Taraporewala Aquarium

View:- Taraporewala Aquarium Building

Taraporewala Aquarium is in the South Mumbai. The aquarium is located on the famous Marine Drive. It was built in 1951 at a cost of Rs 800,000. The aquarium is named after a Parsee phanthropist who donated Rs. 200,000 for the construction. The aquarium is one of the tourist attractions of the city. Late Dr. Rajendra Prasad (Former President of India) formally opened it in 1951. This aquarium has interesting specimens of marine and freshwater fish.

The main hall has two wings, the first one is 160 cubic feet (4.5 cubic metres), and the second of only 2 cubic feet (0.5 cubic metres). There are 100 species of marine and fresh water fish including seven types of coral fish from the Lakshadweep Islands. Attractions include sharks, turtles and morays. There are also shell & shell-craft art and fishery by-products on display. The fish are displayed in such a manner as to highlight the attractiveness of their appearance. The large tanks have shark, octopus, kite fish and the smaller tanks display corals, worms, sea flower and sea horses. A pipeline brings water directly from the sea for the marine fish. It is soon to be renovated into a high-tech Aquarium with a glass vision seaworld. Closed on Mondays, it is opened for visitors from 10 am to 7 pm with a nominal fee of Rs.3.00 for adult and Rs.1.50 for children. Ph.22012063/22082061/2.

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