Australia & New Guinea

Craterocephalus randi

A slender, active schooler from the clear streams of New Guinea.

Melanotaenia lacustris

A slow-developing rainbowfish whose true colors take patience to unlock.

Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi

A highland Papua New Guinea gem that rewards patient keepers with vivid color.

Glossolepis wanamensis

A critically endangered rainbowfish from a single remote Papua New Guinea lake.

Melanotaenia maccullochi

A compact, peaceful rainbowfish that rewards group keeping with vivid male displays.

Cleidopus gloriamaris

A living lantern: the fish that carries its own lights on its jaw.

Melanotaenia praecox

Tiny rainbowfish that turns up the color when kept in a proper shoal.

Mogurnda mogurnda

A bold Australian bottom-dweller with real personality and surprising breeding behavior.

Melanotaenia affinis

One of the first rainbowfish in the hobby, now available in several wild forms.

Rhadinocentrus ornatus

A tiny Australian rainbowfish from wild, tea-stained wallum streams.

Melanotaenia papuae

A compact rainbowfish from Port Moresby's jungle streams, peaceful and full of personality.

Melanotaenia parkinsoni

A Papua New Guinea gem that rewards patient keepers with spectacular adult color.

Tateurndina ocellicauda

A jewel-like bottom-dweller from Papua New Guinea with fascinating cave-spawning behavior.

Neoceratodus forsteri

A living fossil that breathes air and may outlive its keeper by decades.

Melanotaenia splendida inornata

A rainbowfish that takes patience to reward, but absolutely delivers on color.

Hypseleotris guentheri

A small Pacific stream goby comfortable in fresh, brackish, or salt water.

Glossolepis incisus

A deep-bodied red rainbow that rewards group keeping with dazzling male displays.

Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata

A slow-burning rainbowfish that rewards patient keepers with spectacular adult color.

Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia

A compact, red-lined puffer from mangrove creeks that thrives in brackish setups.

Neoarius leptaspis

A mouthbrooding giant catfish that travels from rivers to the sea.

Toxotes chatareus

A sharpshooter that hunts insects by spitting jets of water at overhanging branches.

Neosilurus brevidorsalis

A compact Australian bottom-dweller that earns its keep in a peaceful community tank.

Datnioides polota

A bold, bar-patterned predator that bridges freshwater rivers and brackish coastal zones.

Melanotaenia gracilis

A rare, slender Australian rainbow from one of the continent's most remote river systems.

Mogurnda adspersa

A rare Australian native where the male does all the parenting. And most of the bossing around.

Scleropages leichardti

Australia's ancient surface predator, built for ambush and best kept alone.

Selenotoca multifasciata

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

Glossolepis pseudoincisus

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

Iriatherina werneri

Delicate featherfin rainbowfish with spectacular filamentous fins best shown in a species setup.

Batrachomoeus trispinosus

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

Diademichthys lineatus

Tiny reef clingfish that makes its home among sea urchin spines.

Melanotaenia vanheurni

A rarely seen New Guinea rainbowfish with a very limited wild range.

Melanotaenia australis

Australia's most widespread rainbowfish, and well worth the wait to color up.