Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World (formerly, Siam Ocean World) is an

aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...

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and is the largest in South East Asia. It covers approximately with hundreds of different species on display in exhibits totaling about . The Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aims to provide both entertainment and education to visitors. Through formal educational programs, the aquarium aims to promote an appreciation and understanding of the aquatic environment in line with the formal Thailand curriculum. This venue practices dual pricing, where Thai nationals and expat citizens pay around half the price that foreigners do.

Inside Ocean World

Animals that can be found at the aquarium include: Japanese spider crabs, giant pacific octopus,

shark ray ''Rhina ancylostoma'', the bowmouth guitarfish, shark ray or mud skate, is a species of ray and a member of the family Rhinidae. Its evolutionary affinities are not fully resolved, though it may be related to true guitarfishes and skates. Thi ...

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seahorses A seahorse (also written ''sea-horse'' and ''sea horse'') is any of 46 species of small marine fish in the genus ''Hippocampus''. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek (), itself from () meaning "horse" and () meaning "sea monster" or " ...

, frogs, and

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

Oceanus Australia Group

The Oceanus Group was established 1993. Oceanus Australia Pty Ltd was the World's largest aquarium owner and operator (by numbers of customers and volume of displays). The Group owned aquariums in Melbourne, Mooloolaba, Busan (South Korea) and manages the Ocean World Aquarium in Shanghai. Oceanus Group was acquired in 2011 by Merlin Entertainments, the world's second largest attraction operator including

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and

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* {{Merlin Entertainments Aquaria in Thailand Tourist attractions in Bangkok Buildings and structures in Bangkok Sea Life Centres Merlin Entertainments Group 2005 establishments in Thailand