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Asia

The rivers and rice paddies of Southeast and South Asia give us rasboras, barbs, gouramis, danios, loaches, and a whole world of community fish.

698 species

False Eight-banded Barb

False Eight-banded Barb

Fish

Eirmotus octozona

A tiny, bar-striped cyprinid that rewards patient keepers with natural schooling behavior.

False Spined Loach
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False Spined Loach

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Acanthopsoides namromensis

A tiny, rarely kept Vietnamese loach with quiet charm for the patient aquarist.

Featherback

Featherback

Fish

Chitala chitala

A massive, humped river predator rarely seen in the trade despite its size and character.

Fighting Fishes

Fighting Fishes

Fish

Betta sp. "Antutabulungan"

A rarely-seen Bornean mouthbrooder from one of the most species-rich fish genera on Earth.

Fighting Loach

Fighting Loach

Fish

Nemacheilus selangoricus

A scrappy little bottom-dweller from Borneo's fast forest streams.

Figure-8 Puffer

Figure-8 Puffer

Fish

Tetraodon biocellatus

Pint-sized freshwater puffer with a big attitude and a taste for snails.

Filament Barb

Filament Barb

Fish

Dawkinsia filamentosa

A large, lively Indian barb whose males grow ornate trailing dorsal fins.

Fine Scaled Tiger Fish

Fine Scaled Tiger Fish

Fish

Datnioides microlepis

A boldly barred predator from Southeast Asia's great river systems.

Fire And Ice

Fire And Ice

Fish

Channa sp. "Fire And Ice"

A small snakehead with fiery red and cool blue coloring that punches above its size.

Fire Bar Danio

Fire Bar Danio

Fish

Devario maetaengensis

A compact mountain-stream danio with bold patterning from northern Thailand's cool waters.

Fire Eel

Fire Eel

Fish

Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

A bold, snake-like predator that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

Firefin Barb

Firefin Barb

Fish

Pethia ticto

A quietly charming schooling barb from the foothills of South Asia.

Firefly Loach
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Firefly Loach

Fish

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

Fire Ring Danio

Fire Ring Danio

Fish

Danio tinwini

A tiny spotted Burmese danio that thrives in numbers and rewards patient keepers.

Floating Crystalwort

Floating Crystalwort

Plant

Riccia fluitans

A floating liverwort that pearls with oxygen bubbles when truly happy.

Flying Barb

Flying Barb

Fish

Esomus danrica

A sociable Asian barb with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Flying Barb

Flying Barb

Fish

Esomus longimanus

A sleek, surface-loving barb with remarkably long barbels and oversized pectoral fins.

Flying Fox Carp

Flying Fox Carp

Fish

Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus

A bold personality in a sleek body, but choose its tankmates carefully.

Flying Minnow

Flying Minnow

Fish

Laubuka caeruleostigmata

A surface-skimming schooler from Southeast Asia that leaps for its dinner.

Foersch's Mouthbrooder
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Foersch's Mouthbrooder

Fish

Betta foerschi

A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Forest Snakehead

Forest Snakehead

Fish

Channa lucius

A true apex predator from Southeast Asian forest streams, surprisingly manageable in the right setup.

Freshwater Halfbeak

Freshwater Halfbeak

Fish

Dermogenys pusilla

A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling

Freshwater Moray

Freshwater Moray

Fish

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

A true freshwater moray that mistakes fingers for fish when hungry.

Freshwater Moray

Freshwater Moray

Fish

Gymnothorax tile

A true eel for freshwater tanks, built like a predator and priced for beginners.

Freshwater Shark
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Freshwater Shark

Fish

Wallago attu

A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.

Gangetic Latia

Gangetic Latia

Fish

Crossocheilus latius

A peaceful grazer from Himalayan headwaters, rarely seen but well worth seeking out.

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

Fish

Homaloptera ogilviei

A tiny blackwater loach that perches on its fin-tips like a lizard at rest.

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

Fish

Homaloptera sexmaculata

A lizard-like hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks instead of swimming.

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

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Homalopteroides modestus

A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides nebulosus

A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

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Homalopteroides stephensoni

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

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides tweediei

A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.

Giant Barb

Giant Barb

Fish

Catlocarpio siamensis

One of the world's largest freshwater fish, and a conservation concern in its native rivers.

Giant Betta

Giant Betta

Fish

Betta anabatoides

A rare mouthbrooding betta from Borneo's blackwater streams, built for serious collectors.

Giant Catfish

Giant Catfish

Fish

Bagarius bagarius

A river giant from the Indian subcontinent with a famously tangled identity.

Giant Danio

Giant Danio

Fish

Devario aequipinnatus

A boldly striped, fast-moving schooler that brings real energy to larger community tanks.