The Newport Aquarium is a commercial aquarium located at Newport on the Levee in Newport, Kentucky. The aquarium is open all year around and has 70 exhibits in 14 galleries and five 200-foot-long acrylic tunnels. The aquarium holds 1,000,000 gallons of water where thousands of animals from all over the world provide quite a show.

Some of the most popular animals are the shark rays "Scooter" and "Sweet Pea" and, since 2009, a baby shark ray from Taiwan called “Sunshine.” Other popular attractions are the rainforest with Burmese pythons, kea, kookaburra, rainbow lorikeet, and Swainson's blue mountain lory; Gator Alley with Mighty Mike, the biggest American alligator outside Florida, Orinoco crocodiles, caiman and gharial; Amazon with arapaima, redtail catfish, pacu, silver arowana, long-tailed river stingrays, and perch.

1 Aquarium Way, Newport, KY 41071, Phone: 800-406-3474, Map

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