Asia

Melanotaenia parva

A rare mountain lake gem that puts on a show at feeding time.

Trigonostigma espei

A copper-bodied schooler whose distinctive lambchop marking sets it apart from look-alikes.

Bagrichthys macracanthus

A nocturnal lancer catfish with territorial attitude and a dramatic dorsal spine.

Bagrichthys majusculus

A secretive Thai catfish with territorial attitude and a spine worth respecting.

Rasbora paucisqualis

A tiny forest stream rasbora from the Mekong, rarely seen outside scientific collections.

Boraras urophthalmoides

Tiny, timid, and full of personality when kept in a proper group.

Rhinogobius leavelli

A compact, bold goby from Southeast Asian streams, surprisingly easy to keep.

Tanichthys sp. "Vietnam"

A tiny Vietnamese rarity with bright yellow fins and big schooling personality.

Hypsibarbus vernayi

A large, lemon-finned schooling barb often mislabeled in the trade.

Hypsibarbus wetmorei

A long-lived, large barb that needs space and good company to thrive.

Danio frankei

A bold little schooler that brings constant movement to planted tanks.

Gymnostomus lobatus

A plain silver minnow that moves in millions through the Mekong every year.

Parosphromenus alfredi

A tiny peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus allani

A tiny blackwater rarity from Borneo, rarely seen outside dedicated hobbyist circles.

Parosphromenus anjunganensis

A tiny blackwater gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus bintan

A tiny peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus deissneri

A tiny, cave-breeding licorice gourami from Bangka with a tangled taxonomic history.

Parosphromenus harveyi

A tiny peat swamp jewel that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus nagyi

A rare peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus opallios

A jewel-sized licorice gourami from Borneo's blackwater swamps, rarely seen in the trade.

Parosphromenus ornaticauda

A tiny licorice gourami with an acrobatic courtship display unlike any other.

Parosphromenus quindecim

A pint-sized Bornean labyrinth fish for dedicated blackwater keepers.

Parosphromenus sp. "Sentang"

A tiny peat-swamp gem that spawns head-down in secret caves

Parosphromenus tweediei

A tiny blackwater gem that's been hiding under the wrong name for decades.

Rhinogobius flumineus

A compact Japanese stream goby with devoted fathering instincts and beginner-friendly needs.

Homaloptera bilineata

A tiny torrent-dweller that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Homaloptera leonardi

A tiny hillstream crawler that clings to rocks and hops across the riverbed.

Homaloptera smithi

A fast-water hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homaloptera zollingeri

A flattened, rock-clinging stream dweller that crawls and hops like a lizard.

Homalopteroides smithi

A rock-clinging hill stream loach that crawls and hops like a tiny lizard.

Homalopterula gymnogaster

A tiny Sumatran hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a lizard.

Neohomaloptera johorensis

A tiny, orange hillstream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Homaloptera parclitella

A flat-bodied Malay hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Lepidocephalichthys irrorata

A rarely traded Indian loach with hidden spines and subtle charm.

Acantopsis octoactinotos

A slender, sand-diving loach with a distinctively elongated snout.

Betta enisae

A mouthbrooding wild betta from Borneo's leaf-littered forest streams.