Ecosystems
From mountain streams to coral reefs, from the Great African lakes to the flood plains of Asia and America, find here the tropical aquatic environments presented at the Tropical Aquarium.
French Guiana
Panorama sur plusieurs fleuves de Guyane
Photo : Hadrien Lalagüe © Association Guyane Wild Fish
French Guiana, a French department bordered to the east by Brazil and to the west by Suriname, has a humid equatorial climate and is 97 per cent covered by tropical rainforest, criss-crossed by 112,000 km of waterways.
This hotspot of biodiversity is home to a rich variety of flora and fauna. The aquatic fauna is exceptionally diverse: there are over 400 species of fish, more than a hundred of which are endemic - that is to say, native to French Guiana and found only there - compared with just over 100 species of fish in mainland France.
