🐠Schooling fish

Corydoras axelrodi

A long-lived Colombian cory with variable striping and a surprisingly complex identity.

Paracheilinus carpenteri

A tiny reef wrasse that puts on a dazzling courtship flash of pink and blue.

Chalceus macrolepidotus

A fast-moving, surface-skimming predator with oversized scales and a vivid pink tail.

Lepidocephalus macrochir

A shy, rarely traded loach that does best with gentle companions and a soft substrate.

Apogon atricaudus

A secretive Pacific reef cardinalfish that comes alive after dark.

Thoracocharax stellatus

A silvery, deep-keeled jumper that needs a tight-fitting lid and plenty of company.

Corydoras polystictus

A tiny armored catfish that thrives in groups and breathes air when it needs to.

Botia kubotai

A polka-dotted Burmese loach with a complex social life and plenty of personality.

Pethia pookodensis

A rare gem from a single Indian lake, perfect for peaceful community tanks.

Acanthurus japonicus

A reef algae grazer that rewards patient, experienced keepers with years of personality.

Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae

A tiny, peaceful Thai schooling fish that rarely makes it into the hobby.

Scleromystax prionotos

A bony-plated Brazilian catfish that breathes air and packs a painful sting.

Iksookimia pumila

A compact Korean loach rarely seen outside its home country's hobby.

Corydoras pulcher

A long-lived armored catfish that breathes air and blinks its eyes.

Sinogastromyzon puliensis

A flat, current-loving Taiwanese hillstream loach that clings to rocks like a living suction cup.

Pethia stoliczkana

A peaceful schooling barb from mainland Southeast Asia, best kept in numbers.

Devario sp. "Purple Cypris"

A rare schooling danionid with bold lateral bars and competitive male displays.

Centromochlus reticulatus

A tiny gregarious catfish from Guyana that sometimes goes by 'purple oil catfish'.

Brachydanio rosea

A peaceful, colorful little danio that thrives in numbers and suits any community setup.

Nannostomus rubrocaudatus

Tiny, territorial, and blazing with red-purple color. A pencilfish with real attitude.

Corydoras pygmaeus

Tiny catfish that defies expectations by schooling in open water, not just the bottom.

Carnegiella myersi

Tiny, delicate, and built for the surface. The smallest hatchetfish of them all.

Boraras maculatus

A pea-sized schooling fish that rewards patience with dazzling group displays.

Xiphophorus pygmaeus

A pint-sized livebearer with all the personality of its larger swordtail cousins.

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

A schooling butterflyfish that hovers in open water above reef drop-offs.

Hemitaurichthys zoster

A schooling butterfly that prefers open water over reef crevices.

Devario regina

A bold, deep-bodied danionid that thrives in fast-moving company.

Botia dario

A boldly barred loach with a curved profile and a complex social life.

Hyphessobrycon procyon

A boldly masked little tetra that's as easy to keep as it is distinctive.

Copella vilmae

A jewel-toned splash of color from the blackwater streams of the upper Amazon.

Melanotaenia splendida inornata

A rainbowfish that takes patience to reward, but absolutely delivers on color.

Notropsis chrosomus

A native North American minnow that transforms into a living jewel come breeding season.

Pygocentrus nattereri

The world's most notorious fish, and surprisingly misunderstood in the wild.

Microrasbora rubescens

A tiny Lake Inle gem that truly shines when kept in a proper-sized school.

Moenkhausia oligolepis

A peaceful, easy-to-breed South American tetra often mistaken for its flashier cousin.

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

A sociable loach with complex group dynamics and real personality to match.