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.
657 species · fish
Sub-regions
Flying Barb
FishEsomus longimanus
A sleek, surface-loving barb with remarkably long barbels and oversized pectoral fins.
Flying Fox Carp
FishEpalzeorhynchos kalopterus
A bold personality in a sleek body, but choose its tankmates carefully.
Flying Minnow
FishLaubuka caeruleostigmata
A surface-skimming schooler from Southeast Asia that leaps for its dinner.
Foersch's Mouthbrooder
FishBetta foerschi
A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.
Forest Snakehead
FishChanna lucius
A true apex predator from Southeast Asian forest streams, surprisingly manageable in the right setup.
Freshwater Halfbeak
FishDermogenys pusilla
A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling
Freshwater Moray
FishGymnothorax polyuranodon
A true freshwater moray that mistakes fingers for fish when hungry.
Freshwater Moray
FishGymnothorax tile
A true eel for freshwater tanks, built like a predator and priced for beginners.
Freshwater Shark
FishWallago attu
A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.
Gangetic Latia
FishCrossocheilus latius
A peaceful grazer from Himalayan headwaters, rarely seen but well worth seeking out.
Gecko Loach
FishHomaloptera ogilviei
A tiny blackwater loach that perches on its fin-tips like a lizard at rest.
Gecko Loach
FishHomaloptera sexmaculata
A lizard-like hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks instead of swimming.
Gecko Loach
FishHomalopteroides modestus
A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.
Gecko Loach
FishHomalopteroides nebulosus
A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.
Gecko Loach
FishHomalopteroides stephensoni
A rare Bornean hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.
Gecko Loach
FishHomalopteroides tweediei
A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.
Giant Barb
FishCatlocarpio siamensis
One of the world's largest freshwater fish, and a conservation concern in its native rivers.
Giant Betta
FishBetta anabatoides
A rare mouthbrooding betta from Borneo's blackwater streams, built for serious collectors.
Giant Catfish
FishBagarius bagarius
A river giant from the Indian subcontinent with a famously tangled identity.
Giant Danio
FishDevario aequipinnatus
A boldly striped, fast-moving schooler that brings real energy to larger community tanks.
Giant Danio
FishDevario malabaricus
A fast-moving, deep-bodied danio that needs space and confident tankmates.
Giant Devil Catfish
FishBagarius yarrelli
A river monster catfish that genuinely earns the name 'giant devil catfish'.
Giant freshwater whipray
FishHimantura chaophraya
One of the world's largest freshwater rays, and not for the faint-hearted.
Giant Goby
FishRhinogobius gigas
A chunky stream goby from East Asia that punches above its size in personality.
Giant Gourami
FishOsphronemus goramy
A fish that recognizes its owner and outlives most pets in your house.
Giant Gourami
FishTrichogaster fasciata
A peaceful, rarely seen gourami that's actually worth hunting down.
Giant red tail gourami
FishOsphronemus laticlavius
A rare Bornean giant with vivid red-edged fins and genuine personality.
Giant Spotted Pufferfish
FishDichotomyctere sabahensis
A secretive Bornean puffer from brackish mangroves, rarely seen in the trade.
Giant Sword Minnow
FishMacrochirichthys macrochirus
A river giant with an upturned jaw and swordlike pectoral fins rarely seen in home tanks.
Giraffe Danio
FishDevario sp. "Giraffe"
A giraffe-patterned danionin built for roomy, lively community tanks.
Glass-barb
FishPuntius guganio
A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus bicirrhis
The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus geminus
A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus limpok
A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers
Glass Catfish
FishKryptopterus vitreolus
The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight
Glassfish
FishParambassis siamensis
A transparent Southeast Asian schooler that hides in plain sight.