[1] On the end of the 1980s, talks with the Government of the State of Veracruz were started about the creation of an aquarium that would exhibit local species and boost tourism.

[1] The first exhibit of the aquarium recreates the jungle zone of the Los Tuxtlas, south of the state of Veracruz, with a waterfall that falls to a pond.

A trait of the Selva de los Tuxtlas exhibit are the jungle trees, in which keel-billed toucans and blue-and-yellow macaws can be seen.

Among the species found on the Selva de los Tuxtlas are the boa constrictor and diverse specimens of freshwater turtles.

[4] More than 30 species of freshwater fishes, reptiles and mammals with origins from the Amazon River, Asia, Africa, and several regions of North America are found on the gallery.

[5] Approximately 20 species from the Veracruzano Coral Reef System National Park are exhibited in this tank, including nurse sharks and groupers that have lived more than 17 years, barracudas, white skates and tarpons.

The saltwater gallery contains 14 tanks with more than 60 specimens, including fishes and invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Red Sea and Australia.

The aquarium also has a live food laboratory in this area, where brine shrimp is grown, used to feed the smaller fishes from the gallery.

Green morays, Caribbean spiny lobsters, remoras, lionfishes and blue tangs are some of the species that are found on the saltwater gallery.