Explore The Oceanarium - Africa

An image of an Upsidedown Catfish amongst the reeds in our African Exhibit

Africa covers over 30 million square kilometres, making 20% of the Earths surface.

The African continent is made up of 54 countries, with 797 million people speaking 1000 languages.

Most of the freshwater in Africa is carried across the continent by the worlds longest river, (the Nile, 6,695km), drops over the widest single curtain of falling water, (Victoria Falls) and stored in the longest and second deepest freshwater lake in the world, (Lake Tanganyika, 660 km long, 1436m deep.

Many Varieties of fish are found in the Nile River including the perch-like Tilapia, which is an important food source for humans and the giant perch, which may weigh up to 300 pounds.
The Nile River also serves as a vital waterway for the transport of people and goods.

The African Great Lakes are one of the worlds most endangered water systems due to the effects of pollution, over fishing.

Lake Malawi contains the largest number of fish species of any lake in the world, with at least 500 recorded. Over 400 of the cichlid species in Lake Malawi are only found in this body of water and 30% of all the worlds known cichlids are found in this lake.

Some of the species you will find in our Africa display are:

Creature Name	Scientific Name
African Land Snails	achatina achatina
Giraffe Catfish	Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Upsidedown Catfish	Synodontis membranaceous

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