The Yellowtail snapper aka Ocyurus chrysurus is found in the Sunken Shipwreck Exhibit. You can spot them if you join us for a dive swimming around in a small school amongst the sharks!
These fish have shiny silver and pink scales and have a yellow line that begins at the mouth and runs all the way to [...]

Red Drum aka Sciaenops ocellatus are found in the “Under the Sea exhibit”
These fish are mostly found off the west coast, near Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, as juveniles they spend most of their “growing up” sheltered by bays and coves. Once they reach the age of spawning the males produce a noise that [...]

Amberjack aka Seriola dumerili
Amberjacks are located in the Downtown Aquarium in the Under the Sea Exhibit. These fish have a brownish golden color for their skin, and have an amber band that extends from the top of their head all the way down to their tail.
These fish are found in most tropical seas ranging anywhere [...]

Blue Surgeon Fish aka Paracanthurus hepatus
If any of you have seen “Finding Nemo”, this fish is the characture of Dori! Located in the “Sunken Shipwreck” exhibit, in the Downtown Aquarium, you will spot this fish swimming with the sharks.
The blue surgeon fish lives in shallow reefs stretching from Africa to the Atlantic ocean, and have been [...]

We recently had the pleasure of meeting Alex Brylske, Senior Editor with Dive Training magazine at A-1 and then he took a dive in the shark exhibit at the Downtown Aquarium. Here is what he had to say:
“Having visited most of the municipal aquariums around the country-and several in other countries-I can say that [...]