The aquarium briefly had an
hoplias malabaricus from 2020 all the way to before the revitalization. It was likely the first and only public holder of the species in Indonesia.
There used to be an area before the revitalization that had multiple small tanks for gouramis. This include several small tanks for different farmed variations of
osphronemus gouramis. Notably, the also have multiple small tanks for various breeds of
betta fish, as well as two additional tanks for
trichopodus trichopterus,
trichogaster chuna,
trichogaster lalius,
trichogaster chuna,
trichopodus leeri,
trichopsis vittata, and
sphaerichthys osphromenoides, all of them had yet to be displayed again.
tanks for Osphronemus goramy - ZooChat
Dunia Air Tawar used to famouly held
electric eel, which became one of their main attraction. An specimen was held from the 2000's up until around 2015. Another specimen was brought in 2019, which was claimed to be the species
electrophorus voltai, reportedly imported from Suriname. The Surinamese specimen only lasted for year until 2020, where economic restrictions and shortages caused by the Covid-19 pandemic likely contributed to it being gone. Regardless, there seems to be no plan ahead on getting another electric eel.
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) at the Aquarium - ZooChat
Dunia Air Tawar - Volta's Electric Eel (Electrophorus voltai) - ZooChat
Additionaly, like with most aquarias, their
red-bellied piranha exhibition is also once popular. We might see them again in the future, as they're listed in the Jagat Satwa Nusantara website and considering their popularity, same case with their
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5 Fakta Ikan Piranha yang Bisa Anda Lihat di TMII
For a short period of time in 2019, there was an exhibition of several species of land crab, held by the former curator Rian Dietra.
Several other species are kept a year or even months before the revitalization, but had yet to be displayed or even mentioned in their website. These include:
- Rhamphichthys rostratus
- Eigenmannia trilineata
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
- Clarias gariepinus
- Salminus brasiliensis
- Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Pelodiscus sinensis
- Selenotoca multifasciata
- Bagarius lica
- Parambassis sp.
- Myloplus sp.
- Myleus fasciatus
- Paracheirodon innesi
- Macropodus opercularis
- Trachemys scripta elegans
- Barbodes semifasciolatus
- Paramesotriton hongkongensis
- Hemibagrus wyckii
- Glossogobius giuris
- Oliotius oligolepis
- Carinotetraodon irrubesco
- Kryptopterus bichrii
- Trigonostigma hengeli
- Parachela oxygastroides
- Pseudomystus funebris
- Mystacoleucus obtusirostris
- Faunus ater
- Puntigrus anchisporus
- Nomorhamphus ebrardtii
- Bunaka gyrinoides
- Microphis brachyurus
- Geophagus altifrons
- Parachromis managuensis
- Cyphotilapia frontosa
- Macrochirichthys macrochirus
- Trachelyopterus fisheri
- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Aulonocara baenschi
