Indo-Pacific

Chromis vanderbilti

A small, shoaling Pacific damsel that's genuinely easy on beginners and neighbors alike.

Macropharyngodon bipartitus bipartitus

A peaceful shoaling wrasse from the Indian Ocean that thrives in small groups.

Antennarius maculatus

A master of disguise that hunts by dangling a lure from its forehead.

Acanthurus albipectoralis

A reef-edge schooler that hunts open water instead of grazing the bottom.

Amblygobius albimaculatus

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and engineers its own burrow.

Arothron hispidus

A boldly patterned puffer with a voracious appetite and a personality to match.

Ctenochaetus flavicauda

A compact reef-grazer with a bright white tail that stands out on the rock face.

Stonogobiops yasha

A tiny reef goby that shares its burrow with a nearly-blind shrimp partner.

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

A reef cleaner that moonlights as one of the more manageable pipefish for beginners.

Ostorhinchus luteus

A tiny Pacific cardinalfish that finds shelter among sea urchin spines.

Halichoeres chrysus

A cheerful, all-yellow wrasse that's as easygoing as it looks.

Assessor flavissimus

A tiny reef basslet that casually swims upside down like it's no big deal.

Pomacanthus xanthometopon

A reef-grazing giant whose juvenile and adult forms look like different fish entirely.

Paracheilinus flavianalis

A small reef wrasse that puts on dazzling courtship displays in group settings.

Pseudanthias luzonensis

A deep-slope reef dweller that schools beautifully in spacious saltwater tanks.

Hippocampus kuda

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific seahorse that adapts surprisingly well to aquarium life.

Apogon cyanosoma

A reef-safe schooling cardinalfish that finds safety in numbers and sea urchin spines.

Pseudanthias tuka

A reef-slope schooler draped in purple and yellow, surprisingly manageable in a large system.

Chrysiptera parasema

A bold little reef fish with a vivid golden tail and an attitude to match.

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

A venomous-fanged blenny so bold that other fish evolved to copy its look.

Zebrasoma flavescens

Hawaii's iconic reef grazer that earns its keep eating nuisance algae.

Cryptocentrus cinctus

A pint-sized goby that shares its burrow with a nearly blind shrimp partner.