This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Downtown Aquarium Denver during my visit on 6-5-16. I am arranging the list by the current visitor map by the named zones as they are encountered along its one-way route. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit. This is not intended to be a full account of the collection. Also, species on exhibit are sometimes moved, so some that were there one day may have disappeared from public view the next. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the aquarium since I am not arranging the species by animal type. It should be noted that a majority of the aquatic exhibits seemed to have unsigned species in addition to those with signs; I have listed them as 'Fish' in the exhibits that have an especially notable number of unsigned species. All exhibits are indoors. NORTH AMERICAN WILDERNESS: (10 Exhibits) These exhibits are within a large glass atrium room with highly-detailed simulated rockwork and temperate forest flora. Leftside of visitor path: Medium-sized open-top aquarium: Crappie Sunfish Turtle (unsigned unidentified species) Medium-sized open-top aquarium with 2 viewing areas: Buffalo Fish Longnose Gar Spotted Gar Sturgeon (unidentified species) Turtle (unsigned unidentified species) Walleye Small-sized shallow aquarium set in rockwork above visitor path, viewed from below: Fish (unsigned unidentified species) Medium-sized open-top aqaurium: Kokanee Salmon Medium-sized open-top aquarium: Musky Pike (unidentified species) Smallmouth Bass Medium-sized open-top aquarium with 3 viewing areas: Arctic Char Arctic Grayling Green Sturgeon Grennback Cutthroat Trout Rightside of visitor path: Smallish-sized open-top aquarium: Alligator Snapping Turtle Rio Grande Cichlid Medium-sized open-top aquarium: Colorado Pikeminnow Humpback Chub Razorback Sucker Small-sized open-top aquarium: Rio Grande Chub Large rocky yard with underwater viewing, 4 viewing areas, and small den behind glass: North American River Otter IN THE DESERT: (9 Exhibits) These exhibits are mostly within a dark cave hallway with detailed simulated sandstone rockwork and a thrilling flashflood demonstration exhibit that contains no live animals. Large wall aquarium with 2 viewing areas: Channel Catfish Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Grass Carp Striped Bass White Sturgeon Small-sized open-top aquarium: Butterfly Splitfin Pupfish (unidentified species) Tequila Splitfin Medium wall terrarium: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 5 small-sized wall terrariums: California King Snake Emerald Tree Boa Tarantula (unidentified species) Poison Dart Frog (unidentified species) Bearded Dragon Medium-sized tall room with rocky walls and skylights, beach, and shallow medium-sized open-top aquarium: Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Willet UNDER THE SEA: (4 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a dark hallway with detailed simulated coral reef walls. Small-sized wall aquarium: Blackbar Soldierfish Caribbean Spiny Lobster Small-sized wall aquarium: Pipefish (unsigned unidentified species) Seahorse (unidentified species) Large-sized feature aquarium with at least 5 viewing areas and underwater tunnel viewing area: Bamboo Shark (unidentified species) Barred Flagtail Bluespotted Stingray Creolefish Crevalle Jack Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Giant Grouper (unidentified species) Graybar Grunt Green Moray Eel Horse-eye Jack Nurse Shark Passer Angel Red Drum Tarpon Yellowtail Snapper Small-sized wall aquarium: Popeye Catalufa Scythe Butterflyfish AT THE WHARF: (6 Exhibits) These exhibits are in a small area detailed with pier pilings and rustic seaside shack wood siding, and are open to the building's large bright entry hall. Rightside of visitor path: Small-sized pedestal aquarium: Lumpfish Medium-sized round aquarium with pop-up visitor bubble window: Cabezon Leopard Shark Rockfish Surfperch Swell Shark Wolf Eel Small-sized pedestal aquarium: California Sea Cucumber Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Sea Anemone (unidentified species) Sea Star (unidentified species) Sea Urchin (unidentified species) Leftside of visitor path: Small-sized wall aquarium: Potbelly Seahorse Small-sized wall aquarium: Grunt Sculpin Silver-spot Sculpin Spot Prawn Striped Surfperch Small-sized wall aquarium: Decorated Warbonnet Green Urchin Painted Greenling Penpoint Gunnel THE RAINFOREST: (18 Exhibits) These exhibits are set within a large glass atrium room with highly-detailed simulated rockwork and a mix of simulated and real tropical flora. Leftside of visitor path: 2 medium-sized open-top aquariums: African Cichlids (unidentified species) Red Belly Piranha Medium-sized open-top aquarium: Arowana Freshwater Stingrays (unidentified species) Pacu Redtail Catfish Small aviary behind glass: Hawk-headed Parrot Medium-sized rocky yard with multiple levels, multiple viewing areas, and medium-sized open-top aquarium/swimming pond: Fish (unsigned unidentified species) Sumatran Tiger 2 small-sized pedestal terrariums: Fire Belly Toad Horned Frog Small-sized round column aquarium: Clownfish (unidentified species) Sea Anemone (unidentified species) Rightside of visitor path: Medium-sized open-top aquarium with 2 viewing areas: Asian Arowana Barramundi Clown Knifefish Giant Gourami Tigerfish Medium-sized wall aquarium: Ghost Catfish Rainbowfish Medium-sized open-top aqaurium with rocky shelf: Asian Yellow Pond Turtle Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Malayan Box Turtle Painted Terrapin Spotted Pond Turtle Small-sized wire aviary: Blue and Gold Macaw 2 tiny-sized wall aquariums: Upside-down Jelly Crown of Thorns Sea Star Small-sized open-top touchtank: Chocolate Chip Sea Star Crab (unidentified species) Snail (unidentified species) Urchin (unidentified species) 2 tiny-sized wall aquariums: Brittle Star (unidentified species) Mantis Shrimp Medium-sized open-top aquarium: Archerfish Four-eyed Fish CORAL LAGOON: (2 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a dim round room painted with an island scene mural. Leftside of visitor path: Medium-sized shallow open-top aquarium: Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Rightside of visitor path: Medium-sized shallow open-top aquarium: Blue Hamlet Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Rockmover Wrasse SUNKEN TEMPLE: (4 Exhibits) These exhibits are in a dark hallway with simulated stone masonry walls. Note that the first viewing area of the large feature exhibit in the next section, 'Shipwreck' is seen here but I will include it only in the next section. Small-sized shelf aquarium: Hawkfish Long-spined Black Sea Urchin Spider Crab Medium-sized wall aquarium: Coral Grouper Yellow Margin Moray Medium-sized wall aquarium: Coral (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Medium-sized wall aquarium: Lionfish SHIPWRECK: (4 Exhibits) These exhibits are set within a large dark room that simulates an old wooden shipwreck. Large-sized feature aquarium with at least 5 viewing areas and several round windows set in floor: Barracuda Brown Shark Circular Batfish East Pacific Green Sea Turtle Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Green Sawfish Sand Tiger Shark Zebra Shark 3 small-sized wall aquariums: Brown Sea Nettle Moon Jellyfish Moon Jellyfish AT THE BEACH: (3 Exhibits) These exhibits are set in a chaotic area of sloppy grass-shack tropical theming and a large lagoon wall mural, in a large room that is open to the building's large bright entry hall. Large-sized shallow open-top touchtank: Cownose Ray Southern Stingray Medium-sized pedestal aquarium: Giant Pacific Octopus Medium-sized pedestal aquarium: Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Wolf Eel AQUARIUM RESTUARANT: (2 Exhibits) These exhibits are set within one simulated reef wall in a large 2-story modern dim space that is a table-service restaurant. Large-sized wall aquarium for small tropical fish with 2 viewing areas: Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) Large-sized wall aquarium for larger tropical fish with at least 4 viewing areas: Fish (multiple unsigned unidentified species) SUMMARY: By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Downtown Aquarium Denver is: 62 By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits with identification signs is: 123 (actual number is probably far greater, their website claims they have over 500 species) The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories: Mammals: 2 Birds: 5 Reptiles: 12 Amphibians: 3 Fish: 90 (this is the category that is probably far greater than signed) Invertebrates: 11 (this category is probably considerably greater than signed)
