Image: Al Mahara Burj al Araba Dubai March 2008pano

Description: al Mahara restaurant in the Burj al Arab. Fishes include Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Fusiliers (Pterocaesio digramma), Red Sea Fairy Baslet (Pseudoanthias squamipinnis), Blue Lined Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira), Big Eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Batfish (Platax orbicularis), Leopard Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum), Black Spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus gaterinus), Two Banded Porgie (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus), Hamour (Epinephelus coioides), Soldier and Squirrel Fish (Myripristis murdjhan, Sargocentron diadema), Leopard Moray Eel (Gymnothorax favagineus), Blue Barred Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban), Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus), Unicorn Fish (Naso brevirostris), Yellow Bar Angelfish and Red Sea Raccoon Butterfly Fish (Pomacanthus maculosus, Chaetodon fasciatus), Green Chromis and Halfmoon Damsel (Chromis viridis, Dascyllus marginatus). The aquarium is run by the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, UK. There are two other tanks in the lobby of the hotel. Each of the tanks cointain 300,000 litres of salt water. The window is made out of acrylic and is 18 cm thick, and cleaned every couple of days. The fish are fed each day, some by hand, by experts who spend hours per day preparing the food.
Title: Al Mahara Burj al Araba Dubai March 2008pano
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