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Southeast Asia

The Mekong, Chao Phraya, and the rivers of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java — home to bettas, gouramis, rasboras, barbs, and many iconic community fish.

473 species

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False Black Lancer
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False Black Lancer

Fish

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

False Eight-banded Barb

False Eight-banded Barb

Fish

Eirmotus insignis

A tiny barb with bold banding, best appreciated in a species-focused nano setup.

False Eight-banded Barb

False Eight-banded Barb

Fish

Eirmotus octozona

A tiny, bar-striped cyprinid that rewards patient keepers with natural schooling behavior.

False Spined Loach
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False Spined Loach

Fish

Acanthopsoides namromensis

A tiny, rarely kept Vietnamese loach with quiet charm for the patient aquarist.

Featherback

Featherback

Fish

Chitala chitala

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

Fighting Fishes

Fighting Fishes

Fish

Betta sp. "Antutabulungan"

A rarely-seen Bornean mouthbrooder from one of the most species-rich fish genera on Earth.

Fighting Loach

Fighting Loach

Fish

Nemacheilus selangoricus

A scrappy little bottom-dweller from Borneo's fast forest streams.

Figure-8 Puffer

Figure-8 Puffer

Fish

Tetraodon biocellatus

Pint-sized freshwater puffer with a big attitude and a taste for snails.

Fine Scaled Tiger Fish

Fine Scaled Tiger Fish

Fish

Datnioides microlepis

A boldly barred predator from Southeast Asia's great river systems.

Fire And Ice

Fire And Ice

Fish

Channa sp. "Fire And Ice"

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

Fire Bar Danio

Fire Bar Danio

Fish

Devario maetaengensis

A compact mountain-stream danio with bold patterning from northern Thailand's cool waters.

Fire Eel

Fire Eel

Fish

Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

A bold, snake-like predator that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

Firefin Barb

Firefin Barb

Fish

Pethia ticto

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

Floating Crystalwort

Floating Crystalwort

Plant

Riccia fluitans

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

Flying Barb

Flying Barb

Fish

Esomus longimanus

A sleek, surface-loving barb with remarkably long barbels and oversized pectoral fins.

Flying Fox Carp

Flying Fox Carp

Fish

Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus

A bold personality in a sleek body, but choose its tankmates carefully.

Flying Minnow

Flying Minnow

Fish

Laubuka caeruleostigmata

A surface-skimming schooler from Southeast Asia that leaps for its dinner.

Foersch's Mouthbrooder
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Foersch's Mouthbrooder

Fish

Betta foerschi

A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Forest Snakehead

Forest Snakehead

Fish

Channa lucius

A true apex predator from Southeast Asian forest streams, surprisingly manageable in the right setup.

Freshwater Halfbeak

Freshwater Halfbeak

Fish

Dermogenys pusilla

A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling

Freshwater Moray

Freshwater Moray

Fish

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

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

Freshwater Moray

Freshwater Moray

Fish

Gymnothorax tile

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

Freshwater Shark
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Freshwater Shark

Fish

Wallago attu

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

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

Fish

Homaloptera ogilviei

A tiny blackwater loach that perches on its fin-tips like a lizard at rest.

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

Fish

Homaloptera sexmaculata

A lizard-like hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks instead of swimming.

Gecko Loach

Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides modestus

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

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides nebulosus

A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides stephensoni

A rare Bornean hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Gecko Loach
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Gecko Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides tweediei

A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.

Giant Barb

Giant Barb

Fish

Catlocarpio siamensis

One of the world's largest freshwater fish, and a conservation concern in its native rivers.

Giant Betta

Giant Betta

Fish

Betta anabatoides

A rare mouthbrooding betta from Borneo's blackwater streams, built for serious collectors.

Giant freshwater whipray

Giant freshwater whipray

Fish

Himantura chaophraya

One of the world's largest freshwater rays, and not for the faint-hearted.

Giant Gourami

Giant Gourami

Fish

Osphronemus goramy

A fish that recognizes its owner and outlives most pets in your house.

Giant red tail gourami

Giant red tail gourami

Fish

Osphronemus laticlavius

A rare Bornean giant with vivid red-edged fins and genuine personality.

Giant Spotted Pufferfish

Giant Spotted Pufferfish

Fish

Dichotomyctere sabahensis

A secretive Bornean puffer from brackish mangroves, rarely seen in the trade.

Giant Sword Minnow

Giant Sword Minnow

Fish

Macrochirichthys macrochirus

A river giant with an upturned jaw and swordlike pectoral fins rarely seen in home tanks.