Asia

Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Pelodiscus sinensis

A leathery, long-snouted predator that's more personality than shell.

Myxocyprinus asiaticus

A dramatic juvenile that grows into a massive, migratory river fish almost nobody is prepared for.

Sphaerichthys osphromenoides

A delicate blackwater specialist with unusual maternal mouthbrooding and mysterious social rituals.

Vaillantella maassi

A secretive, eel-like loach with a bold orange dorsal stripe and a sky-high price tag.

Puntius chola

A lively, wide-ranging barb that thrives in groups and suits peaceful community tanks.

Betta tussyae

A peat-swamp dweller with rich reddish-orange color and a surprisingly peaceful nature.

Anabas testudineus

The fish that walks on land and breathes air. A true survival specialist.

Barbodes dunckeri

A boldly patterned Malaysian barb that's been hiding behind its cousin's name for decades.

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.

Caridina cantonensis

Boldly patterned dwarf shrimp that reward careful water chemistry with constant activity.

Caridina logemanni

The iconic red-and-white dwarf shrimp that turned nano tanks into an art form.

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.

Pogostemon helferi

A compact, starry rosette plant that carpets the foreground with unusual charm.

Schistura pridii

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