedings!
Seahorse Rodeo:
Watch nine seahorse species large (pot bellies) and small (dwarf) spending the day entwined with their tank mates. Seahorse males are unique, giving birth to babies from their pouches. Relatives of the seahorse also on display include the monogamous blue stripe pipefish, paper thin shrimpfish and jumping alligator pipefish.
World of Aquatic Diversity:
Wonder at some of the world’s most unusual and bizarre aquatic animals including jellyfish, poisonous stonefish, "fishing" anglerfish, and "luring" batfish.
Rare and Endangered Species Breeding Lab:
The Aquarium participates in a number of national and international conservation and research projects and has achieved many ‘firsts” in the captive breeding of critically endangered Texas species such as the Comal Springs salamander, Texas blind salamander, and several desert fishes that are already extinct in nature. The lab’s viewing window offers a behind-the-scenes look at ongoing Aquarium conservation projects. |
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