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The Marine
Aquarium
of
Rio
de
Janeiro (Portuguese: Aquário
Marinho
do
Rio
de
Janeiro),
or AquaRio,
is
a public
aquarium located
in
the Gamboa neighborhood,
in
the port
zone of Rio
de
Janeiro, Brazil.
With
a
constructed
area
of
about
26,000
square
metres
(280,000 sq ft),
it
is
located
to
the
west
of
Muhammad
Ali
Square.
It
is
considered
the
largest
marine
aquarium
in South
America.
It
was
inaugurated
on
October
31,
2016,
in
a
ceremony
that
was
attended
by
the
former minister
of
Tourism, Marx
Beltrão.
The
public
aquarium
was
made
at Porto
Maravilha,
an
urban
operation
that
aims
to
revitalize
the Port
Zone
of
Rio
de
Janeiro.
The
building
occupied
by
AquaRio
has
a
total
of
5
floors
and
28
tanks
with
various
types
of
fish.
In
the
tanks,
about
4.5
million
liters
of
salt
water
are
stored,
in
addition
to
8
thousand
animals
of
350
different
species. The
building
formerly
belonged
to
Companhia
Brasileira
de
Armazenamento
(Cibrazem),
now
Companhia
Nacional
de
Abastecimento
(CONAB).
AquaRio
brings
together
about
8,000
animals
from
350
different
species
from
all
oceans.
Among
the
main
species
present
in
the
aquarium
are:
the nurse
shark (Ginglymostoma
cirratum);
the whitetip
reef
shark (Triaenodon
obesus);
the blacktip
reef
shark (Carcharhinus
melanopterus);
and
the sand
tiger
shark (Carcharias
taurus).
The
fish
are
distributed
in
28
enclosures,
which
gather
a
total
of
4.5
million
liters
of
salt
water.
In
addition
to
the
visit
to
the
tanks,
AquaRio
allows
the
visitor
to
perform
the
following
additional
activities,
subject
to
charge
separately:
"Sleeping
in
AquaRio",
where
the
visitor
can
spend
a
night
in
the
tunnel
that
passes
in
the
middle
of
the
Great
Ocean
Tank;
the
"Diving
of
the
Ocean
Tank",
where
the
visitor
can
dive
into
one
of
the
tanks;
the
"Virtual
Fish",
where
the
visitor
can
create
a
virtual
friend
at
the
beginning
of
the
tour
and
interact
with
him
along
the
circuit;
"Behind
the
Scenes",
where
the
visitor
can
see
up
close
the
equipment
that
treat
the
water
of
the
enclosures,
the
work
of
the
biologists
and
the
way
of
realizing
the
feeding
of
the
fish.
The
AquaRio
visitor
can
also
enjoy
the
following
attractions:
the
Virtual
Aquarium,
a
digital
aquarium
with
fish
created
by
visitors
the
Science
Museum,
composed
of
the
Plankton
Station
and
the
Shell
Exhibition;
Surf,
a
space
dedicated
to
the
surf
elaborated
by
the
surfer Rico
de
Souza.
As
part
of
its
structure,
AquaRio
has
a
café,
a
scientific
research
center,
a
parking
lot
and
a
souvenir
shop,
including
some
kiosks.
Solar
roof
On
May
31,
2016,
the
largest
solar
roof
installed
in
urban
areas
of
Brazil
was
inaugurated
at
AquaRio.
Comprising
about
two
thousand
solar
panels
installed
in
an
area
of
6
thousand
m²,
the
solar
roof
will
generate
about
77
thousand
kilowatts
of
energy
per
month,
equivalent
to
the
monthly
consumption
of
500
Brazilian
homes.
The
roof
reduces
the
consumption
of
electricity
consumed
by
the
aquarium
by
up
to
30%.