55 Music Concourse Dr.
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco CA
94118
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Regular Hours:

Daily

9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday

11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Members' Hours:

Tuesday

8:30 – 9:30 am

Sunday

10:00 – 11:00 am
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The Academy will be closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Please note: Rainforests of the World will be closed from May 7-9.

 
Shark Lagoon Cam
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Field Guide

Learn about the elsamobranchs (cartilaginous fish) and teleosts (bony fish) that call the reef lagoon home.


Scheduled Feedings

Meet the biologists of the Steinhart Aquarium who care for the sharks and rays and discover some of the fact behind the fiction. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30pm at the Reef Lagoon.


  • Blacktip reef shark

    Blacktip reef shark

    Carcharhinus melanopterus
    Status:
    Near threatened
    Diet:
    Small bony fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans
    Reproduction:
    Viviparous
  • Cownose ray

    Cownose ray

    Rhinoptera javanica
    Status:
    Near threatened
    Diet:
    Clams, oysters and other invertebrates
    Reproduction:
    Ovoviviparous
  • Honeycomb ray

    Honeycomb ray

    Himantura uarnak
    Status:
    Vulnerable
    Diet:
    Crabs, shrimps, bivalves, gastropods, worms, jellyfish and bony fishes
    Reproduction:
    Ovoviviparous
  • Blue-spot stingray

    Blue-spot stingray

    Dasyatis kuhlii
    Status:
    Data deficient
    Diet:
    Crabs, shrimps and possibly other small prey
    Reproduction:
    Ovoviviparous
  • Mono

    Mono

    Monodactylus argenteus
    Diet:
    Plankton and detritus
  • Bamboo shark

    Bamboo shark

    Chiloscyllium punctatum
    Status:
    Near threatened
    Diet:
    Shrimps, scallops, squid and marine fish
    Reproduction:
    Oviparous
  • Longnose butterfly fish

    Longnose butterfly fish

    Forcipiger flavissimus
    Diet:
    Wide variety of animal prey, prefers tube feet of echinoderms, pedicilaria of sea urchins and polychaete tentacles
    Reproduction:
    Oviparous
    Notes:
    Monogamous
  • Raccoon Butterfly fish

    Raccoon Butterfly fish

    Chaetodon lunula
    Diet:
    Adults feed on nudibranchs, tubeworm tentacles, other benthic invertebrates; also algae and coral polyps
    Reproduction:
    Oviparous

Protect the Sharks

Assembly Bill 376, passed 10/7/11, makes it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin in California. Sharks are the regulators of healthy marine ecosystems. Protecting the population of large, open-ocean sharks keeps the high seas healthy.
Academy scientists and others explain the severity of shark-finning and what is being done to fight back. Watch the video on Wired.com.

Live on Twitter

   

Share your thoughts on sharks, rays, etc. by tweeting with #sharkcam!

Jurassic in the Park

   

Don't miss a new suite of programs and events this fall that focuses on the evolution of dinosaurs, sharks, birds, and living fossils that still call this planet home. Jurassic in the Park programs now through November 15.

Learn more

Live Webcams

   

African penguins

Dive into the colony

Watch African penguins swim, waddle and glide.

Pocket Penguins for Android & iPhone

Get a live view of our African penguin exhibit anywhere, anytime with Pocket Penguins. Now available for Android smartphones and iPhone!

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