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Located in Southwest Spain (near Cádiz and Jerez), this marine animal park could be a noble successor, or rival, to Valencia's Oceanografic!
Nuestra Tierra, Nuestro Mar

A: Doñana Center: park entrance and gift store

  • Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), pot-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), old wife (Enoplosus armatus)
  • Slender mudskipper (Periophthalmus gracilis), clouded archerfish (Toxotes blythii), Chinese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), Ring-legged fiddler crab (Austruca annulipes)
  • Four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps), red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
  • Strawberry poison dart frog (Oophaga pumilio), blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius var. "Azureus"), yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
  • Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

1- Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), lesser flamingo (Phoenicoaias minor)

2- White stork (Ciconia ciconia), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii), black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), pied avocet (Avosetta recurvirostra), northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), marbled teal (Marmaronetta recurvirostra), white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), Eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna), crucian carp (Carassius carassius), common rudd (Scandinius erythropthalmus), asp (Leuciscus aspius), common barbel (Barbus barbus), sneep (Chondrostoma nasus), European perch (Perca fluviatilis), European zander (Sander lucioperca), European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

3- European otter (Lutra lutra lutra)

4- Iberian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon widdringtonii)

5- Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

6- Iberian wild boar (Sus scrofa castillianus)

7- Mediterranean turtle (Mauremys leprosa), viperine water snake (Natrix maura), Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)

8- Western Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni), ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)

B: Mediterranean Aquarium

  • Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo), pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula), dreamfish (Sarpa salpa), common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle), red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus), shore clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster), Mediterranean three-finned blenny (Tripterygion melanurum), Wide-eyed flounder (Bothus podas), black sea cucumber (Holothuria forskali), Mediterranean red starfish (Echinaster sepositus)
  • Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus), peacock worm (Sabella pavonina), purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)
  • Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus), Mediterranean green crab (Carcinus aestuarii), painted comber (Serranus scriba),
  • Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
  • Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris), European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena), European conger (Conger conger), Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena), John dory (Zeus faber), Zebra seabream (Diplodus cervinus), thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus), gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), undulate ray (Raja undulata), roughtail stingray (Bathytoshia centroura), European spider crab (Maja squinado), European lobster (Homarus gamarus)
C: Maritime Rescue Unit

D: Tapas La Tintorera


Mares Fríos

9- East Atlantic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina)

E: Cold Ocean Aquarium

  • Ocher starfish (Pisaster ochraceus), purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), mottled sea star (Evasterias troschelli), bat star (Asterina miniata)
  • Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
  • Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)
  • Leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata), horn shark (Heterodontus francisci), round stingray (Urobatis halleri), California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher), Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsipops rubicundus), gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus), wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), stripey (Microcanthus strigatus), Japanese cardinalfish (Sakura margaritacea), Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
  • Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), pollack (Pollachius pollachius), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
  • Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
  • Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus)
  • Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), murre (Uria aalge), razorbill (Alca torda), common eider (Somateria mollissima), harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

F: Cetacean Center

G: Tierra del Fuego

  • King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), subantarctic gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua), Western rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)

10- striated caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)

11- Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

12- Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

13- Southern screamer (Chauna torquata), Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi), black-faced ibis (Theristicus melanopis), inca tern (Larosterna inca), Peruvian thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus superciliaris), Andean goose (Chloephaga melanoptera), white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata), ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys), red shoveler (Spatula platalea), Chilean pintail (Anas georgica spinicauda), Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides), rosybill pochard (Netta peposaca), lake duck (Oxyura vittata), Canvasback (Aythya valisineria), Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

14- Mute swan (Cygnus olor), barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Eurasian teal (Anas crecca crecca), Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata), tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), common pochard (Aythya ferina), European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), common carp (Cyprinus carpio)


Oceano Abierto

H: Seven Seas Restaurant

15- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

I: Dolphin Dome

16- Eastern brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis)

17- Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspiciliatus)

18- Eastern grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum regulorum), Eurasian great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca), northern spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis gambensis), African comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), South African shelduck (Tadorna cana)

19- Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)

20- African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

J: Cape Cafe

K: Oceanarium

  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum), sandbar shark (Carcharinus plumbeus), Atlantic nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon), white-spotted guitarfish (Rhynchobatus australiae), giant shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus), honeycomb ray (Himantura uarnak), pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea), ocellated eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus), Oman Cownose ray (Rhinoptera jayakari), Atlantic wreckfish, (Polyprion americanus), giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis), great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula), giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)

Islas Tropicales

21- Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

22- Thailand giant catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei), Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus), iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), eyespot snakehead (Channa pleurophthalma), elephant ear gourami (Osphronemus exodon), giant gourami (Parosphromenus paludicola), Koi carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)


L: Tropical Reef Aquarium

  • Reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), broadbarred firefish (Pterois antennata), hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), narrow-lined puffer (Arothron manilensis), spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris), laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)
  • Splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)
  • Kuda seahorse (Hippocampus kuda), scribbled pipefish (Corythoichthys intestinalis)
  • Red devil crab (Geosesarma hagen)
  • Cinnamon clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), bubble-tip anemone (Heteractis magnifica)
  • Spotted jelly (Mastigias papua)
  • Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda)
  • Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)
  • Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo), yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis), lookdown (Selene vomer), blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus), striped burfish (Chilomycterus schoepfii), bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), mangrove snapper (Lutjanus griseus), schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus), French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru), spotted trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis), smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter), queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) , permit (Trachinotus falcatus), flameback angelfish (Centropyge aurantonotus), green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
  • White-spotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum), Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus), spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus), bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus), Red Sea sailfin tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii), blue devil (Chrysiptera cyanea), threespot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus), schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), green chromis (Chromis viridis), blueface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon), lipstick tang (Naso lituratus), arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus), axilspot wrasse (Bodianus axillaris), bartlett’s antias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum), copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus), foxface rabbitfsh (Siganus vulpinus), pyramid butterfly fish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis), squarespot antias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia), yellowbanded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus), humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), big roughy (Gephyroberyx japonicus), Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), Royal blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles), long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), bridled parrotfish (Scarus frenatus), powder-blue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon), queen parrotfish (Scarus vetula), red-breasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus), axilspot hogfish (Bodianus axillaris), tail-spot wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus), bicolour cleaner wrasse (Labroides bicolor), harlequin bass (Serranus tigrinus), splendid dottyback (Manonichthys splendens), comet (Calloplesiops altivelis), mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus), snubnose pompano (Trachinotus blochii), yellow and blueback fusilier (Caesio teres), Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), double whiptail (Pentapodus emeryii), pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus), truncated coralfish (Chelmonops truncatus), bluecheek butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus), yellowface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon), orangeback angelfish (Centropyge acanthops), rusty angelfish (Centropyge ferrugata), dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus), orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus), blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus), chevron tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis), mimic surgeonfish (Acanthurus pyroferus), bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis), blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus), blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus), humpback turretfish (Tetrosomus gibbosus), purple club-nosed wrasse (Gomphosus varius), map puffer (Arothron mappa), sabre squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum), Australian pineapplefish (Cleidopus gloriamaris), zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra), Pacific cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), mosaic reef crab (Lophozozymus pictor), edible pink cucumber (Holothuria edulis)

M: Feathered Flights theatre

  • Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
  • Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)
  • Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala leucocephala)
  • Panama amazon (Amazona ochrocephala panamensis)
  • Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
  • Triton cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
  • Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus)
  • African grey parrot (Psittacus erythracus)
  • Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
  • Striped owl (Asio clamator)

23- Agile wallaby (Notamacropus agilis), swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)

24- Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

25- Lowland anoa (Bubalis depressicornis)

N: Poke Place

26- Perez’s frog (Pelophylax perezi), European tree frog (Hyla arborea), spiny toad (Bufo spinosus), natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita), Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)

27- Javan rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros silvestris)

28- Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis), Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)

29- Greater vasa parrot (Coracopsis vasa)

30- Kea (Nestor notabilis)

31- Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Australian king parrot (Alisterus scapularis), cloncurry ringneck (Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi), pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus palliceps), yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps)

32- Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria), Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica), white-naped pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps aruensis), Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica), superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni), grosbeak starling (Scissirostrum dubium), Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi), Java sparrow (Padda orzyvora), tricolored parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor), Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis), crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

O: Mysterious Islands

  • Mountain chicken frog (Leptodactylus fallax)
  • Cuban boa (Chilabothrus angulifer)
  • Knight anole (Anolis equestris), Haitian giant galliwasp (Caribicus warreni)
  • Sakishima grass lizard (Takydromus dorsalis), black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
  • Indonesian pit viper (Trimeresurus insularis)
  • Borneo blood python (Python breitensteini)
  • Savu python (Liasis mackloti savuensis)
  • Solomon Island tree skink (Corucia zebrata), New Caledonia bumpy gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
  • Blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei), red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa)
  • Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
  • Frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

33- Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

34- Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

35- Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

36- Black swan (Cygnus atratus), freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa), paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata), pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus), New Zealand shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis variegata), New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)

37- Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger), Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvichensis)

P: Madagascar House

  • Giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena)
  • Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus henkeli), greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis), Four-lined girdled lizard (Zonosaurus quadrilineatus), spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)

38- Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), red-ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), Black lemur (Eulemur macaco), crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus), red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rufiventris)

39- American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus), smooth-backed river stingray (Potamotrygon orbignyi), red-tailed catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus), black band myleus (Myloplus schomburgkii), Xingu peacock bass (Cichla melaniae), arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum), ripsaw catfish (Oxydoras niger), Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
 
Love the island section.
I'm more skeptical with the open-air pool for exotic freshwater fish (exhibit n°39). Even of the local climate is mild, some of the species may not survive in winter, and more over, nobody would really notice these fish.
 
@Haliaeetus The climate argument may be a factor, but at the same time... All people need to do is look at the moat. And still, I prioritize welfare to visibility. I didn't see the sturgeons at Tierpark Hellabrunn for example, but I'm sure the outdoor pond they were in provides them with an excellent home, which is the more important factor here.
 

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