The Gran Acuario Mazatlán hosts over 250 species of fish.
It also contains a marine museum, the Gulf of Mexico Oceanic Fish Tank, a walk-through aviary, a boardwalk along the lagoon outside, crocodile exhibits, and a capybara petting area.
.A shallow round thank with cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus), a species of eagle ray commonly found in aquariums. A beautiful pyramid sea star (Pharia pyramidata). About 1,900 species of starfish form the taxonomic class Asteroidea. These creatures live on the seabed and are found in all the world’s oceans, from warm, tropical zones to frigid, polar regions. They can occur from the intertidal zone down to abyssal depths, at 6,000 m (20,000 ft) below the surface. [Source: Wikipedia]Two long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) alongside a sea urchin. This is a large cylindrical tank. A yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius or Prionurus punctatus). A blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced puffer. The Gulf of Mexico Oceanic Fish Tank, with a little group of elementary school students.The blue blubber jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) swimming in a tank. A young slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), a critically endangered species native to Africa. A finescale triggerfish (Balistes polylepis). The Mexican beaded lizard or beaded lizard is a species of venomous lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of venomous beaded lizards found principally in Mexico and southern Guatemala.A great egret (Ardea alba) perched on the boardwalk fence by the lagoon. A green iguana (Iguana iguana) catching the sun on the water’s edge.The capybara or greater capybara is the largest living rodent, native to all countries in South America except Chile. Together with the lesser capybara, it constitutes the genus Hydrochoerus. [Source: Wikipedia]
