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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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TAFIRI Museum & Biodiversity Archive

Located at the Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, this facility serves as the national repository for aquatic biodiversity

RV Explorer

The Coelacanth Exhibit

Songo Mnara and Tanga

Houses a life-sized replica aquarium of the Latimeria chalumnae (the "living fossil"), alongside data from its discovery in Tanzanian waters (notably near Songo Mnara and Tanga).

Biological Archive

Dar es salaam

A vast collection of formalin-preserved specimens covering both the Great Lakes (Cichlids, Nile Perch) Riverline species and Indian Ocean fishes. This archive is critical for taxonomic research and student training.

RV Echoes