🐠Schooling fish
Species that need the company of their own kind to thrive. Kept in appropriate groups, schooling fish produce some of the most mesmerizing displays in the hobby.
797 species
Blacknose Butterfly Barb
FishBarbus candens
A tiny Congo rarity that rewards patient keepers with delicate charm.
Black phantom tetra
FishHyphessobrycon megalopterus
Ghost-grey tetras with bold black fins that come alive during male rivalry displays.
Black Ruby Barb
FishPethia nigrofasciata
A peaceful Sri Lankan barb whose males blush deep crimson when rivals are near.
Blackspot Surgeonfish
FishAcanthurus nigrofuscus
A schooling grazer that overwhelms rivals through sheer numbers.
Black-spotted Corydoras
FishCorydoras melanistius
A sociable little armored catfish that thrives in groups and lives surprisingly long.
Blackspotted Toothcarp
FishPhallichthys tico
A tiny, peaceful livebearer from Costa Rica's murky highland streams.
Black Tetra
FishGymnocorymbus ternetzi
A classic community tetra whose dark skirt stands out against brighter tankmates.
Black-throated Eartheater
FishGeophagus brachybranchus
A sand-sifting eartheater with elaborate mouthbrooding parental care and a surprisingly gentle nature.
Blacktop Catfish
FishCorydoras acutus
A sharp-snouted little armored catfish with a bold black dorsal spot.
Black Venezuelan Corydoras (Tank-Bred)
FishCorydoras schultzei
A rare, captive-bred cory with deep black coloration and charming schooling behavior.
Black-winged Hatchetfish
FishCarnegiella marthae
A tiny, deep-chested surface dweller that will absolutely find any gap in your lid.
Bleeding-heart Tetra
FishHyphessobrycon erythrostigma
A deep-bodied Amazonian tetra with a vivid red heart marking and feisty male rivalries.
Bleeding Heart Tetra
FishHyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus
The rarest bleeding heart tetra, with a vivid red wedge only it can claim.
Bleeding Heart Tetra
FishHyphessobrycon socolofi
The bleeding heart tetra rewards patient keepers with spectacular male rivalry displays.
Bleher's Rainbowfish
FishChilatherina bleheri
A brilliantly colored rainbowfish from one remote Indonesian lake, worth every bit of effort.
Bloch's Catfish
FishPimelodus blochii
A boldly striped rivercat that doubles as an accidental seed disperser in the wild.
Bloodfin Tetra
FishAphyocharax anisitsi
A hardy, long-lived tetra with vivid red fins and surprising cold tolerance.
Blueback Blue-eye
FishPseudomugil cyanodorsalis
A tiny blue-backed rainbowfish relative from Australia's brackish mangrove creeks.
Blue Banded Barb
FishBarbus fasciolatus
A rarely exported African barb with bold vertical bars and crepuscular habits.
Blue-banded Pualu
FishAcanthurus blochii
A long-lived, schooling surgeon with a mood-shifting palette and a blade to match.
Blueberry Tetra
FishHyphessobrycon wada
A tiny tetra with a purple-blue body and vivid orange fins that deepen with age.
Blue Botia
FishYasuhikotakia modesta
A sociable Mekong loach with vivid fins and a complex social life.
Blue Chromis
FishChromis cyaneus
A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.
Blue Chromis
FishChromis cyanea
A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.
Blue Cory
FishCorydoras nattereri
A long-lived, sociable bottom-dweller that breathes air and blinks at you.
Blue danio
FishDanio kerri
A powder-blue schooling gem from the Malay Peninsula that's rarely seen but easy to keep.
Blue Diamond Characin
FishAlestopetersius smykalai
A rare West African schooler with a bold diamond marking and fascinating male rivalry displays.
Blue Emperor Tetra
FishInpaichthys kerri
Tiny tetra with big color rivalry. Males glow brightest when competing for attention.
Blue-eyed Catfish
FishAmblydoras nauticus
A hardy little catfish that talks in the dark and rarely shows its face by day.
Blue-green Chromis
FishChromis viridis
A shimmering, peaceful schooling fish that brings reef lagoons to life in your tank.
Blue Kumu
FishParupeneus cyclostomus
A reef-flat hunter that uses whisker-like barbels to sniff out hidden prey.
Blueline rasbora
FishRasbora einthovenii
A peaceful forest-stream rasbora with a charmingly crinkled lateral stripe.
blue puller
FishChromis caerulea
A shoaling reef chromis that brings calm, flowing movement to the mid-water column.
Blue Ribbon Tetra
FishHyphessobrycon melanostichos
A feisty little tetra that behaves best when kept in numbers
Bluespotted Jawfish
FishOpistognathus rosenblatti
A colonial burrower that tucks itself in every night like clockwork.
Blue Tetra
FishBoehlkea fredcochui
A petite Amazonian schooler that thrives when kept in numbers.