Parameters
- Scientific name
- Trichechus manatus
- Habitat system
- Aquarium
- Biomes
- Estuarine / Lakes and Rivers / Mangrove / Open Sea / Wetlands
- Continents / oceans
- North America / South America
- Content pack
- Base Game
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Class
- Mammalia
Overview
An aquarium mammal with a broad set of water biomes
West Indian Manatee is classified as Aquarium in the official filters. Estuarine, Lakes and Rivers, Mangrove, Open Sea and Wetlands are listed. Its continent filters are North America and South America; these tags are not a freshwater-or-saltwater setting.
What the official description adds
The official overview describes a plant-eating marine mammal associated with warm coastal waters, rivers and estuaries. It also explains the long association between mothers and calves. These are biological observations; they do not certify the game's salinity, minimum depth, diet item or permitted group size. Read the official species entry.
Plan the manatee tank from its actual water requirements
- Use Aquarium as the home system. Record the intended individuals and population before selecting the tank shape; the publisher's mother-and-calf description is biological context, not a numerical group rule.
- Treat the many water-biome tags as a shortlist context. Verify salinity and temperature independently: Lakes and Rivers does not automatically make a freshwater configuration correct, and Open Sea does not automatically make saltwater correct.
- Keep the staff gate and water network accessible when building a riverbank-style frontage. Fallen-tree or vegetation scenery can support the design without proving usable swimming volume or feeding access.
- Inspect the view from both the public gallery and the tank's care side. After an extension, recheck volume and service connections instead of assuming a wider river-themed building has corrected the animal home.
Water theme versus functional conditions
| Concern | Check | Design response |
|---|---|---|
| A river-themed aquarium is planned | The exact salinity required in the current game | Select the required water setting, not the setting implied by scenery |
| More residents are added | Their current group and volume requirements | Reassess the actual population instead of reusing the first tank result |
| Windows become difficult to see through | Water and window cleanliness separately | Review cleaning access before changing the entire water theme |
| A reef shark is suggested as a companion | Explicit manatee–shark pair evidence | An Estuarine or Mangrove overlap leaves compatibility unknown |
Comparison and cohabitation
Compare the manatee with Blacktip Reef Shark in the animal database to see the difference between a broad biome record and a reef-associated one. Their overlapping Estuarine or Mangrove tags do not establish mixed-species safety. Reserve separate homes unless the actual interspecies evidence supports your planned group.
Source boundary and next step
No species-specific salinity range, temperature, depth, feeding price or volume increment is verified here. The aquarium requirements guide supplies confirmed system controls, not those missing coefficients.
These are species-led planning checks using publisher classifications verified 13 October 2026, not a hands-on care test. Return to the animal database for the dated source fields and to the compatibility guide for the separate pair-evidence decision.