At the Oceanário we actually refer to this as the "Tropical" habitat. And that is precisely because the exhibit mimics the tropical part of the Indian Ocean, with its 25°C humid heat. Thunderous sounds and water sprinkles simulate the storms that proliferate in this area.
Water temperature is always higher than 20°C, allowing coral reefs to grow strong and steady. Actually, corals may be found in just about every Ocean of the World but only in the tropics do they build reefs.
The Indian Ocean therefore features countless reef islands, such as the Seychelles, which is what you will see at the Oceanário. Sandy beaches covered with thick vegetation hide a surprising amount of birds that fly freely and decorate the atmosphere with their colourful chirps.
Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Bluespotted ribbontail ray, reef-ray, blue-spotted lagoon ray (Taeniura lymma - Dasyatidae)
Plants
Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Coffee tree (Coffea arabica)
Common screwpine (Pandanus utilis)
Fishtail palm (Caryota mitis)
Traveller’s palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)
Sea-stars, sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers
Needle urchin, needle spined urchin (Diadema setosum - Diadematidae)
Tropical Sea-cucumber (Synapta maculata - Holothuridae)
Birds
Bronze mannikin (Lonchura cucullata - Estrildidae)
Chestnut munia, three-coloured mannikin (Lonchura malaca - Estrildidae)
Fairy bluebird (Irena puella - Irenidae)
Goldbreast, gold-breasted waxbill (Amandava subflava - Estrildidae)
Golden breasted starling, royal starling (Cosmopsarus regius - Sturnidae)
Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi - Musophagidae)
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus - Sturnidae)
Orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda - Estrildidae)
Paradise wydah (Vidua paradisea orientalis - Ploceidae)
Peaceful dove (Geopelia striata - Columbidae)
Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura - Ploceidae)
Red-billed firefinch, Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala - Estrildidae)
Spice finch, scaly-breasted mannikin, nutmeg mannikin (Lonchura punctulata - Estrildidae)
Star finch (Neochmia ruficauda - Estrildidae)
Strawberry finch, red avadavat (Amandava amandava - Estrildidae)
White cheeked turaco (Tauraco leucotis - Musophagidae)
Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macrourus - Ploceidae)
Zebra finch (Phoephila guttata - Estrildidae)
Bony fish
Barred thicklip, barred thicklip wrasse, five-banded wrasse (Hemigymnus fasciatus - Labridae)
Black squirrelfish, blackfin squirrelfish, clearfin squirrelfish (Neoniphon opercularis - Holocentridae)
Blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus - Chaetodontidae)
Blackeye thicklip, half-and-half thicklip, blackedge thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus - Labridae)
Blue streak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus - Labridae)
Blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis - Pomacentridae)
Caerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus - Pomacentridae)
Checkerboard wrasse, bird wrasse, bird fish (Gomphosus caeruleus - Labridae)
Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum - Balistidae)
Collared butterflyfish, Redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare - Chaetodontidae)
Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis - Plesiopidae)
Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus - Acanthuridae)
Coral hind, blue-spotted rockcod (Cephalopholis miniata - Serranidae)
Dash and dot goatfish, dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus - Mullidae)
Goldbar wrasse (Thalassoma hebraicum - Labridae)
Golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus - Chaetodontidae)
Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis - Serranidae)
Humphead wrasse, Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus - Labridae)
Klein’s butterflyfish, sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii - Chaetodontidae)
Lined surgeonfish, striped surgeonfish, bluebanded surgeon (Acanthurus lineatus - Acanthuridae)
Longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus - Chaetodontidae)
Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides - Labridae)
Moon wrasse, crescent wrasse, lyretail wrasse (Thalassoma lunare - Labridae)
Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus - Zanclidae)
Neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)
Orangespine unicornfish, redlip surgeonfish, striped unicornfish (Naso lituratus - Acanthuridae)
Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis - Ephippidae)
Orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinalfish, polka-dot cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis - Apogonidae)
Pajama cardinalfish, coral cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera - Apogonidae)
Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus - Acanthuridae)
Peppered butterflyfish, Spotted butterflyfish (Chaetodon guttatissimus - Chaetodontidae)
Picassofish, Picasso triggerfish, blackbar triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus - Balistidae)
Pinnate spadefish, dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus - Ephippidae)
Powder-blue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon - Acanthuridae)
Purple wreckfish, yellowback anthias, yellowtail goldie (Pseudanthias evansii - Serranidae)
Redtoothed triggerfish, redfang triggerfish, blue triggerfish (Odonus niger - Balistidae)
Saddleback butterflyfish, Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula - Chaetodontidae)
Saddleback hogfish, tarry hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus - Labridae)
Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium - Chaetodontidae)
Scrawled filefish, scrawled leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus - Monacanthidae)
Sea goldie, lyretail anthias, scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis - Serranidae)
Sixbar wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke - Labridae)
Spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, shortnose unicornfish (Naso brevirostris - Acanthuridae)
Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga - Chaetodontidae)
Threespot dascyllus, three-spot damsael, domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus - Pomacentridae)
Twinspot damselfish, two-spot demoiselle (Chrysiptera biocellata - Pomacentridae)
Whitetail dascyllus, humbug damselfish, banded humbug (Dascyllus aruanus - Pomacentridae)
