The aquarium is administered by the Karnataka State Government Department of Fisheries.

Government Aquarium for public display was constructed during 1972 and was officially inaugurated on 27.08.1983.

On the second floor, aquariums are arranged in two rows and there are a total of 62 numbers of medium to small size aquaria.

Fish that can be seen at the aquarium include eels, angelfish, glowlight tetra, hockey stick tetra, red-tail shark, catla, Indian tiger barb, mahseer, freshwater prawns, blue gourami, pearl gourami, gold fish, moon tail, and more.

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