Today is the International Marine Fish Day!
In January 2024, the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) Marine Teleost Taxon Advisory Group launched its first educational campaign.
The annual campaigns aim to raise awareness of threats to marine ecosystems and species through a flagship species and to highlight one or more unique marine bony fish species.
In 2024, a conservation program focused on a rare species, the Banggai cardinalfish.
In the Oceanarium of the Nyíregyháza Zoo, you can not only meet sharks, representatives of cartilaginous fishes but also several teleost fishes, such as the Banggai cardinalfish.
This impressive-looking animal has many interesting features; it is a mouth-breather, coexists with sea urchins or sea roses, and is very popular with hobby aquarists while living in a very limited area of just a few thousand square kilometers.
On this special day, we welcomed our guests with playful exercises and educational talks, and they learned many exciting secrets about the inhabitants of marine aquariums.
