South Asia

Brachydanio nigrofasciatus

A rare, peaceful little danio from Myanmar that rewards patient keepers.

Garra spilota

A reddish-finned Burmese stream fish with boldly blotched flanks and genuine personality.

Channa punctata

A compact, hardy snakehead that breathes air and takes no nonsense from tankmates.

Puntius kamalika

A quietly attractive Sri Lankan barb that earns its keep without demanding much.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Barilius barna

A bold, fast-moving hill stream schooler that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Schistura hypsiura

A mildly tempered stream loach with bold flank bars and a deeply forked tail.

Dawkinsia assimilis

A lively Indian barb with bold caudal markings and a real taste for open-water schooling.

Mystus tengara

A small South Asian catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Puntius terio

A peaceful, adaptable schooling barb that's surprisingly rare in the trade given its wide range.

Trichogaster labiosa

An underrated community gourami that outshines its more famous cousins.

Colisa labiosus

A thick-lipped labyrinth fish from Myanmar with a surprising need for surface air.

Syncrossus berdmorei

A bold, clicking loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Acanthocobitis urophthalmus

A tiny, peaceful bottom-dweller from Sri Lanka's fast-flowing lowland streams.

Mastacembelus armatus

A burrow-happy nocturnal eel that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

Batasio travancoria

A small, feisty hill stream catfish from India's lush Western Ghats.

Schistura balteata

A cave-claiming loach with bold banding and strong opinions about its territory.

Schistura cf balteata

A boldly patterned Myanmar loach that comes in pink or yellow. Nobody knows why.

Pethia erythromycter

A tiny Myanmar barb with a red nose and big attitude toward tankmates.

Garra bicornuta

The only Garra with paired facial horns that flex when things get heated.

Mystus leucophasis

An upside-down catfish from Myanmar that stays that way. And means business.

Barilius vagra

A fast, bold hill-stream cyprinid that needs equally assertive tankmates.

Rasboroides vaterifloris

A rare Sri Lankan gem that shimmers in red, orange, or yellow depending on where it hatched.

Nandus nandus

A patient ambush predator from South Asia that punches above its weight at feeding time.

Aphanius vladykovi

A high-altitude Iranian toothcarp that rewards dedicated keepers with non-stop activity.

Akysis vespa

A tiny banded catfish from Myanmar's fast streams, built like a wasp.

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'

A tough, low-light crypt that thrives even in the shadiest corners of your tank.

Aplocheilus werneri

A sleek Sri Lankan surface hunter rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Bhavania australis

A wild-stream crawler from endangered Indian rivers, rarely seen outside its homeland.

Botia almorhae

The loach that spells its own name, with a personality to match.

Toxotes blythii

Myanmar's lesser-known archer brings the famous spitting trick to brackish setups.

Danio rerio

The classic beginner fish that still earns its place in serious community tanks.

Botia striata

A manageable, well-patterned loach that rewards keepers willing to house a proper group.

Macrognathus zebrinus

A boldly patterned burrower that will eat anything small enough to swallow.