The number of new varieties of 70 marine fish included Helicopter, Arowana, Grouper, yellow-striped tang, bluespotted stingray, sea stars, clownfish, hark, triggerfish, Moorish idol,[3] Azure Damsel, Blueline Demoiselle, Purple Firefish, Cloudy Damsel, Copperband Butterflyfish, Schooling Bannerfish, Raccoon Butterflyfish, White Tail Trigger, Clown Triggerfish and Blue Ribbon Eel.

The 40 new varieties of freshwater fish include Red Devil, Jaguar, Electric Blue, Jack Dempsey, Frontosa and Catfish.

These fishes will be housed in larger tanks than before with imported flexi glass for better visibility.

[7] Taraporewala Aquarium was built in 1951 at a cost of ₹800,000 (at the time equivalent to US$167,000 using the fixed exchange rate of ₹4.79 to 1 US$).

[1] The aquarium is named after a Parsee Philanthropist D B Taraporewala, who donated ₹200,000 (at the time equivalent to US$41,754 ) for the construction.