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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.

460 species · freshwater

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Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus alfredi

A tiny peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus allani

A tiny blackwater rarity from Borneo, rarely seen outside dedicated hobbyist circles.

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus anjunganensis

A tiny blackwater gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus bintan

A tiny peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus deissneri

A tiny, cave-breeding licorice gourami from Bangka with a tangled taxonomic history.

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus harveyi

A tiny peat swamp jewel that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus nagyi

A rare peat-swamp gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus opallios

A jewel-sized licorice gourami from Borneo's blackwater swamps, rarely seen in the trade.

Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

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Parosphromenus ornaticauda

A tiny licorice gourami with an acrobatic courtship display unlike any other.

Licorice Gourami
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Licorice Gourami

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Parosphromenus quindecim

A pint-sized Bornean labyrinth fish for dedicated blackwater keepers.

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus sp. "Sentang"

A tiny peat-swamp gem that spawns head-down in secret caves

Licorice Gourami

Licorice Gourami

Fish

Parosphromenus tweediei

A tiny blackwater gem that's been hiding under the wrong name for decades.

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Homaloptera bilineata

A tiny torrent-dweller that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Homaloptera leonardi

A tiny hillstream crawler that clings to rocks and hops across the riverbed.

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Homaloptera smithi

A fast-water hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Homaloptera zollingeri

A flattened, rock-clinging stream dweller that crawls and hops like a lizard.

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Homalopteroides smithi

A rock-clinging hill stream loach that crawls and hops like a tiny lizard.

Lizard Loach
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Lizard Loach

Fish

Homalopterula gymnogaster

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

Lizard Loach

Lizard Loach

Fish

Neohomaloptera johorensis

A tiny, orange hillstream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Lizard Loaches

Lizard Loaches

Fish

Homaloptera parclitella

A flat-bodied Malay hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Long-faced Loach
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Long-faced Loach

Fish

Acantopsis octoactinotos

A slender, sand-diving loach with a distinctively elongated snout.

Longfin Betta

Longfin Betta

Fish

Betta enisae

A mouthbrooding wild betta from Borneo's leaf-littered forest streams.

Long whiskers catfish

Long whiskers catfish

Fish

Mystus gulio

A schooling brackish catfish that grows surprisingly large and breathes air.

Mad Barb

Mad Barb

Fish

Leptobarbus hoevenii

A river giant with a wild reputation for eating intoxicating seeds

Maeklong Chameleon Catfish
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Maeklong Chameleon Catfish

Fish

Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis

A skin-shedding hill stream catfish that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Mahachai Betta

Mahachai Betta

Fish

Betta mahachaiensis

A nipa palm specialist from coastal Thailand with iridescent blue-green armor.

Malayan Leaffish

Malayan Leaffish

Fish

Pristolepis fasciata

A bold, deep-bodied predator from Southeast Asian floodplains with real personality.

Malayan Loach

Malayan Loach

Fish

Pangio semicincta

The fish sold as kuhli loach is almost certainly this one instead.

Malaya Shrimp
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Malaya Shrimp

Invert

Caridina babaulti

A hardy, color-shifting dwarf shrimp that surprises you with every molt.

Malay glass catfish

Malay glass catfish

Fish

Ompok eugeneiatus

A shy, schooling catfish from Southeast Asian peat swamps and flooded forests.

Malaysian Trumpet Snail

Malaysian Trumpet Snail

Invert

Melanoides tuberculata

The tireless substrate burrower that aerates your gravel while you sleep.

Mandor

Mandor

Fish

Betta mandor

A small, secretive Bornean mouthbrooder best kept in quiet, species-focused setups.

Marbled Goby

Marbled Goby

Fish

Oxyeleotris marmorata

A motionless giant that eats anything fitting in its enormous mouth.

Meklong Spiny Eel
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Meklong Spiny Eel

Fish

Macrognathus meklongensis

A secretive Thai spiny eel that comes out of hiding when hunger calls.

Mekong Bumblebee Goby
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Mekong Bumblebee Goby

Fish

Brachygobius mekongensis

A pint-sized brackish goby with bold banded markings and a big personality.

Mekong Croaking Gourami

Mekong Croaking Gourami

Fish

Trichopsis schalleri

The tiny gourami that actually produces sounds to resolve conflicts and court mates.