Ain Zayanah is a protected area of Libya.[1] It has an area of 500 hectares, and covers the Ayn Zayanah lagoon and a portion of the coast 15 km northeast of Benghazi. It is a component of the Benghazi Nature Reserve.[2]
In the Ain Zayanah lagoon there is a large representation of macroinvertebrates.[3]
The various species of fish, amphipods, isopods, cladocerans, copepods and molluscs mainly represent the animal world in the Ain Zayanah lagoon.[4]