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🛌Bottom dwellers

Species that spend most of their time on the substrate. Bottom dwellers add movement and interest to an often-overlooked tank zone.

428 species

Brown Hogfish

Brown Hogfish

Fish

Bodianus eclancheri

A bold, reef-prowling wrasse from the cold currents of the Galápagos.

Bugeye Squeaker
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Bugeye Squeaker

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Synodontis contracta

A pint-sized Congo catfish that spends most of its life swimming upside-down.

bumblebee fish

bumblebee fish

Fish

Brachygobius xanthozona

Bold black-and-yellow banding packed into a tiny, personality-filled goby.

Bumblebee Goby

Bumblebee Goby

Fish

Brachygobius doriae

Tiny, boldly banded, and feistier than its size suggests.

Bumblebee Goby

Bumblebee Goby

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Brachygobius nunus

Tiny, bold, and bracksih-water tough. The bumblebee goby punches above its weight.

Bumblebee Goby

Bumblebee Goby

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Brachygobius xanthomelas

A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives in brackish water and fits in your palm.

Burgess' cory
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Burgess' cory

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Corydoras burgessi

A long-lived armored catfish with a bold black saddle and surprising air-breathing ability.

Burmese Bumblebee Barb
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Burmese Bumblebee Barb

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Pethia tiantian

A rarely exported Burmese minibarb with bold patterning and lively rival displays.

Burmese Loach

Burmese Loach

Fish

Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei

A sociable little loach that thrives in groups and suits community stream tanks.

Butterfly Cichlid

Butterfly Cichlid

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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

A Central American cichlid that bonds for life and redecorates constantly.

Butterfly Loach

Butterfly Loach

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Gastromyzon viriosus

A patterned Bornean stream-clinger with surprising territorial attitude for its size.

Canary Fangblenny

Canary Fangblenny

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Meiacanthus oualanensis

A sunny Fijian blenny with venomous fangs behind that cheerful face.

Candy Bass

Candy Bass

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Liopropoma carmabi

A tiny, jewel-patterned reef fish that rewards patient hobbyists willing to coax it out.

Candy Cane Goby
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Candy Cane Goby

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Awaous flavus

A sand-sifting South American goby with bold red fin markings and real personality.

Candy Hogfish

Candy Hogfish

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Bodianus bimaculatus

A small, sociable reef hogfish that thrives in deep-slope habitats and reef drop-offs.

Candy Striped Pleco

Candy Striped Pleco

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Peckoltia vittata

A boldly banded dwarf pleco that works the rocks and driftwood at night.

Cardinal Goby
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Cardinal Goby

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Kelloggella cardinalis

A pint-sized tidepool goby that can actually breathe out of water.

Carla's cory

Carla's cory

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Corydoras carlae

A rarely seen Iguazu cory with twin flank blotches and peaceful, social charm.

Cascudo Pit Bull

Cascudo Pit Bull

Fish

Parotocinclus jumbo

A tiny armored catfish with big personality and a clever breathing trick.

Cave Loach
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Cave Loach

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Schistura deansmarti

A blind, ghostly cave loach found nowhere else on Earth.

Chagos Anemonefish

Chagos Anemonefish

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Amphiprion chagosensis

A rare Indian Ocean clownfish from one of the world's most remote archipelagos.

Chalk Bass

Chalk Bass

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Serranus tortugarum

A reef-safe, peaceful little bass that rarely hides its personality.

Chiangmai Stream Goby

Chiangmai Stream Goby

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Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis

A pint-sized Thai hill stream goby with a big carnivore's appetite.

Chinese Hillstream Loach

Chinese Hillstream Loach

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Beaufortia kweichowensis

A flat, fin-fused hillstream specialist that crawls rocks like no other loach.

Chinese Hillstream Loach

Chinese Hillstream Loach

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Pseudogastromyzon myersi

A compact hillstream grazer that clings to rocks and cleans algae with surprising personality.

Chinese Longsnout Catfish
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Chinese Longsnout Catfish

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Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Chocolate clown

Chocolate clown

Fish

Amphiprion melanopus

Bold, rich coloring and a fiery personality packed into a reef-ready clownfish.

Chocolate Talking Catfish
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Chocolate Talking Catfish

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Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Clark's anemonefish

Clark's anemonefish

Fish

Amphiprion clarkii

The boldest clownfish in the reef, known to chase off divers.

Clown Loach

Clown Loach

Fish

Chromobotia macracanthus

A long-lived, social bottom-dweller that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Clown Plecostomus

Clown Plecostomus

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Panaqolus maccus

A compact, cave-loving pleco with bold patterns and a feisty streak toward its own kind.

Clown Squeaker

Clown Squeaker

Fish

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Cobalt Blue Goby

Cobalt Blue Goby

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Stiphodon semoni

A tiny rainforest stream goby with big personality and territorial tendencies.

Cobbler

Cobbler

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Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Cocosoda Catfish
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Cocosoda Catfish

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Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Common Natron Tilapia

Common Natron Tilapia

Fish

Alcolapia alcalicus

A cichlid from one of Earth's most inhospitable lakes, built to survive where almost nothing else can.