South Asia

Rita kuturnee

A peaceful river catfish from India's Deccan plateau, rarely seen but worth seeking out.

Pethia punctata

A peaceful, spotted little barb from India that rewards you for keeping a crowd.

Pethia phutunio

A tiny, peaceful schooler that thrives best among its own kind.

Trichogaster lalius

Brilliant colors, big personality quirks, and a health reputation worth knowing before you buy.

Oryzias minutillus

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

Aplocheilus parvus

A tiny surface-dwelling predator with a big appetite for mosquito larvae.

Danio nigrofasciatus

A rare, peaceful little danio that thrives best among its own kind.

Danio erythromicron

A jewel-sized Lake Inle native that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Botia udomritthiruji

A boldly barred Myanmar loach with a lively personality and complex social life.

Chitala chitala

A massive, humped river predator rarely seen in the trade despite its size and character.

Dawkinsia filamentosa

A large, lively Indian barb whose males grow ornate trailing dorsal fins.

Channa sp. "Fire And Ice"

A small snakehead with fiery red and cool blue coloring that punches above its size.

Pethia ticto

A quietly charming schooling barb from the foothills of South Asia.

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

Danio tinwini

A tiny spotted Burmese danio that thrives in numbers and rewards patient keepers.

Esomus danrica

A sociable Asian barb with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

A true freshwater moray that mistakes fingers for fish when hungry.

Gymnothorax tile

A true eel for freshwater tanks, built like a predator and priced for beginners.

Wallago attu

A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.

Crossocheilus latius

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

Homalopteroides modestus

A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Bagarius bagarius

A river giant from the Indian subcontinent with a famously tangled identity.

Devario aequipinnatus

A boldly striped, fast-moving schooler that brings real energy to larger community tanks.

Devario malabaricus

A fast-moving, deep-bodied danio that needs space and confident tankmates.

Bagarius yarrelli

A river monster catfish that genuinely earns the name 'giant devil catfish'.

Trichogaster fasciata

A peaceful, rarely seen gourami that's actually worth hunting down.

Puntius guganio

A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.

Channa aurantimaculata

Bold orange-blotched predator that keeps you guessing, even with tankmates it knows well.

Pethia gelius

A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.

Channa stewartii

A hardy Himalayan predator that breathes air and tolerates a range of conditions.

Aplocheilus lineatus

A surface-lurking predator that will clear the tank if given the chance to jump.

Canthophrys gongota

A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.

Balitora brucei

A flattened hill-stream grazer that thrives where the current runs wild.

Aplocheilus blockii

A surface-dwelling predator from India's rice fields and mangrove edges.

Tetraodon fluviatilis

A curious, toothy brackish predator that never stops exploring its tank.

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis

A nippy, curious puffer that gets more belligerent with every passing year.