Shanghai Marine Aquarium is the only aquarium in the world with an independent exhibition area in China and the Yangtze River Basin to display aquatic organisms with Chinese characteristics. Most of the exhibited organisms are state protected animals, including Chinese sturgeon, carmine, Chinese alligator and baby salamander (giant salamander). South America - "South America has the world's largest freshwater fish species and quantity. Hyoid giant bone, one of the largest freshwater scaly bony fish, also thrives here. The Amazon River is the world's most extensive River basin, where there are few people, covering a large area of tropical primitive jungle, full of mysterious color. Australia : Australian freshwater fish species are few, but most of them are endemic fish not found elsewhere. Why? This is because the Australian continent has been separated from other continental plates for about 50 million years. Fish in the two areas are unable to contact and cross with each other. As a result, Australian freshwater fishes have maintained their own unique characteristics. Africa Region - "Africa has not only Nile River, Congo River and other rivers, but also the Great Rift Valley Lake region of East Africa, which contains many kinds of fish, most notably the Cichlidae fish in Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. These lakes were formed 500 to 2 million years ago, when a small number of fish from rivers into the lake adapted to their new environment. After numerous differentiation, they evolved into today's prosperous society. Southeast Asia - "Southeast Asia Tropical Rainforest is one of the oldest tropical rainforests in the world. Its high forest coverage, magnificent natural landscape and rich biodiversity provide abundant food and ideal habitat for the living organisms. A wide variety of large-scale Southeast Asian fish "live and work in peace and contentment" here, the thriving scene is endless. As the only exhibition cylinder in the cold water area, seal cylinder, its semi-arc acrylic cylinder block structure is another unique design of our museum. Here you can get in close contact with four lovely spotted seals. Polar Region - "Listen to the whistling wind, Penguin friends are looking forward to welcoming you. They swayed in "swallowtail dress" to show their charming gentlemanly demeanour. Coastal area - "Enter this exhibition area, you will be shocked by the diversity of marine species, the richness of color and the peculiarity of life habits. Horseshoe crab, known as "living fossil", can change the sex of coral reef sloping fish, known as our museum "treasure of Zhenguan" grass sea dragon, ribbon sea dragon and other forms of creatures will make you linger and forget to return. Deep sea area - "coastline, Bay and coral reef. It's an open ocean where many pelagic predators swim.