Asia

Dichotomyctere ocellatus

A pint-sized puffer from Southeast Asia with a big predatory personality.

Boraras maculatus

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

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.

Hypseleotris guentheri

A small Pacific stream goby comfortable in fresh, brackish, or salt water.

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

A bold, territorial bottom-dweller with vivid red fins and a big personality.

Channa bleheri

A rare snakehead small enough for a community tank, if you choose tankmates carefully.

Betta raja

A wild Sumatran mouthbrooder with dramatic fins and a gentle personality.

Macropodus erythropterus

A rarely traded Vietnamese paradisefish with red fins and a complex identity

Badis ruber

A secretive cave-spawning micro-predator with fascinating breeding behavior and bold flank markings.

Microrasbora rubescens

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

Carinotetraodon lorteti

A tiny puffer with dramatic color-changing ability and surprisingly long lifespan.

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

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

Cyclocheilichthys janthochir

A rarely imported Bornean cyprinid with vivid red fin markings and a gregarious personality.

Epalzeorhynchos munense

A rarely seen shark with a jet-black body and vivid red fins from Southeast Asian rivers.

Pethia reval

A tiny Sri Lankan barb with vivid red fins and an easy-going nature.

Garra rufa

The original 'doctor fish', famous for nibbling skin long before spa treatments existed.

Devario assamensis

A rare, deep-bodied danionid from Assam with vivid lateral striping and restless energy.

Glossolepis incisus

A deep-bodied red rainbow that rewards group keeping with dazzling male displays.

Puntius bimaculatus

A peaceful, active schooler from South Asian streams with a vivid red flanks in males.

Rhinogobius rubromaculatus

A tiny, fast-moving stream goby from Taiwan and China's upland rivers.

Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata

A slow-burning rainbowfish that rewards patient keepers with spectacular adult color.

Rasbora pauciperforata

A slender, red-striped schooler that thrives in soft, tannin-rich blackwater setups.

Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia

A compact, red-lined puffer from mangrove creeks that thrives in brackish setups.

Discherodontus ashmeadi

A rare, bottom-dwelling schooler with vivid red-tipped fins and secretive nocturnal habits.

Cyclocheilos enoplos

A giant Southeast Asian river fish that belongs in public aquaria, not home tanks.

Aborichthys elongatus

A pebble-stream loach from the Himalayan foothills with a fondness for fast water.

Epalzeorhynchos bicolor

Bold looks, bolder attitude. This Thai native demands respect in any tank.

Barbonymus altus

A bold, active schooling barb that quickly outgrows most home aquariums.

Crossocheilus reticulatus

A fishnet-patterned grazer that thrives in a lively, well-matched community.

Sewellia lineolata

A bold hillstream loach with bold patterning and surprisingly easy breeding.

Monopterus albus

A land-crossing, air-breathing swamp predator that isn't actually an eel at all.

Dawkinsia rohani

A lively schooling barb from the hill streams of southern India.

Sahyadria denisonii

The endangered Indian torpedo barb with a vivid red-and-black racing stripe

Pethia conchonius

Hardy, colorful schooling barb that thrives across a wide range of conditions.

Danio roseus

A rosy-hued schooling danio that thrives in lively community tanks.