Southeast Asia

Betta persephone

A velvety black pygmy betta from some of the world's most acidic swamps.

Betta siamorientalis

A tiny bubble-nesting betta with a blackish body and vivid red fin details.

Pangio oblonga

A slender, uniformly dark loach that loves company and hides in plain sight.

Bagrichthys hypselopterus

A deep-river Asian catfish with an impressively tall dorsal fin and bold personality.

Ambastaia nigrolineata

A rare, sociable loach with bold racing stripes and fascinating group behaviors.

Rasbora borapetensis

A peaceful schooling fish with a vivid red tail that really shines in a group.

Balitoropsis zollingeri

A flat-bodied stream crawler that hops and clings across rocks like no other loach.

Macropodus spechti

A close paradise fish relative that thrives where others struggle.

Tylomelania zemis

A slow-moving, long-lived snail that grazes peacefully and breeds one giant baby at a time.

Labeo chrysophekadion

A dramatically dark, shark-shaped giant that outgrows most home tanks.

Channa melasoma

A compact, nocturnal predator built for dark, acidic forest streams.

Hemibagrus wyckii

A river giant that sees humans as a threat. And acts on it.

Chilatherina bleheri

A brilliantly colored rainbowfish from one remote Indonesian lake, worth every bit of effort.

Nemacheilus troglocataractus

A blind, cave-dwelling loach from a single Thai cave system.

Schistura jarutanini

A blind cave loach from Thailand that science knows from just 22 specimens.

Channa maculata

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

Yasuhikotakia modesta

A sociable Mekong loach with vivid fins and a complex social life.

Danio kerri

A powder-blue schooling gem from the Malay Peninsula that's rarely seen but easy to keep.

Opsarius bernatziki

A fast, bold hillstream schooler with vivid blue flank bars and serious attitude.

Caridina cf babaulti

A delicate little shrimp from an ancient Indonesian lake with vivid blue legs.

Trigonopoma gracile

A delicate blackwater rasbora with variable color forms from Borneo's forest streams.

Rasbora einthovenii

A peaceful forest-stream rasbora with a charmingly crinkled lateral stripe.

Stiphodon atropurpureus

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

Kryptopterus apogon

A massive river predator sometimes sold to unsuspecting buyers as a cute juvenile.

Melanotaenia boesemani

Two fish in one body: bold orange rear, cool blue-grey front.

Desmopuntius foerschi

A tiny blackwater barb with bold vertical bars and a lively schooling personality.

Labiobarbus ocellatus

A peaceful schooling cyprinid with a distinctive shoulder spot and shy streak.

Nematabramis borneensis

A slender Bornean minnow with notably long barbels and a bold lateral stripe.

Carinotetraodon borneensis

A pint-sized Bornean puffer with outsized personality and a very limited range.

Rasbora sarawakensis

A tiny, peaceful Bornean rasbora that's rarely seen but well worth seeking out.

Pangio shelfordii

A patterned eel-loach from Borneo's blackwater forests, with surprising personality for its size.

Gastromyzon ctenocephalus

A tiny Bornean hillstream crawler with iridescent blue fins and bold spotted patterns.

Gastromyzon farragus

A tiny Bornean stream-clinger with a vivid red tail and bold territorial streaks.

Gastromyzon stellatus

A boldly spotted Bornean stream crawler that grazes rocks like a tiny vacuum.

Rasbora brittani

A dainty, peaceful schooler that thrives in soft, shaded Southeast Asian-style setups.

Betta brownorum

A jewel of the peat swamps, with a glowing green flank spot unlike any other Betta.