East Asia

Caridina multidentata

The aquarium's hardest-working algae crew, with a habit of stealing everyone's lunch.

Butis amboinensis

An ambush predator that hunts upside-down under submerged wood

Hemibarbus labeo

A large, bottom-rooting cyprinid with a big personality to match its size.

Abbottina rivularis

A bold, bottom-hugging cyprinid that demands equally assertive tankmates.

Channa striata

A giant air-breathing predator that can survive drought by burrowing into mud.

Bagarius rutilus

A river predator with vivid orange fins, built for serious hobbyists with serious space.

Channa maculata

A predatory bruiser that breathes air and guards its young with fierce devotion.

Stiphodon atropurpureus

A thumbnail-sized stream goby that grazes biofilm and occasionally vanishes into the sand.

Scolopsis bilineata

A reef carnivore whose juveniles pull off a clever blenny disguise.

Channa marulius

A true apex predator that can grow longer than most people are tall.

Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei

A sociable little loach that thrives in groups and suits community stream tanks.

Mystacoleucus obtusirostris

A lively schooling cyprinid with bold fin markings and a hidden surprise spine.

Folifer brevifilis

A rare giant cyprinid from Southeast Asia, seldom seen outside its native rivers.

Channa asiatica

A pelvic-fin-free predator with bold bars, white spots, and genuine parental instincts.

Beaufortia kweichowensis

A flat, fin-fused hillstream specialist that crawls rocks like no other loach.

Pseudogastromyzon myersi

A compact hillstream grazer that clings to rocks and cleans algae with surprising personality.

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.

Anabas testudineus

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

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.

Oryzias minutillus

A tiny ricefish from Southeast Asian swamps that breeds readily in nano tanks.

Rotala rotundifolia

A fast-growing stem plant that blushes pink under bright light.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Leptobotia elongata

A river giant from the Yangtze that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Riccia fluitans

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

Crossocheilus latius

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

Rhinogobius gigas

A chunky stream goby from East Asia that punches above its size in personality.

Barbodes semifasciolatus

The golden form that fooled generations of fishkeepers into thinking it was the real thing.

Sinibotia robusta

A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.

Sinibotia pulchra

A sociable, sinuous loach that needs its own kind to truly thrive.

Carassius auratus

The streamlined single-tail original. Hardy, fast, and pond-tough.

Carassius auratus auratus

The fish that started it all. Centuries of selective breeding in one bowl-worthy package.

Chiloscyllium punctatum

A true shark that crawls the seafloor and can survive hours out of water.

Cranoglanis bouderius

A hefty Chinese river catfish that doubles as a prized food fish in its homeland.