Animals
Meet some of the newest and cutest Aquarium residents in the new Babies! exhibits.
![Sea otter pup swimming on its back looking at the camera](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Otter_pup_929_back_swimming_1200_900_q85.jpg)
Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Robin Riggs
Animals You May See in the Gallery
![Silver fish with orange spots](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Golden-lined_rabbitfish_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Golden-lined Rabbitfish Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
![Yellow fish with pinkish blue background](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Hawaiian_Yellow_Tang-_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Yellow Tang Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Robin Riggs
![Yellow fish with black stripes and white spots](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Banggai_cardinalfish_school_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Banggai cardinalfish Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
![Small red-eyed fish](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Pajama_cardinalfish_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Pajama Cardinalfish Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
![Orange fish with white and black stripes swimming near orange sea anemone](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-clownfish_anemone_IS_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Clown Anemonefish Credit: FGorgun/istock.com
![Purple and yellow tentacled squid-like animal](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-flamboyant_cuttlefish_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Robin Riggs
![Brown and tan juvenile shark resting on pebbles](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Juvenile_brown_banded_bamboo_shark_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Brownbanded Bamboo Shark Credit: Charlotte Bleijenberg/istock.com
![Pale yellow fish resting on bottom with tall dorsal fin and stripe across eye](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Sailfin_sculpin_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Sailfin Sculpin Credit: Gerald Corsi/istock.com
![Flat silver fish with light yellow tail](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-Mexican_Lookdown_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Mexican Lookdown Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Ken Kurtis
![Desert tortoise on white background](/images/made_new/images-exhibits-desert_tortoise_on_white_1200_1200_q85.jpg)
Desert Tortoise Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Robin Riggs
More To Explore From Our Animal Database
![southern sea otter looking at camera](/images/made_new/images-uploads-21_Southern_Sea_Otter_-_Robin_Riggs_900_q85.jpg)
Credit: Robin Riggs
Southern Sea Otter
Sea otters, the smallest and most recently evolved of all marine mammals, are in the family Mustelidae that includes weasels, ferrets, badgers, skunks, freshwater and sea otters, and minks.
![Spot prawn in kelp](/images/made_new/images-uploads-22_Spot_Prawn_-_Jay_Tayag_900_q85.jpg)
Credit: Jay Tayag
Spot Prawn
Pandalus platyceros, is the largest species of shrimp found in ocean waters off the west coast of the United States.
![Threespine Stickleback](/images/olc/AlaskaStreamMale_f.jpg)
Threespine Stickleback
The threespine stickleback is the only one of the three subspecies of Gasterosteus aculeatus that is marine, scaleless, and fully plated.
![Shiner Surfperch](/images/olc/shiner-surfperch.jpg)
Shiner Surfperch
The most common surfperch found along the California coast, shiner surfperch typically live in loose aggregations in shallow waters of eelgrass beds, around pilings, piers, oil platforms, and in the back waters of bays and sloughs.
![Epaulette Shark](/images/olc/epaulette-shark-closeup.jpg)
Epaulette Shark
This small, attractively marked shark is a rather interesting animal. It swims, but most of its movement is accomplished by “walking” with the use of several of its fins.
![Zebra shark front view](/images/olc/Zebra-shark_forward.jpg)
One of our zebra sharks in Shark Lagoon. Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific and K. Leonard
Zebra Shark
Zebra shark, the common name of these slow-swimming, non-aggressive, bottom-dwelling sharks, is derived from their juvenile coloration: narrow bars reminiscent of a zebra’s stripes.