Southeast Asia

Laubuka caeruleostigmata

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

Betta foerschi

A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Channa lucius

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

Dermogenys pusilla

A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling

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.

Homaloptera ogilviei

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

Homaloptera sexmaculata

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

Homalopteroides modestus

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

Homalopteroides nebulosus

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

Homalopteroides stephensoni

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

Homalopteroides tweediei

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

Catlocarpio siamensis

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

Betta anabatoides

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

Himantura chaophraya

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

Osphronemus goramy

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

Osphronemus laticlavius

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

Macrochirichthys macrochirus

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

Devario sp. "Giraffe"

A giraffe-patterned danionin built for roomy, lively community tanks.

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.

Kryptopterus geminus

A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke

Kryptopterus limpok

A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Parambassis siamensis

A transparent Southeast Asian schooler that hides in plain sight.

Trigonopoma pauciperforatum

A slender, stripe-bearing rasbora that thrives in soft, tea-colored forest water.

Trigonostigma hengeli

A tiny, soft-water schooler with a vivid orange-edged lambchop mark.

Brachygobius aggregatus

A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives from freshwater streams to brackish estuaries.

Sinibotia robusta

A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.

Pangio doriae

A worm-like peat swamp loach that loves to pile into hiding spots with its companions.

Sinibotia pulchra

A sociable, sinuous loach that needs its own kind to truly thrive.

Puntius sachsii

A feisty little schooling barb that keeps tanks lively. And fins on their toes.

Hypsibarbus malcolmi

A big, bold barb with golden fins that needs room to roam.

Crossocheilus cobitis

A bottom-dwelling algae eater from Southeast Asia's great river systems.

Rasbora caudimaculata

A large, long-lived rasbora with a restless tail and real presence in a big tank.

Pristis microdon

An ancient, river-roaming giant whose rostrum is both weapon and legend.