The Malta National Aquarium (Akkwarju Nazzjonali ta' Malta in Maltese) is the largest aquarium in the Maltese Islands.
The building, whose shape resembles a stylized starfish, is located on the Qawra seafront and it is equipped with some recreational facilities for children and a restaurant.
The Aquarium houses more than 175 different animal species, divided into tanks that reproduce some of the typical underwater scenarios of the Maltese islands.
The main tank, 12 meters in diameter, allows the visitor to walk under a special gallery and to see the marine species inside from below.
In addition to fishes and mollusca, the site also hosts a terrarium with several tanks containing reptiles, amphibians (frogs, chameleons and snakes among others) and exotic invertebrates.
Among the species housed in the Aquarium there are, among others, specimens of cat sharks, clown fish, octopuses and different types of jellyfish, housed in special thematic tanks.
2 окт 2024
