Aquarium animals
Planet Zoo 2 Aquatic Animals and Sharks
Planet Zoo 2 is the first Planet Zoo with fully aquatic animals. The official Zoopedia lists 34 of them as of October 11, 2026: 28 ray-finned fish, three sharks, one ray and the Hawksbill Turtle and West Indian Manatee. There is no great white shark, and no dolphins or whales.
Last updated Game version: Pre-launch (official Zoopedia, October 2026)
Every aquarium animal
Filter the 34 aquarium animals by biome, ocean or river region, group, conservation status or edition. The same cards are part of the full Planet Zoo 2 animal list.
Showing 34 of 34 aquarium animals.
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African Tigerfish
Hydrocynus vittatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Africa
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Blackspotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Vulnerable
- Biome
- Estuarine, Mangrove, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Shark or ray (Chondrichthyes)
AquariumExhibitDeluxe Edition
Blue and Gold Fusilier
Caesio teres
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Bluespine Unicornfish
Naso unicornis
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Blunthead Cichlid
Tropheus moorii
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Africa
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Boeseman's Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia boesemani
Endangered
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Oceania
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
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Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Europe
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Clown Anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Clown Loach
Chromobotia macracanthus
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Asia
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Clown Triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
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Common Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Asia, Europe
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
Least concern
- Biome
- Open Sea
- Found in
- Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Giant Gourami
Osphronemus goramy
Least concern
- Biome
- Lakes and Rivers
- Found in
- Asia
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Giant Grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
Data deficient
- Biome
- Estuarine, Mangrove, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Golden Trevally
Gnathanodon speciosus
Least concern
- Biome
- Estuarine, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumDeluxe Edition
Great Hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
Critically endangered
- Biome
- Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Shark or ray (Chondrichthyes)
Aquarium
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Critically endangered
- Biome
- Estuarine, Mangrove, Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Africa, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Oceania, Europe, Indian Ocean, North America, Pacific Ocean, South America
- Class
- Reptile (Reptilia)
Aquarium
Humphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Endangered
- Biome
- Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Estuarine, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark
Stegostoma tigrinum
Endangered
- Biome
- Estuarine, Mangrove, Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Shark or ray (Chondrichthyes)
AquariumExhibit
Indo-Pacific Sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
Least concern
- Biome
- Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumDeluxe Edition
Longfin Batfish
Platax pinnatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Vulnerable
- Biome
- Open Sea
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Ocellated Eagle Ray
Aetobatus ocellatus
Endangered
- Biome
- Estuarine, Open Sea, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Shark or ray (Chondrichthyes)
Aquarium
Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus orientalis
Near threatened
- Biome
- Open Sea
- Found in
- Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax
Least concern
- Biome
- Open Sea
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Palette Surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Red Lionfish
Pterois volitans
Least concern
- Biome
- Estuarine, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
Sailfin Snapper
Symphorichthys spilurus
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Asia, Oceania
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
AquariumExhibit
Threespot Damselfish
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Least concern
- Biome
- Mangrove, Reef
- Found in
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Aquarium
West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus
Vulnerable
- Biome
- Estuarine, Lakes and Rivers, Mangrove, Open Sea, Wetlands
- Found in
- North America, South America
- Class
- Mammal (Mammalia)
AquariumExhibit
Yellow Tang
Zebrasoma flavescens
Least concern
- Biome
- Reef
- Found in
- Pacific Ocean
- Class
- Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Sharks and rays
- Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
- Great Hammerhead (Deluxe Edition only) (Sphyrna mokarran)
- Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark (Stegostoma tigrinum)
- Ocellated Eagle Ray (Aetobatus ocellatus)
- Javanese Cownose Ray: named by Frontier for launch, not on the Zoopedia yet (Final Zoopedia Reveals)
The Great Hammerhead is one of the six Deluxe Edition animals; the other sharks come with the base game. There is no great white shark on the Zoopedia, and Frontier has not named one among the animals still to come.
How aquariums work in Planet Zoo 2
Aquariums are a habitat type of their own, new in Planet Zoo 2. From Frontier's aquarium feature:
- Building: you put up barriers as for a land habitat, choosing their size, direction and height, then add an aquarium staff gate and connect it to your paths so keepers can reach the animals. Ready-made aquarium blueprints are available too.
- Space: for aquatic animals, space means the volume of water in the aquarium.
- Salinity: a network of water filters feeds each aquarium and can be set for fresh water, salt water or brackish water. A saltwater species cannot survive in fresh water, so the water has to match the animal.
- Temperature and light: each species has a preferred water temperature, which you set at the aquarium's staff gate, along with the lighting.
- Cleaning: dirty water makes the animals harder for guests to see and raises the risk of disease. Keepers dive in to clean the glass, and aquariums need maintenance against leaks; some barrier types resist cracks better than others.
- Guests: a guest gate lets you run a tunnel through the water, and the glass can be one-way, curved inwards or outwards. Aquariums can also span several floors or sit underground.
Which water and temperature each species needs is in the in-game Zoopedia, not on the online one; we add them to each animal once two videos of the released game confirm them. Until then the biomes are the best guide: the aquarium animals come from six of them, Estuarine (9), Lakes and Rivers (8), Mangrove (6), Open Sea (11), Reef (22) and Wetlands (1). The Planet Zoo 2 biomes page lists every animal of each biome.
Fish that also fit an exhibit
15 smaller fish are listed for both an aquarium and an exhibit, so you can show them in either: the African Tigerfish, Blue and Gold Fusilier, Bluespine Unicornfish, Blunthead Cichlid, Boeseman's Rainbowfish, Brown Trout, Clown Anemonefish, Clown Loach, Common Rudd, Giant Gourami, Indo-Pacific Sergeant, Palette Surgeonfish, Schooling Bannerfish, Threespot Damselfish and Yellow Tang. They also appear in the exhibit animals list.
No dolphins or whales
Frontier's FAQ says Planet Zoo 2 has no cetaceans. It wants each species in the game to have an environment that suits it, and it is watching how conservation work on dolphins, whales and porpoises develops. The West Indian Manatee is the one aquatic mammal on the Zoopedia.
Planet Zoo 2 aquatic animal questions
How many aquatic animals are in Planet Zoo 2?
The official Zoopedia lists 34 aquarium animals as of October 11, 2026: 28 ray-finned fish, three sharks, one ray, the Hawksbill Turtle and West Indian Manatee.
What sharks are in Planet Zoo 2?
Three: the Blacktip Reef Shark, Great Hammerhead (Deluxe Edition only) and Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark. The Ocellated Eagle Ray is the only ray on the Zoopedia so far, and Frontier has named the Javanese Cownose Ray for launch.
Can you have a great white shark in Planet Zoo 2?
Not as of October 11, 2026: the great white shark is not on the official Zoopedia, and Frontier has not named it among the animals still to come.
Are there dolphins in Planet Zoo 2?
No. Frontier says it left out cetaceans (dolphins, whales and porpoises) so that every species in the game has an environment that suits it, and that it is following conservation research on them.
How do you set fresh water or salt water in a Planet Zoo 2 aquarium?
With water filters. Each aquarium is fed by a network of water filters that you set for fresh water, salt water or brackish water, and Frontier warns that saltwater animals cannot survive in fresh water. The water temperature is set separately, at the aquarium's staff gate.
Can guests walk through an aquarium in Planet Zoo 2?
Yes. Adding a guest gate to an aquarium lets you build a tunnel through the water, and tunnels can sit at different heights in the same aquarium.
Which fish can live in an exhibit instead of an aquarium?
15 fish are listed for both an aquarium and an exhibit: the African Tigerfish, Blue and Gold Fusilier, Bluespine Unicornfish, Blunthead Cichlid, Boeseman's Rainbowfish, Brown Trout, Clown Anemonefish, Clown Loach, Common Rudd, Giant Gourami, Indo-Pacific Sergeant, Palette Surgeonfish, Schooling Bannerfish, Threespot Damselfish and Yellow Tang.
Sources
- Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia, Aquarium filter (official)
- Planet Zoo 2 Features: Awesome Aquatics (official)
- Creature Feature: Aquariums (official news, 30 July 2026)
- Planet Zoo 2 Help and FAQ: cetaceans (official)
- Final Zoopedia Reveals (official news, 2 October 2026)
Checked against the official pages on October 11, 2026. Before launch, everything here comes from Frontier's own Zoopedia and announcements, which Frontier says may still change; we update the page once the game is out and details can be checked in play.
Continue reading
Next stepBuilding a tank? Check which biome each fish comes from.Planet Zoo 2 Biomes: Which Animals Live WhereEvery animal in each of the 12 biomes, and a picker that shows which biomes your chosen animals have in common.Go thereRelated pages
- ExhibitsPlanet Zoo 2 Exhibit Animals: Full ListThe small animals kept in exhibits: insects, a tarantula, a scorpion, a centipede, frogs, snakes, lizards, a jellyfish and exhibit fish.
- AviaryPlanet Zoo 2 Flying Animals: All Aviary BirdsThe birds that fly in aviaries, from eagles and owls to the Toco Toucan, with the biome and continent of each.
- LaunchPlanet Zoo 2 Release Date, Price & PlatformsRelease date, price of each edition, platforms, the disc release, multiplayer, offline play, Switch and Mac, all from Frontier.