🐠Schooling fish

Rasbora paviana

A peaceful, stripe-sided stream fish that thrives in groups and suits most community tanks.

Pareutropius longifilis

A shy but lively African schooling fish that thrives in numbers

Distichodus affinis

A peaceful Congo schooler that surprises you with vivid red fins at adulthood.

Metynnis argenteus

Peaceful piranha relatives that will demolish your plants overnight.

Metynnis hypsauchen

A piranha cousin that's actually peaceful, but don't trust it with small fish.

Chela cachius

A deep-bodied, lightning-fast schooler from South Asian plains and waterways.

Gasteropelecus sternicla

A surface-skimming acrobat that leaps to catch insects mid-air.

Mylossoma duriventre

A deep-bodied South American schooler that belongs in serious, large setups.

Semaprochilodus taeniurus

A migratory Amazon giant that sifts sediment and schools in impressive numbers.

Rasbora dusonensis

A boldly striped schooling rasbora with a vivid yellow tail fin.

Rasbora argyrotaenia

A sleek, fast-moving schooler built for larger river setups

Gymnocorymbus bondi

A peaceful Orinoco schooler that's more interesting than its plain adult looks suggest.

Hasemania nana

A glittering, lively little tetra that plays well with almost everyone.

Phenacogaster tegatus

The tiny 'six-eyed tetra' from Paraguay with a trick spot pattern.

Corydoras arcuatus

A boldly striped little catfish that breathes air and moves in cheerful gangs.

Yasuhikotakia morleti

A feisty, burrowing loach with complex social behavior and a bold personality.

Brachydanio aesculapii

A tiny, patterned danio from an isolated mountain range few fishkeepers know about.

Brachydanio sp. "TW01"

A lively Myanmarese danio with a bold caudal peduncle mark and plenty of personality.

Brachydanio tinwini

A tiny, spot-patterned danio from a single Myanmar stream.

Brachydanio feegradei

A lively schooling danio from Myanmar's isolated western mountains.

Brachydanio kyathit

A small Burmese danio with variable patterning that keeps hobbyists guessing.

Brachydanio sp. "Hikari"

A peaceful schooler from Myanmar with a taxonomic twist hiding in its stripes.

Hemiodus gracilis

A fast-moving Amazon schooler that thrives in large, active biotope communities.

Melanotaenia gracilis

A rare, slender Australian rainbow from one of the continent's most remote river systems.

Pangio myersi

A social, eel-like loach that piles into hiding spots with its companions.

Kryptopterus cryptopterus

A ghostly schooling catfish that disappears against the current

Corydoras similis

A small armored catfish that breathes air and thrives in a lively group.

Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus

A peaceful Bornean barb that really comes alive in a proper-sized school.

Puntius snyderi

Taiwan's little-known barb that rivals the golden barb in looks but rarely in fame.

Trigonostigma somphongsi

One of the rarest aquarium fish alive, rescued from the edge of extinction.

Melanotaenia fredericki

A compact Indonesian rainbowfish with vivid color that rewards attentive keepers.

Sphyraena picudilla

A sleek Atlantic predator that schools in impressive numbers near the surface.

Aspidoras spilotus

A tiny Brazilian cory relative that can gulp air when needed.

Copella arnoldi

The fish that leaps out of water to lay eggs on leaves above the surface.

Copella carsevennensis

A tiny surface-dweller with one of the most acrobatic spawning rituals in freshwater fishkeeping.

Brycinus imberi

A wide-ranging African schooler that brings energy and size to larger tanks.