Asia

Channa punctata

A compact, hardy snakehead that breathes air and takes no nonsense from tankmates.

Puntius kamalika

A quietly attractive Sri Lankan barb that earns its keep without demanding much.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Boraras naevus

A thumbnail-sized Thai rasbora with bold body blotches and big personality in groups.

Erromyzon sp. "Red Spots"

A rarely identified hillstream loach with bold red spots and fascinating spawning behavior.

Puntius lineatus

A peaceful Bornean barb that shows its best colors in a proper school.

Pangasionodon hypophthalmus

Sold as a tiny silver juvenile, grows into a tank-busting giant.

Esomus metallicus

A slender, surface-loving schooler with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Barilius barna

A bold, fast-moving hill stream schooler that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Gymnostomus lineatus

A floodplain grazer with faint lateral stripes and a wandering lifestyle.

Selenotoca multifasciata

A bold, active brackish fish that grows big and keeps things lively.

Barbichthys laevis

A gentle giant barb that grazes its way through Southeast Asian rivers.

Oryzias eversi

A tiny Sulawesi ricefish with a fascinating pelvic-brooding trick.

Oryzias wolasi

A tiny Sulawesi ricefish with glowing color and surprisingly easy breeding habits.

Leptobarbus rubripinna

A giant barb sold small, with a wild reputation for getting 'drunk' on rainforest seeds.

Neolissochilus sumatranus

A sleek Sumatran river barb that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Chitala hypselonotus

A massive, air-breathing knifefish from the jungle rivers of Borneo and Sumatra.

Kottelatlimia pristes

A tiny blackwater loach from Borneo that punches above its weight in personality.

Yasuhikotakia eos

A bold, clicking loach from fast Mekong rivers that demands respect and companions.

Rasbora lacrimula

A tiny Bornean rasbora with a teardrop tail spot and big personality in a school.

Schistura hypsiura

A mildly tempered stream loach with bold flank bars and a deeply forked tail.

Dawkinsia assimilis

A lively Indian barb with bold caudal markings and a real taste for open-water schooling.

Hemimyzon formosanus

A rare Taiwanese hillstream fish that needs company to truly settle in.

Acrossocheilus paradoxus

A boldly barred Taiwanese cyprinid that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Hypergastromyzon humilis

A tiny Bornean hillstream loach that crawls rocks instead of swimming

Glossolepis pseudoincisus

A rare New Guinea rainbowfish from a single remote lake, never rediscovered.

Barbodes lateristriga

A bold, active barb that needs space and equally robust tankmates.

Mystus tengara

A small South Asian catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Betta stigmosa

A peaceful hill stream betta with iridescent spots and fascinating mouthbrooding behavior.

Puntius terio

A peaceful, adaptable schooling barb that's surprisingly rare in the trade given its wide range.

Oryzias songkhramensis

A tiny Thai ricefish with a fascinating breeding style and peaceful nature.

Leiocassis siamensis

A sleek Thai river catfish with a carnivore's appetite and quiet confidence.

Trichogaster labiosa

An underrated community gourami that outshines its more famous cousins.

Colisa labiosus

A thick-lipped labyrinth fish from Myanmar with a surprising need for surface air.

Batrachomoeus trispinosus

A long-lived ambush predator that looks like a rock and eats like a trap.

Trichopodus trichopterus

A tough, adaptable gourami with a personality that can catch you off guard.