aquarist

[ uh-kwair-ist ]

noun

1. a curator, collector, or ichthyologist associated with an aquarium.

aquarist

/ ˈækwərɪst /

noun

1. the curator of an aquarium
2. a person who studies aquatic life

Word History and Origins

Origin of aquarist¹

First recorded in 1890–95; aquar(ium) + -ist

Example Sentences

Papaya was seen again Saturday near Redondo Canyon by Eric Martin, aquarist director at Roundhouse Aquarium, who used an underwater device called a hydrophone to listen for the rhythmic clicking of the whale’s echolocation to find him.

From Los Angeles Times

“I had kind of given up and thought it’s never going to happen,” said Jeremy Brodt, an aquarist and galleries manager at the New England Aquarium.

From New York Times

“Many people don’t realize that not all penguins live in the ice and snow. Little blues are from Australia and New Zealand, where the climate is surprisingly similar to ours,” said Kayla Strate, lead penguin aquarist.

From New York Times

Taylor Sakmar, also a Monterey Bay aquarist, came to Cape Cod to help build a new kind of facility for many-armed animals.

From New York Times

In 1998, at the outset of the project, scientists at the Michoacana University of Mexico's Aquatic Biology Unit received five pairs of fish from Chester Zoo, delivered by the English aquarist Ivan Dibble.

From BBC