Cichlids

Gymnogeophagus balzanii

A South American earth eater with a bold nuchal hump and fascinating mouthbrooding habits.

Astatotilapia calliptera

A mouthbrooding generalist from Malawi with real personality to spare.

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

A century in the hobby, this tiny African cichlid broods its young in its own mouth.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Sciaenochromis ahli

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi predator that stays surprisingly peaceful in a community.

Labidochromis caeruleus

The most beginner-friendly mbuna, wearing a yellow that's rarer in the wild than you'd think.

Nimbochromis linni

A crafty Lake Malawi predator that ambushes prey with surprising patience.

Apistogramma elizabethae

A tiny Amazonian cichlid with bold markings and fascinating cave-spawning behavior.

Neolamprologus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that raises its young as a multigenerational family group.

Astronotus crassipinnis

A bold, intelligent cichlid that knows your face and owns its territory.

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis

A Lake Tanganyika mouthbrooder with famously elaborate fin lure breeding tricks.

Cyathopharynx furcifer

A plankton-picking Tanganyikan with spectacular breeding craters and fin-tip lures.

Protomelas fenestratus

A peaceful Malawi cichlid with a clever trick for finding buried food.

Thorichthys meeki

The cichlid that turns its fiery throat into a threat display.

Laetacara curviceps

A shy, peaceful dwarf cichlid that earns its 'smiling' nickname with gentle charm.

Mesonauta festivus

A gentle South American cichlid with a bold diagonal stripe and surprising breeding devotion.

Mesonauta guyanae

A gentle Amazonian cichlid that brings calm elegance to the community tank.

Mesonauta insignis

A shy Amazonian cichlid often hiding behind its more famous cousin's name.

Aulonocara stuartgranti

A Lake Malawi peacock that shifts color by geography, blue in the north, yellow in the south.

Amphilophus flaveolus

A rare Nicaraguan crater-lake cichlid, living proof of evolution in action.

Neolamprologus tetracanthus

A sand-dwelling Lake Tanganyika predator with a clever trick for eating snails.

Lamprologus ocellatus

Pocket-sized cichlid with big personality, built around a borrowed shell

Cyphotilapia gibberosa

A deep-water Lake Tanganyika cichlid with a signature forehead hump and unusual social grace.

Cyphotilapia frontosa

A long-lived Lake Tanganyika giant with a signature forehead hump and surprising personality.

A compact, peaceful eartheater that's criminally overlooked in the hobby.

A sand-sifting cichlid from the Tocantins that's far calmer than its reputation suggests.

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi

A jewel-like dwarf cichlid that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Boulengerochromis microlepis

The largest African cichlid, built like a predator and almost as big as your arm.

Petenia splendida

A big-mouthed Central American predator that's surprisingly manageable for dedicated beginners.

Nimbochromis venustus

The Lake Malawi cichlid that hunts by playing dead

Thorichthys aureus

A Central American cichlid with electric blue shimmer and real personality to match.

Nannacara anomala

A tiny cichlid that punches well above its weight come breeding time.

Nannacara aureocephalus

A dwarf cichlid from blackwater French Guiana with dramatic size differences between sexes.

Julidochromis ornatus

A rock-hugging Tanganyikan cichlid that bonds for life with its partner.

Pseudotropheus tropheops

A rock-dwelling Malawi cichlid with a surprisingly forceful approach to eating algae.

Alcolapia grahami

A cichlid from one of Earth's most extreme lakes, built to survive where others cannot.