The Lakes Aquarium contains both freshwater and salt water aquatic animals.
Lake District
This area tells the story of the native and non native animals that can be found around the Lake District National Park. Captive breeding and research of the endangered White Clawed Crayfish constitute the conservation project for this area. It discusses the importance of not releasing animals from the pet trade, such as the terrapins, which can now be found surviving in the wild. All the terrapins in the aquarium were rehomed from members of the public.
Bream, Perch, Golden orfe, Koi carp, Eurasian harvest mouse, Common toad, Red-eared terrapins.
Lakes
Arctic char, ballan wrasse, barbel, beadlet anemone, bib, Bloody Henry, bream tubercles,[clarification needed] brill, brook trout, butterfish or gunnel, chub, cod, coley, common bream, common carp, common hermit crab, common pochard, common seahorse, common starfish, common sunstar, Connemara clingfish, crucian carp, cuckoo wrasse, dahlia anemone, diving ducks. edible crab, flatfish, flounder, European lobster, European sea sturgeon, European plaice, giant wels catfish, perch, roach, rudd, sea anemones, sea bream, seahorse, starfish, tench, tufted duck.
Weirs
chub, golden tench.
Marine
beadlet anemone, butterfish, common hermit crab, common starfish, common sunstar, Connemara clingfish, goby, blenny, cushion starfish, cuckoo wrasse, dahlia anemone, snakelock anemone, peacock worms, lumpsuckers, spiny starfishEuropean plaice, purple sunstar, big bellied seahorse
