🐠Schooling fish

Boulengerella lucius

A torpedo-shaped ambush predator that outgrows most home aquariums fast.

Siganus guttatus

A schooling reef herbivore with venomous spines and a tide-following lifestyle.

Hemigrammus rodwayi

The golden color isn't natural. It takes a parasite to unlock it.

Hyphessobrycon roseus

A tiny, rosy schooling tetra that thrives in peaceful community tanks.

Sinibotia pulchra

A sociable, sinuous loach that needs its own kind to truly thrive.

Puntius sachsii

A feisty little schooling barb that keeps tanks lively. And fins on their toes.

Hypsibarbus malcolmi

A big, bold barb with golden fins that needs room to roam.

Melanotaenia goldiei

A large, active rainbowfish from the wild rivers and swamps of New Guinea.

Creagrutus beni

A little-known Bolivian characin that rewards patient keepers with quiet charm.

Canthophrys gongota

A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.

Rasbora caudimaculata

A large, long-lived rasbora with a restless tail and real presence in a big tank.

Paracheirodon simulans

The neon's lesser-known cousin, with a greener stripe and wilder roots.

Corydoras melanotaenia

A long-bodied, gold-finned cory that's rarer in tanks than it deserves to be.

Microdevario kubotai

A tiny Thai schooler that glows neon green in a well-planted tank.

Stiphodon elegans

A jewel-toned goby built for fast, crystal-clear rainforest streams.

Corydoras guapore

A corydoras that defies the bottom-dweller stereotype by schooling mid-water.

Roeboides guatemalensis

A scale-nibbling Central American predator with a hauntingly transparent body.

Thayeria ifati

The rarest penguin tetra, with a boldly defined tail stripe and colorful fin tips.

Hampala macrolepidota

A two-foot predatory barb that's more river monster than aquarium fish.

Amblydoras hancocki

A schooling armored catfish with surprising survival tricks up its sleeve.

Trigonostigma heteromorpha

A timeless community fish with a bold black wedge marking that never goes out of style.

Nannostomus harrisoni

A rare, gentle pencilfish that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Carnegiella strigata strigata

A tiny, peaceful surface-dweller with a deep-keeled body unlike any other tetra.

Kottelatia brittani

A rare, monotypic rasbora relative with vivid caudal markings and a gentle nature.

Hemigrammus ocellifer

Two glowing spots, nose to tail. A classic community tetra that delivers every time.

Dascyllus reticulatus

A bold little damselfish that claims coral heads as its personal territory.

Leporinus brunneus

A sleek South American characin from blackwater rivers, suited to spacious tanks.

Hemiodopsis immaculatus

A fast-moving, peaceful schooler from Amazonian blackwater river systems.

Rasbora dorsiocellata

A neat, small rasbora with a bold dorsal spot that catches the eye.

Pseudomugil mellis

A tiny Australian rainbowfish from tannin-dark coastal wallum country.

Leptobotia taeniops

A sociable Chinese loach with a bold personality and a taste for company.

Horadandia atukorali

A tiny Sri Lankan schooler best kept with equally small, gentle tankmates.

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in midwater and thrives in groups

Yunnanilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in open water, unlike most of its relatives.

Corydoras fowleri

A long-snouted cory with a feisty streak and surprisingly long lifespan.

Limia nigrofasciata

A livebearing oddity from Haiti with a distinctive fatty hump on mature males.