TOP Boutique Aquarium

TOP Boutique Aquarium, The TOP, Komtar (6 November 2018)


TOP Boutique Aquarium is the aquarium at The TOP, Komtar. Located on level 4, accessible from The TOP's grand staircase, it has a wide variety tropical fish and other marine life, including horseshoe crabs and moray eels.

Admission Fees

The admission fees for TOP Boutique Aquarium is RM38 (adult) and RM33 (child). MyKad holders pay RM28 (adult) and RM20 (child).

TOP Boutique Aquarium is entered from The TOP's grand staircase, at Komtar, Penang. (6 November 2018)

Visit to TOP Boutique Aquarium

6 November, 2018
My wife and I enjoyed a fun outing at the TOP Boutique Aquarium. We were there at the invitation of The TOP. We have heard of the aquarium and have looked forward to visiting it. When we visited The TOP for the first time, the aquarium was not opened yet, so this was the first time we get to enjoy it.

TOP Boutique Aquarium was opened by then Chief Minister of Penang, the Right Honourable Lim Guan Eng, on 11 February, 2018. It is divided into various sections. The first section has a Penang pre-war house theme, showing various tropical fish in tanks that mimic scenes from a Straits prehouse townhouse. This is followed by tanks of luminous tropical fish. There is also a gallery showing the fish of mangrove swamp, and two section where you can crawl under the tank to emerge in a glass hemisphere surrounded by the fish.

I am quite surprised that the aquarium is bigger than I had expected. There are so many galleries packed in this aquarium. Moreover, it is very well kept, with the glass tanks well maintained, without any smudges. Let me take you on a photo tour now.

Official Opening by The Honourable Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng (6 November 2018)


Lemon belly barb (Hypsibarbus wetmorei) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


My wife in the walk-in fish tank at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Red giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Red finned cigar shark (Leptobarbus rubripinna) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tanks for luminous tropical fish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Gallery of fish from rainforest streams at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Gallery with open fish pond at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Empurau (Dacryodes rostrata) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


African Lungfish (Protopterus annectens) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Fish habitat at wrecks and ruins, at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Mangrove fish habitat at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Mangrove ecology at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Moray Eel and Undulated Moray at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Crayfish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Giant arowana at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Stingrays at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Clownfish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tank with large seawater fish such as the grouper at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Horseshoe crabs at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


My wife and I at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)