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1904 The Waikiki aquarium opens March 19 with 35 exhibits and 400 marine organisms. Potter�s angelfish is named for Director Frederick Potter, a former Honolulu Rapid Transit Company clerk.
1975 Ichthyologist Leighton Taylor becomes director. He develops the first exhibits master plan and launches the aquarium’s education department, volunteer program and friends group. Taylor�s goby fish is named for him.
1990 Bruce Carlson is named director. He focuses on naturalistic exhibits featuring aquatic life and habitats of Hawai'i and the western Pacific. Carlson�s damselfish is named for him.
1975 Ichthyologist Leighton Taylor becomes director. He develops the first exhibits master plan and launches the aquarium’s education department, volunteer program and friends group. Taylor�s goby fish is named for him.
1990 Bruce Carlson is named director. He focuses on naturalistic exhibits featuring aquatic life and habitats of Hawai'i and the western Pacific. Carlson�s damselfish is named for him.