Caribbean & Western Atlantic

Chaetodon striatus

A Caribbean reef classic that moonlights as a cleaning station attendant.

Colomesus psittacus

A peaceful Atlantic puffer that genuinely tolerates company of its own kind.

Stegastes leucostictus

A small, personable damselfish that tends its own algae garden on the reef floor.

Holacanthus bermudensis

A bold Atlantic angel that grows into a true reef monarch with attitude to match.

Pomacanthus arcuatus

A large, sociable Atlantic angel that juveniles moonlight as reef cleaning stations.

Gramma melacara

A deep-reef beauty that swims upside-down along underwater cliff faces.

Melichthys niger

A calm, reef-going triggerfish that's actually safe for community tanks.

Halichoeres poeyi

A bold Atlantic wrasse with a sharp temper for its own kind.

Chromis cyaneus

A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.

Scarus guacamaia

The largest Atlantic parrotfish, built for reefs but almost impossible to keep captive.

Acanthurus coeruleus

A bold Atlantic surgeon fish known for cleaning sea turtles in the wild.

Gramma brasiliensis

A cave-dwelling Brazilian basslet that happily swims upside down along rocky ceilings.

Hippocampus reidi

A slow-moving, sociable seahorse with a famously elongated snout built for precision hunting.

Hypoplectrus unicolor

A Caribbean reef predator surprisingly well-suited to beginner saltwater tanks.

Liopropoma carmabi

A tiny, jewel-patterned reef fish that rewards patient hobbyists willing to coax it out.

Awaous flavus

A sand-sifting South American goby with bold red fin markings and real personality.

Enchelycore carychroa

A compact reef moray with rich brown patterning and a surprisingly manageable size.

Canthigaster rostrata

A pint-sized Atlantic puffer with a big personality and a beak to match.

Echidna catenata

A crab-hunting moray that will crawl onto land to chase down its prey.

Serranus tortugarum

A reef-safe, peaceful little bass that rarely hides its personality.

Centropyge argi

The Atlantic's tiniest angel, bold in color and personality despite its small size.

Sphyraena barracuda

A true apex predator that grows to nearly six feet long.

Bodianus pulchellus

A reef-safe wrasse relative that moonlights as a cleaner fish when young.

Sparisoma viride

A reef sculptor that literally chews coral into Caribbean sand.

Hippocampus zosterae

Tiny, monogamous, and endlessly watchable. The seahorse that actually fits a small tank.

Centropyge aurantonotus

A compact Atlantic dwarf angel with a bold orange back and reef-friendly size.

Chaetodon capistratus

A Caribbean reef classic that often mates for life.

Pomacanthus paru

A bold Atlantic giant that pairs for life and rules its reef corner.

Elacatinus multifasciatus

A tiny reef cleaner that lives among sea urchin spines in the wild.

Hypoplectrus indigo

A reef-dwelling hamlet with bold indigo patterning and a surprisingly easygoing nature.

Scartella cristata

A tidepool blenny with a wild mohawk and an appetite for algae.

Gobiosoma oceanops

A tiny reef cleaner that punches way above its weight.

Elacatinus oceanops

A tiny cleaner fish that runs its own reef spa service.

Diodon holacanthus

A curious, spiny puffer that can devour your cleanup crew without a second thought.

Chromis scotti

A peaceful, deep-water reef dweller with rich violet hues for community tanks.

Holacanthus ciliaris

A regal Atlantic giant that demands space and earns every inch of it.