☮Peaceful community

Akysis vespa

A tiny banded catfish from Myanmar's fast streams, built like a wasp.

Paramisgurnus dabryanus

The tough, peaceful bottom-dweller hiding in plain sight as a different species.

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Australia's leafy coastal phantom, camouflaged beyond belief.

Bhavania australis

A wild-stream crawler from endangered Indian rivers, rarely seen outside its homeland.

Melanotaenia australis

Australia's most widespread rainbowfish, and well worth the wait to color up.

Remora australis

The open-ocean hitchhiker that bonds with whales and baffles hobbyists.

Tanichthys albonubes

A cold-tolerant schooling fish that practically takes care of itself.

Corydoras albolineatus

A white-striped Bolivian cory that occasionally gulps air at the surface.

Pristella maxillaris

The see-through tetra whose bold dorsal fin pattern makes a school unforgettable.

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

A reef cleaner that moonlights as one of the more manageable pipefish for beginners.

Paracheilinus flavianalis

A small reef wrasse that puts on dazzling courtship displays in group settings.

Opistognathus aurifrons

A sand-burrowing fish that hovers upright and broods eggs in its mouth.

Halichoeres garnoti

A Western Atlantic wrasse that transforms dramatically as it matures.

Hippocampus kuda

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific seahorse that adapts surprisingly well to aquarium life.

Alestopetersius caudalis

A Congo schooling fish where rival males put on their best show

Auchenipterichthys coracoideus

A secretive Amazonian catfish with an unusually intimate approach to reproduction.

Danio rerio

The classic beginner fish that still earns its place in serious community tanks.

Ptereleotris zebra

A sleek, hovering reef fish that vanishes into its burrow at the first sign of trouble.

Bedotia geayi

A rare Malagasy rainbowfish that forms size-sorted shoals in cool highland streams.

Bedotia madagascarensis

A rarely-seen Malagasy rainbowfish with a long hobby history and a complicated identity.

Corydoras zygatus

A peaceful armored catfish that literally breathes through its gut.