Jakarta Aquarium

Jakarta Aquarium
Jakarta aquarium, 2018
6°10′30″S 106°47′24″E / 6.175112°S 106.789987°E / -6.175112; 106.789987
Date opened	October, 2017[1]
Location	Podomoro City, Jakarta, Indonesia
Land area	7,200 m2 (78,000 sq ft)
No. of animals	14,000[3]
No. of species	600[2]
Owner	Taman Safari & Aquaria KLCC
Website	www.jakarta-aquarium.com

Jakarta Aquarium and Safari is a marine and freshwater aquarium located within a retail and leisure complex Neo Soho in Jakarta, Indonesia. The aquarium is home to hundreds of mammal, reptile, insect and various types of Indonesian marine fish, is to introduce to the next generation the biodiversity of the archipelago starting from islands, forests, and mangroves.

Other than Indonesian endemic animals, there are also animals from Africa and South America.^[4] The aquarium is a subsidiary of Taman Safari of Indonesia in collaboration with Aquaria KLCC of Malaysia. The Aquarium has received the accolade of Trip Advisor's Certificate of Excellence Destination 2018 and Indonesia Travel Tourism Awards (ITTA).^[5][6]

The aquarium have nine zones, which displays various species.

• Bowtie damselfish
• Yellowtail damselfish
• Ocellaris clownfish
• Speckled sandperch

• Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
• Rockmover wrasse
• Tomato clownfish
• Nosestripe anemonefish
• Clark's anemonefish

• Banded cleaner shrimp
• Yellowtail damselfish
• Sailfin tang
• Pacific regal blue tang

• Asian small-clawed otter

• Denison barb
• Nile tilapia
• Koi
• Serval

Guests can take a picture with a blue-and-yellow macaw and a reticulated python. An interactive booth is also present, where guests can touch a Madagascar hissing cockroaches and red-eyed crocodile skinks. Special exhibits are also present, with Forsten's tortoises, Indonesian blue-tongued skinks, and a red tegu that can be petted by guests.

• Prevost's squirrel

• Pacific barn owl

• Green iguana

• Axolotl

• Mexican redknee tarantula
• Asian forest scorpion

• Blind cave fish
• Peters's elephantnose fish

• Climbing perch
• Three spot gourami
• Northern snake-necked turtle

• Golfodulcean poison frog
• Blue poison dart frog
• Dyeing poison dart frog

• Chameleon forest dragon

• Meerkat

• Javan binturong

• Tufted capuchin

• Sumatran stick insect
• Leopard gecko
• Emerald green skink
• Australian green tree frog
• Malaysian orchid mantis

• Black sea cucumber
• Mangrove horseshoe crab
• Banded archerfish

• Mangrove horseshoe crab
• Bluespotted ribbontail ray
• Bristle-tail filefish
• Milkfish
• Whitespotted bamboo shark
• Brownbanded bamboo shark

• Indo-Pacific tarpon

• Long-spined sea urchin
• Gilbert's cardinalfish
• Banggai cardinalfish
• Latticed butterflyfish

• Picturesque dragonet
• Threespot dascyllus
• Maroon clownfish
• Flame angelfish

• Squat shrimp
• Ocellaris clownfish
• Messmate pipefish
• Yellowbanded pipefish

• Striped eel catfish

• Spotted hawkfish
• Ribbon eel
• White ribbon eel
• Dusky batfish

• Sand sifting starfish
• Tiger tail seahorse
• Alligator pipefish

• Snowflake moray
• Zebra moray
• Barred moray

Guests can enter a hollow space in the middle of the tank through a tunnel where they have to crawl in.

• Spotted-gill cardinalfish
• Pacific regal blue tang
• Dark-banded fusilier
• Emperor angelfish

• Splendid garden eel
• Spotted garden eel
• Banded pipefish
• Razorfish

• Milk-spotted pufferfish
• Clearfin lionfish
• Common lionfish
• Estuarine stonefish

• Weedy seadragon

Guest could touch several species of fishes and starfish in the touch pool, such as chocolate chip sea star, bluespotted ribbontail ray, whitespotted bamboo shark, and brownbanded bamboo shark. An aquarium is also present containing bamboo shark eggs, where guest can learn about the shark's embryo development.

• Torpedo scad
• Indian threadfish

• Giant isopod

• Scalloped spiny lobster

• Blue bat star
• Half-barred cardinal
• Spotted-gill cardinalfish
• Pajama cardinalfish

• Black tetra
• Rosy barb
• Freshwater angelfish
• Hybrid cichlid (Blood parrot cichlid x convict cichlid)

• Amazon sailfin catfish
• Redtail catfish
• Hybrid catfish (Tiger sorubim x redtail catfish)
• Tucanare peacock bass
• Blue peacock bass
• Jullien's golden carp
• Giant gourami
• Pirapitinga
• Silver arowana
• Asian arowana
• Great tapah

• Amazon sailfin catfish
• Saddled bichir
• Bala shark
• Tinfoil barb
• Hampala barb
• Malayan mahseer
• Iridescent shark
• Siberian sturgeon
• Pig-nosed turtle
• Malaysian giant turtle

• Bigtooth river stingray
• Florida gar
• Payara
• Goliath tigerfish

• Red-bellied piranha

• White-spotted jellyfish
• Indonesian sea nettle

The zone also include a tank for upside-down jellyfish, torpedo scad, and Indian threadfish. Two deep sea-themed tanks are also present, one is for eyelight fish and popeye catalufas, while the second is for longspine snipefish and Japanese pineapplefish.

Located next to the aquarium's exit and gift shop, Pingoo is a seafood and grill restaurant where guests can enjoy their meal and beverages with a group of Humboldt penguin.^[7]

• Sea World Ancol