Animals With more than 17,000 animals at the National Aquarium, you'll discover something new every time you visit! Preview some of these fascinating animals here. Play around by filtering them by animal type, color, habitat, and more. Create your must-see list by adding them to your Trip Planner. Show By Aquarium: All Baltimore, MD Washington, DC Washington DC & Baltimore MD Show Animals With: Show Everything Beak Fur Gills Lay Eggs Live in Groups No Bones Scales Shells Teeth Venom Wings Show By Color: Show Everything Black Blue Brown Camouflage Gray Green Orange Red White Yellow Show By Location: Show Everything Africa Arctic Ocean Asia West Atlantic Ocean Australia Chesapeake Bay Europe Indian Ocean Mediterranean Sea North America North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South America South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Show By Where They Live: Show Everything Air / Tree Canopy Brackish Water Deep Ocean Freshwater Land Shallow Ocean Sort By: Animal Type Exhibit Alphabetical Reset All Allegheny CascadesAllegheny Cascades Amazon River Basin GalleryAmazon River Basin Gallery Amazon River ForestAmazon River Forest America's Freshwater EcosystemsAmerica's Freshwater Ecosystems Amphibians GalleryAmphibians Gallery Animal EncountersAnimal Encounters Atlantic Bottlenose DolphinsAtlantic Bottlenose Dolphins Atlantic Coral ReefAtlantic Coral Reef Animal Planet Australia: Wild ExtremesAnimal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Blacktip ReefBlacktip Reef Coral ReefsCoral Reefs Hidden LifeHidden Life Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species Moon JelliesMoon Jellies Jellies InvasionJellies Invasion Maryland: Mountains to the SeaMaryland: Mountains to the Sea National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks GalleryNational Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery North Atlantic to the PacificNorth Atlantic to the Pacific Patch ReefsPatch Reefs Secrets of the SwampSecrets of the Swamp Shark AlleyShark Alley Sherman's LagoonSherman's Lagoon Surviving Through AdaptationSurviving Through Adaptation Upland Tropical Rain ForestUpland Tropical Rain Forest Waterfront ParkWaterfront Park AmphibiansAmphibians BirdsBirds Bony FishBony Fish Cartilaginous FishCartilaginous Fish InvertebratesInvertebrates MammalsMammals ReptilesReptiles Add to Trip Planner American Alligator Reptiles Add to Trip Planner American Alligator Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner American Bullfrog Amphibians Add to Trip Planner American Bullfrog Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Anemones Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Anemones Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Anemones Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Anemones Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Mammals Add to Trip Planner Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Exhibit Name: Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins Add to Trip Planner Atlantic Puffin Birds Add to Trip Planner Atlantic Puffin Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Australian Freshwater Crocodile Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Australian Freshwater Crocodile Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Banggai Cardinalfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Banggai Cardinalfish Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Barramundi Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Barramundi Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Black Grouper Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Black Grouper Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Black-headed Python Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Black-headed Python Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Blacktip Reef Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Blacktip Reef Shark Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Blue Crab Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Blue Crab Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Blue-Crowned Motmot Birds Add to Trip Planner Blue-Crowned Motmot Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Blue Poison Dart Frog Amphibians Add to Trip Planner Blue Poison Dart Frog Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Blue Poison Dart Frog Amphibians Add to Trip Planner Blue Poison Dart Frog Exhibit Name: Amazon River Basin Gallery Add to Trip Planner Bonnethead Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Bonnethead Shark Exhibit Name: Atlantic Coral Reef Add to Trip Planner Broad Shelled Snake Neck Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Broad Shelled Snake Neck Turtle Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Chambered Nautilus Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Chambered Nautilus Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Percula Clownfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Percula Clownfish Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Clown Triggerfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Clown Triggerfish Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Creole fish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Creole fish Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Death Adder Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Death Adder Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Diamondback Terrapin Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Diamondback Terrapin Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Discus Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Discus Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner Eastern Newt Amphibians Add to Trip Planner Eastern Newt Exhibit Name: Amphibians Gallery Add to Trip Planner Electric Eel Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Electric Eel Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Electric Eel Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Electric Eel Exhibit Name: Amazon River Basin Gallery Add to Trip Planner Emerald Tree Boa Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Emerald Tree Boa Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner Emperor Angelfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Emperor Angelfish Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Fairy Basslets Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Fairy Basslets Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Garibaldi Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Garibaldi Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Giant Amazon River Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Giant Amazon River Turtle Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner Giant Leaf Frog Amphibians Add to Trip Planner Giant Leaf Frog Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner Giant Pacific Octopus Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Giant Pacific Octopus Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Golden Lion Tamarin Mammals Add to Trip Planner Golden Lion Tamarin Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Gouldian Finch Birds Add to Trip Planner Gouldian Finch Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Graysby Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Graysby Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Green Moray Eel Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Green Moray Eel Exhibit Name: Atlantic Coral Reef Add to Trip Planner Green Sea Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Green Sea Turtle Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Grey-headed Flying Fox Mammals Add to Trip Planner Grey-headed Flying Fox Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Guineafowl Puffer Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Guineafowl Puffer Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Harlequin Tuskfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Harlequin Tuskfish Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Honeycomb Stingray Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Honeycomb Stingray Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Horn Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Horn Shark Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Horn Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Horn Shark Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Humphead Wrasse Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Humphead Wrasse Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Hyacinth Macaw Birds Add to Trip Planner Hyacinth Macaw Exhibit Name: Animal Encounters Add to Trip Planner Irwin's Snapping Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Irwin's Snapping Turtle Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Blue Blubber Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Blue Blubber Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Leidy’s Comb Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Leidy’s Comb Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Lion's Mane Jellyfish Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Lion's Mane Jellyfish Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Moon Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Moon Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Moon Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Moon Jelly Exhibit Name: Moon Jellies Add to Trip Planner Pacific Sea Nettle Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Pacific Sea Nettle Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Purple-striped Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Purple-striped Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Spotted Lagoon Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Spotted Lagoon Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Upside-down Jelly Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Upside-down Jelly Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Largetooth Sawfish Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Largetooth Sawfish Exhibit Name: Shark Alley Add to Trip Planner Laughing Kookaburra Birds Add to Trip Planner Laughing Kookaburra Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Leopard Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Leopard Shark Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Linne's Two-Toed Sloth Mammals Add to Trip Planner Linne's Two-Toed Sloth Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Scout, the baby Linne's Two-Toed Sloth Mammals Add to Trip Planner Scout, the baby Linne's Two-Toed Sloth Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Loggerhead Sea Turtle Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Longhorn Cowfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Longhorn Cowfish Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Longnose Gar Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Longnose Gar Exhibit Name: America's Freshwater Ecosystems Add to Trip Planner Longsnout Seahorse Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Longsnout Seahorse Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Peacock Mantis Shrimp Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Peacock Mantis Shrimp Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Mouth Almighty Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Mouth Almighty Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Northern Hogsucker Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Northern Hogsucker Exhibit Name: Allegheny Cascades Add to Trip Planner Northern Sea Nettle Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Northern Sea Nettle Exhibit Name: Jellies Invasion Add to Trip Planner Northern Snakehead Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Northern Snakehead Exhibit Name: America's Freshwater Ecosystems Add to Trip Planner Nurse Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Nurse Shark Exhibit Name: Shark Alley Add to Trip Planner Pig-nosed Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Pig-nosed Turtle Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Porcupinefish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Porcupinefish Exhibit Name: Atlantic Coral Reef Add to Trip Planner Rainbow Lorikeet Birds Add to Trip Planner Rainbow Lorikeet Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Red Lionfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Red Lionfish Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Rosyside Dace Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Rosyside Dace Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Roughtail Stingray Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Roughtail Stingray Exhibit Name: Shark Alley Add to Trip Planner Sandbar Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Sandbar Shark Exhibit Name: Shark Alley Add to Trip Planner Sand Tiger Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Sand Tiger Shark Exhibit Name: Shark Alley Add to Trip Planner Scarlet Ibis Birds Add to Trip Planner Scarlet Ibis Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Scarlet King Snake Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Scarlet King Snake Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Screaming piha Birds Add to Trip Planner Screaming piha Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Sea Stars Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Sea Stars Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Sea Stars Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Sea Stars Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Silver Arowana Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Silver Arowana Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner Silver Arowana Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Silver Arowana Exhibit Name: Amazon River Basin Gallery Add to Trip Planner Slingjaw Wrasse Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Slingjaw Wrasse Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Common Snapping Turtle Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Common Snapping Turtle Exhibit Name: America's Freshwater Ecosystems Add to Trip Planner Spiny-tailed Monitor Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Spiny-tailed Monitor Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Spotfin Butterflyfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Spotfin Butterflyfish Exhibit Name: Surviving Through Adaptation Add to Trip Planner Spotted Ratfish Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Spotted Ratfish Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Spotted Unicornfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Spotted Unicornfish Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Striped Blenny Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Striped Blenny Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Striped Burrfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Striped Burrfish Exhibit Name: Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Add to Trip Planner Striped Burrfish Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Striped Burrfish Exhibit Name: National Marine Sanctuaries and National Parks Gallery Add to Trip Planner Sunbittern Birds Add to Trip Planner Sunbittern Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Tarantula Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Tarantula Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Tasselled Wobbegong Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Tasselled Wobbegong Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Add to Trip Planner Tawny Frogmouth Birds Add to Trip Planner Tawny Frogmouth Exhibit Name: Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes Add to Trip Planner Turquoise tanager Birds Add to Trip Planner Turquoise tanager Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner White-blotched Stingray Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner White-blotched Stingray Exhibit Name: Amazon River Forest Add to Trip Planner White-Tailed Trogon Birds Add to Trip Planner White-Tailed Trogon Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Wolf Eel Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Wolf Eel Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Yellow-footed Tortoise Reptiles Add to Trip Planner Yellow-footed Tortoise Exhibit Name: Add to Trip Planner Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot Birds Add to Trip Planner Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot Exhibit Name: Upland Tropical Rain Forest Add to Trip Planner Yellow Sea Cucumber Invertebrates Add to Trip Planner Yellow Sea Cucumber Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Yellow Tang Bony Fish Add to Trip Planner Yellow Tang Exhibit Name: North Atlantic to the Pacific Add to Trip Planner Zebra Shark Cartilaginous Fish Add to Trip Planner Zebra Shark Exhibit Name: Blacktip Reef Oooops! 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