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REFRESHMENTS CREDIT CARDS Café Scuba on level two serves a selec- We accept VISA, tion of sandwiches, salads, and grilled en- MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. trees, including sustainable seafood. Bamboo Bistro offers pizza, hot dogs, cold beer, and AMAZING PICTURES refreshments. The Coffee Cart in the Great Purchase a unique souvenir of your Hall serves coffee, cappuccinos, sodas, and Aquarium visit with this fun photo opportu- snacks. nity located in the Great Hall of the Pacific.
Additional Adventures The programs below have an additional charge. Please visit the Information Center for times, pricing, and availability. For advance reservations, please call (562) 590-3100.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR WHALE WATCHING Go behind the scenes on this one-hour guid- Explore the nearby ocean aboard a Coast ed tour. Visit parts of the Aquarium generally Guard-certified boat to seek out local marine off limits to the public. Go above our largest life such as whales, dolphins, sea lions, and exhibit to feed the fish. Age restrictions apply. migratory birds.
ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS DIVE IMMERSION This is your chance to feed and interact with Dive in an Aquarium exhibit. Restrictions the animals with a member of our animal apply. Advance reservations required. care staff. Age and height restrictions apply. Advance reservations required. EXPLORER APP HARBOR TOURS Download our Explorer App from Tour the Long Beach/Los Angeles Harbors iTunes or GooglePlay. Use it to make with Harbor Breeze Cruises for a 45-minute new discoveries at the Aquarium. narrated cruise around one of the most active ports in the world. AQUARIUM WIFI The Aquarium offers free WiFi throughout VIP EXPERIENCE the facility. Select the network named Go on a private tour with exlusive up-close AquariumWiFi. No password is required. animal experiences.
4 Ocean Theater 5 The Aquarium’s Ocean Theater features a free film on climate change and 4D movies with special lighting, sounds, and other effects for an additional fee.
4D SHOWS Penguins 4D and Turtle Vison 4D play daily in the Ocean Theater. Tickets are $3 for all ages and are available at the ticket booth in the Great Hall in front of the Ocean Theater.
Ocean 5 Science Center The Ocean Science Center uses the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Science on a Sphere to explore and tell stories about our planet. See Ocean Science Center entrance for posted show times.
SHOWS More than a dozen short shows play throughout the day on rotation. Learn about ocean and environmental issues and see their effects on a global scale. Shows fea- ture music, narration, and Spanish language subtitles.
5 Southern California/Baja Gallery This gallery represents Southern California and Baja coasts, between Point Conception in Santa Barbara and the tip of Baja California, Mexico.
Gulf of Shorebird 18 19 June Keyes 17 California Penguin Habitat Sanctuary GARDEN EELS Ray Habitat 18 Honda 7 Touchpool Blue Cavern Seals & Sea Lions 9
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Honda ABALONE PACIFIC Amber Blue Cavern 7 SEAHORSE 8 SEA SPINY Forest JELLIES BREAKWATER LOBSTERS Seals & 9 Sea Lions KELP CAMOUFLAGE UNDERWATER REDONDO VIEWING TUNNEL SUBMARINE CANYON
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HALFMOON Medialuna californiensis
YELLOWTAIL Seriola lalandi
CALIFORNIA SHEEPHEAD (MALE) Semicossyphus pulcher GIANT SEA BASS Stereolepis gigas Giant sea bass are found all along the California coast. They grow to about 500 pounds and 6 feet long and can live CALIFORNIA MORAY EEL about fifty years. This Gymnothorax mordax fish is critically endan- gered and protected in California by legislation passed in 1988. BABY SEA BASS The Aquarium of the Pacific is the first public aquarium to successfully hatch and raise a baby giant How does Michael Couffer sea bass. Our baby this fish eat? hatched in October 2016.
7 Amber Forest 8 The Amber Forest exhibit represents the diverse marine life that depends on kelp forests.
This exhibit features fish and other animals that can be found off our local coast.
PACIFIC MACKEREL SARGO Scomber japonicus Anisotremus davidsonii
BLACK SURFPERCH OPALEYE Embiotica jacksoni Girella nigricans
Abalone GARIBALDI Hypsypops rubicundus Seven species of abalone are found in California waters. Overharvesting and disease has nearly wiped them out.
BLUE ROCKFISH BREEDING PROGRAM Sebastes mystinus The Aquarium is breeding white abalone with partners including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bodega Marine Lab, and others.
8 Seals & 9 Sea Lions Seals and sea lions live throughout our coastal waters.
TELLING SEALS
FROM SEA LIONS Riggs Robin Sea lions have external ear flaps and seals do not. Sea lions have long, HARBOR SEAL flexible necks, and seals Phoca vitulina have shorter, less flexible necks. Sea lions use their Harbor seals live in many front flippers to walk or areas of the Pacific and gallop on land, while Atlantic Oceans. They seals undulate their average between 4 and bodies like an inch- 6.5 feet long and feed worm. primarily on fish. Their sensitive whiskers help them hunt for food.
HARBOR SEAL Phoca vitulina
CALIFORNIA SEA LION Zalophus californianus
WHO’S THE BOSS? Riggs Robin Mature male sea lions have a prominent pro- truding forehead with a large bump of bone called the sagittal crest. Do harbor seals They can weigh up to 860 pounds and grow make noise? to over 7 feet long.
9 Lorikeet Forest 10 Our aviary is home to more than 100 lorikeets native to Australia.
Lorikeets have a special tongue that allows them to soak up nectar.
GREEN-NAPED LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus EDWARD’S haemotodus LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus SWAINSON’S LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus FORSTEN’S moloccanus LORIKEET Trichoglossus haematodus forsteni
Guam Kingfisher This critically endangered bird is extinct in the wild. The Aquarium is part of a breeding program to help restore the population.
SURVIVING POPULATION About 160 of these birds live in zoos and aquariums today. The native population in Guam was devastated by the introduction of non-native brown tree snakes.
10 Harbor Terrace 11 This outdoor space overlooks Rainbow Harbor.
MOON JELLIES The Moon Jelly Touch Lab has a large curved tank where visitors can touch these gelatinous creatures. The jelly’s stinging cells are not strong enough to penetrate human skin, making ATLANTIC them safe to touch. MUDSKIPPER Periophthalmus barbarus Mudskippers are unique fish that have adapted to an amphib- ious lifestyle and can live both underwater and on land. Native to Indonesia, Africa, and the Indian Ocean, mudskippers get their name from their ability to hop and climb using their pectoral fins.
ARCHERFISH Archerfish have the ability to spit a jet of water above the surface as a meth- od of hunting insects and other prey. Visitors can see this behavior during daily feedings. Archerfish are found in Can other fish mangroves and estuaries from India to live out of water? the Philippines, Australia, and Polynesia.
11 Southern California Steelhead Story 12 Southern California steelhead have historically traveled up and down the Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and other local rivers to spawn and return to the Fewer than 500 steelhead remain in the wild. ocean. After coming close to extinction, in 1997 the Southern California steelhead was listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
NATURAL HABITAT Representing a freshwater moun- tain stream that flows to the ocean, the exhibit currently holds several dozen of the freshwater form of steelhead, rainbow trout.
TRANSFORMATION LIFE CYCLE Steelhead begin their lives as Southern California steelhead are mem- rainbow trout. Some undergo bers of the salmon family. Steelhead are changes that enable them to anadromous, meaning that they are born live in saltwater and migrate in freshwater, can migrate to the sea where to the ocean as steelhead. they spend most of their lives growing and maturing, and then return to freshwater rivers and streams to reproduce.
12 Our Water 13 Future Learn where our water comes from in California and what conservation issues our supply faces now and in the future. Learn how to conserve water at home and Department California Resources of Water in your garden.
INTERACTIVE TABLE Push a button to create MONARCH rainfall and see how water BUTTERFLY flows over land to the ocean. Danaus plexippus Learn about groundwater storage and flooding. Monarchs, with their iconic black and orange coloration, are known for their long winter migra- tion, a journey of up to 3,000 miles. They rely on milkweed as a source of food and a place to lay their eggs. After they hatch, the larvae become caterpillars that eventu- ally form a chrysalis and emerge as a butterfly.
CALIFORNIA- FRIENDLY GARDENS Are monarch butterflies Replacing your lawn with endangered? a California-friendly garden can result in significant water savings at home.
13 Shark Lagoon 14 Visit Shark Lagoon and learn more about the ocean’s most mysterious and misunderstood predators.
A SIXTH SENSE In addition to sight, sound, taste, touch, and hearing, sharks can sense electricity transmitted by other animals. This helps them hunt for food.
ZEBRA SHARK Stegastoma fasciatum
BLACKTIP REEF SHARK Carcharhinus melanopterus CONSERVATION A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threat- ened with extinction. Because these animals grow slowly and produce few offspring, protecting sharks is critical to restoring their numbers.
RETICULATE WHIPTAIL RAY USFWS
Himantura uarnak USFWS
14 ATTENTION For the health and safety of our animals, please be gentle!
Use Only COWNOSE RAY Two Fingers! Rhinoptera bonasus ATTENTION For the health and safety of our animals, Doplease Not Scratch! be gentle!
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BONNETHEAD SHARK Sphyrna tiburo Do Not Scratch! ATTENTION For the health and safety of our animals, please be gentle!
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WHITE-SPOTTED BAMBOO SHARK Chiloscyllium plagiosum Do Not Scratch! ATTENTION SAND TIGER For the health and safety of our animals, SHARK please be gentle! Carcharias taurus Do Not Grab! Sand tiger sharks live Use Only Two Fingers! in temperate and trop- ical waters in shallow BROWN-BANDED BAMBOO SHARK bays and sandy coastal Chiloscyllium punctatum ATTENTION Do Not Scratch! For the health and waters and on rocky or safety of our animals, please be gentle! coral reefs. They are found in the Atlantic, Do Not Grab! Use Only Pacific, and Indian Two Fingers! Oceans. They average 7 EPAULETTE SHARK to 10 feet long and feed Hemiscyllium ocellatum on fish, small sharks, Do Not Scratch! rays, crabs, lobsters, and squid.
Do Not Grab! ATTENTION: For the health and safety of our animals, please be gentle! How fast do
Use Only Two Do Not Scratch these sharks swim? Fingers! or Grab!
15 Molina Animal Care Center 16 The Aquarium’s Molina Animal Care Center includes a veterinary hospital, animal
holding tanks, and a public exhibit. Sea otter receives a dental exam and cleaning.
HORSESHOE CRABS These animals play a critical role in our healthcare. Their blood is used to test vaccines, IVs, and implants for contamination.
Penguin receives annual exam. CORALS AND SPONGES This exhibit highlights the promise for bioactive compounds found in marine animals that could hold cures for human diseases.
Related Animals Veterinarian draws blood sample.
HORSESHOE CRAB Limulus polyphemus
This 40-foot tank is used to house RED TREE SPONGE large animals such as sharks and Ptilocaulis sp. sea turtles that are undergoing quarantine or for medical reasons.
The Molina Animal Care Center is funded by LETTUCE CORAL Pavona sp.
16 June Keyes Penguin Habitat 17 The June Keyes Penguin Habitat features Magellanic Penguins native to South America.
BREEDING The Aquarium has had several success- ful breeding seasons Robin Riggs Robin since the penguin exhibit opened in 2012. Nine chicks have been born at the Aquarium.
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN Spheniscus magellanicus PENGUIN MOLTING Penguins undergo a molt each year in which they lose and replace all their feathers.
PENGUIN CONSERVATION More than 75 percent of the world's penguin species are listed as endangered or threatened.
See our penguins above water on the beach or underwater from our crawl-in
space next to the Ray Touchpool. Riggs Robin 17 Ray Habitat 18 Touchpool Gently touch a bat ray or shovel- nose guitarfish at the Ray Touchpool while learning about these animals from staff at the center station. ATTENTION: For the health and safety of our animals, please be gentle!
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SHOVELNOSE GUITARFISH BAT RAY Rhinobatos productus Myliobatis californica Do Not Scratch or Grab!
Shorebird 18 Sanctuary Our Shorebird Sanctuary represents a tidal wetland.
WHITE IBIS Eudocimus albus
SHOREBIRD CONSERVATION Help conserve shore-
birds by supporting Grey Tom the protection of BLACK-NECKED wetlands. STILT BLACK BELLY Himantopus mexicanus PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
18 Gulf of California 19 The Gulf of California is one of the world’s most biologically productive and diverse seas.
LONGNOSE BUTTERFLYFISH POPEYE CATALUFA Forcipiger flavissimus Pristigenys serrula
GIANT DAMSELFISH SPOTFIN PORCUPINEFISH A SPECIAL Microspathodon dorsalis Diodon hystrix ECOSYSTEM Described by Jacques Cousteau as “the world’s aquarium,” the Gulf of Jefferson Tom California is home to many unique species found nowhere else. These include the va- SCRAWLED FILEFISH KING ANGELFISH Aluterus scriptus Holacanthus passer quita porpoise (above), which is near extinction due to harmful fishing practices. YELLOWTAIL SURGEONFISH Prionurus punctatus
PROTECT THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA When you visit Baja, choose environmen- tally responsible hotels and tourism activities. SPLENDID GARDEN EEL Gorgasia preclara
19 Northern Pacific Gallery The Bering Sea is home to more than 450 species of fish and invertebrates, fifty bird species, and twenty-five species of marine mammals. The Aquarium’s Northern Pacific Gallery focuses on EXHIBITS This gallery is home to the Aquarium’s this region. sea otters, giant Pacific octopus, diving birds, sea jellies, and giant spider crabs.
Diving Birds 22 Giant Pacific 22 BP Sea Octopus 23 ROCKY Otter Habitat REEF OTTER BAYS & Jellies 21 COASTAL CORNER FOOD SOUNDS TOUCH LAB SANDY BOTTOM
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20 Sea 21 Jellies Sea jellies are found in ocean waters around the world.
UMBRELLA JELLY Eutonina indicans
IMPORTANT ANIMALS Sea jellies play an important role in the ocean as a food source for animals like large fish and sea turtles. COMB JELLY Mnemiopsis leidyi
JAPANESE While they appear sim- SEA NETTLE ilar, comb jellies are Chrysaora pacifica actually a different type of animal than sea jel- lies. Instead of tentacles armed with stinging MOON JELLY cells, comb jellies have Aurelia aurita sticky cells that do not sting and eight rows of cilia, or combs, that propel them through the water and produce a flickering rainbow-like PACIFIC SEA NETTLE appearance. Chrysaora fuscescens
What do comb STINGING CELLS jellies eat? All sea jellies have stinging cells that they use to capture food, but the severity of the sting varies among species.
21 Diving Birds 22 These birds live in the icy waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
TUFTED PUFFIN HORNED PUFFIN Fratercula cirrhata Fratercula corniculata
LAND AND WATER CRESTED AUKLET PIGEON GUILLEMOT Puffins, auklets, and other Aethia cristatella Cepphus columba diving birds spend most of their lives on the open ocean and come to shore to breed.
Giant Pacific Octopus 22 This species lives in the Northern Pacific from Japan to the U.S. West Coast. Robin Riggs Robin CAMOUFLAGE Like other octopuses, the giant Pacific oc- topus can change the color and texture of its skin to blend in with its surroundings.
GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS Enteroctopus dolfleini
22 BP Sea 23 Otter Habitat The southern sea otter is found along the California coast from Half Moon Bay to Coal Oil Point near Santa Barbara.
THREATENED STATUS Hunting nearly wiped out the entire sea otter population by the early 1900s. California’s sea otter
population has seen increasing Riggs Robin numbers in recent years, but they continue to face threats to their health, mainly from pollution.
Sea otters spend most of their day foraging for food.
Joe Tomoleoni Joe BIG EATERS Sea otters are the only marine mammal without blubber. They eat up to 30 percent of their body weight each day and convert food into heat with their high metabolic rate.
The BP Sea Otter Habitat is DENSE FUR COATS presented by Otters spend a lot of time grooming their fur, the densest of any animal. This fur helps maintain their body temperature.
23 Tropical Pacific Gallery The Aquarium’s Tropical Pacific Gallery represents many tropical habitats, including Indonesia and the archipelago of Palau, the western-most section of Micronesia.
Frogs: Dazzling & Disappearing 26 29 Tropical 25 Live Coral Reef Habitat PACIFIC Seahorse TREE FROG Community 28 P SOFT CORAL ACI ROG SEX CHANGE FIC TREE F TUNNEL EXHIBIT JEWELS OF THE PACIFIC
CLOWNFISH & LAGOON ANEMONES JELLIES
CORAL CRABS
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Weedy OCEAN 28 EXPLORATION Seadragons CLOWN HUB
CL 28 OW TRIGGERFISH Ribbon Dragons N TRIGGERFISH Leafy 28 Seadragons nd 25 Coral Lagoon AQUARIUM MAP 2 Floor
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24 Coral Lagoon 25 Coral reefs are home to many diverse species of fish.
BLUE AND YELLOW FUSILIER Caesio teres
PENNANT BUTTERFLYFISH Heniochus acuminatus
HUMBUG Dascyllus aruanus
ONE SPOT RABBITFISH Siganus unimaculatus
YELLOWSPOT RABBITFISH Siganus guttatus CLOWN TRIGGERFISH Balistoides conspicillum Live Coral 25 These colorful tropical Coral reefs are among the most diverse reef fish can grow up to 20 inches long. They ecosystems on the planet, providing are found throughout important breeding and feeding the tropical Pacific and grounds for reef-dwelling animals. feed on sea urchins, crabs, mollusks, and other invertebrates.
Are clown triggerfish friendly?
25 FROGS: Dazzling & Disappearing 26 Discover close to two dozen species of frogs and other amphibians and learn about this fascinating class of animals that rely on both land and water to survive.
SOLOMON ISLAND MOSSY GREEN AND BLACK LEAF FROG FROG POISON DART FROG Ceratobatrachus guentheri Theloderma corticale Dendrobates auratus
DIVERSITY Frogs and other am- EASTERN HELLBENDER phibians have adapted Cryptobranchus alleganiensis over millions of years to survive and thrive in their ecosystems. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, from deserts to rainforests. CONSERVATION Facing habitat destruc- tion, climate change, pol- lution, and a devastating fungal disease, frogs and other amphibians around the world need our help to avoid extinctions.
26 BIOLOGY The word amphibian comes from the Greek word amphibios, which means two lives. This description refers to their life cycle, which generally begins in water and moves to land. Amphibians have porous skin and no scales. NORTHERN PACIFIC TREE FROG Pseudacris regilla These frogs are found along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Northern California. They grow up to 2 inch- es long and can change Frog colors. Their call is often Life Cycle used in movies.
Are toads a frog?
27 Seahorses 28 Seahorses are fish, with rigid bony plates covering their bodies and prehensile tails that they use to anchor themselves.
DWARF SEAHORSE RAZORFISH Hippocampus zosterae Aeoliscus strigatus
TIGERTAIL SEAHORSE Hippocampus comes
SYNGNATHID FAMILY Seahorses, seadragons, Seadragons 28 pipefish, and ribbonfish are all in the syngnathid The three species of seadragons are family. Males incubate the found only in the ocean waters off the eggs and hatch the young. southern and western coasts of Australia.
WEEDY SEADRAGON Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
LEAFY SEADRAGON Phycodurus eques
28 Tropical Reef 29 The Tropical Reef Habitat is the Aquarium’s largest exhibit, containing 350,000 gallons of saltwater and more than 500 animals.
BLUESPINE UNICORNFISH EMPEROR ANGELFISH SEMICIRCLE ANGELFISH Naso unicornis Pomacanthus imperator Pomacanthus semicirculatus
ORANGESPINE UNICORNFISH SERGEANT MAJOR SAILFIN TANG Naso lituratus Abudefduf troschelii Zebrasoma veliferum
REDTOOTH BLUE-LINED POWDER BLUE TRIGGERFISH SNAPPER TANG Odonus niger Lutjanus kasmira Acanthurus leucosternon
CRIMSON SNAPPER ACHILLES TANG BLUEFIN TREVALLY Lutjanus erythropterus Acanthurus achilles Caranx melampygus
GOLDEN TREVALLY QUEENSLAND GROUPER Gnathanodon speciosus Epinephelus lanceolatus
29 Things You Can Do Simple changes to your day-to-day activities can make a big difference.
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