Asia

Barbodes everetti

A misidentified Bornean barb finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Betta cracens

A slender, soft-water mouthbrooder that's genuinely rare in the hobby

Chromobotia macracanthus

A long-lived, social bottom-dweller that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Rasbora kalochroma

A rosy, large-bodied rasbora that rewards keepers who give it room to school properly.

Stiphodon semoni

A tiny rainforest stream goby with big personality and territorial tendencies.

Belontia signata

Sri Lanka's feisty labyrinth fish, with a reddish glow and a short temper.

Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

A sand-sifting loach from India that thrives in groups and breathes air when needed.

Nemacheilus corica

A spotted hill-stream loach that thrives with companions and a naturalistic setup.

Butis butis

The brackish ambush predator that hunts just as happily upside down as right-side up.

Trichopsis vittata

The gourami that settles arguments with sound instead of fins.

Bagarius suchus

A rapids-dwelling predator built more for public aquariums than home tanks.

Indostomus crocodilus

A tiny armored oddity from Thai blackwater streams, best kept in small groups.

Pethia cumingii

A peaceful Sri Lankan gem with bold black blotches and sunshine-yellow fins.

Oryzias woworae

A tiny Indonesian ricefish that glows red and blue at spawning time.

Danio feegradei

A restless Burmese danio with complex social dynamics beneath its peaceful reputation.

Celestichthys flagrans

A rare northern Myanmar danio with fiery stripes and a slender build.

Sahyadria chalakkudiensis

A rare Kerala barb with feisty personality and a tangled taxonomic history.

Puntius exclamatio

A rare Indian barb with a uniquely puzzling two-blotch pattern that may not even be a true species.

Mystus bleekeri

A sociable South Asian catfish that thrives in groups and fits larger community tanks well.

Rita kuturnee

A peaceful river catfish from India's Deccan plateau, rarely seen but worth seeking out.

Acheilognathus macropterus

A large bitterling with a bizarre mussel-breeding strategy unlike almost any other fish.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The loach that supposedly predicts the weather and definitely has personality.

Pethia punctata

A peaceful, spotted little barb from India that rewards you for keeping a crowd.

Schistura pridii

A tiny, feisty loach with bold dragon-like patterning from Thai mountain streams.

Pethia phutunio

A tiny, peaceful schooler that thrives best among its own kind.

Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

A daylight-active schooling loach with a bold ladder-patterned back and big personality.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Trichogaster lalius

Brilliant colors, big personality quirks, and a health reputation worth knowing before you buy.

Acanthopsoides molobrion

A pint-sized Bornean loach with a horse-faced look and big personality.

Acanthopsoides robertsi

A tiny burrowing loach with a distinctive caudal marking and big personality.

Acanthopsoides sp. "A02"

A tiny, sand-loving dwarf horse-face loach that's trickier to ID than to keep.

Oryzias minutillus

A tiny ricefish from Southeast Asian swamps that breeds readily in nano tanks.

Betta dimidiata

A tiny forest stream betta with a spade-shaped tail and mouthbrooding dad.

Aplocheilus parvus

A tiny surface-dwelling predator with a big appetite for mosquito larvae.

Carinotetraodon salivator

A pint-sized puffer from Borneo's fast-flowing streams, full of personality.

Rasbosoma spilocerca

A tiny Mekong surface dweller that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.