Species

Puntius guganio

A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.

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

Trigonopoma pauciperforatum

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

Valenciennea strigata

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and keeps your substrate spotless.

Pangio doriae

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

Boulengerella lucius

A torpedo-shaped ambush predator that outgrows most home aquariums fast.

Leporacanthicus heterodon

A fang-toothed South American pleco with a surprisingly manageable personality.

Serrasalmus maculatus

A fin-biting South American predator that's actually one of the easier piranhas to keep.

Canthophrys gongota

A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.

Aplocheilus blockii

A surface-dwelling predator from India's rice fields and mangrove edges.

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

A cool-water damselfish from Australian rocky reefs with attentive parenting instincts.

Nannostomus marilynae

A rare pencilfish that moonlights in cryptic stripes every single night.

Notopterus notopterus

A nocturnal predator that outgrows most home aquariums faster than expected.

Stichodactyla haddoni

A vast, velvety carpet anemone that hosts clownfish and dominates any reef bed.

Hampala macrolepidota

A two-foot predatory barb that's more river monster than aquarium fish.

Mylochromis melanonotus

A sand-dwelling Lake Malawi predator with a jaw that caused decades of taxonomic confusion.

Hymenocera picta

A boldly patterned reef shrimp with a surprisingly specialized appetite.

Carnegiella strigata strigata

A tiny, peaceful surface-dweller with a deep-keeled body unlike any other tetra.

Leptobotia taeniops

A sociable Chinese loach with a bold personality and a taste for company.

Trichogaster chuna

A spitting, bubble-building gourami that rewards keepers who give it company.

Brotia pagodula

A spiny, armored snail that rewards patience with fascinating behavior.

Pseudochromis tapeinosoma

A compact, crevice-loving dottyback with a wide Indo-Pacific range.

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in midwater and thrives in groups

Laubuka laubuca

A schooling surface-dweller with a genuinely tangled identity across Asia.

Oryzias dancena

A tiny, peaceful ricefish that carries its eggs like a living clutch before planting them.

Ptereleotris heteroptera

A devoted reef pair that hovers gracefully above their shared burrow.

Xenentodon canciloides

A freshwater needlefish that's calmer than its needle-filled grin suggests.

Pristiapogon kallopterus

A subtly shimmering cardinalfish that thrives where many marines struggle.

Barbus jae

A tiny, jewel-toned African barb best kept in a species-focused setup

Parachromis motaguensis

A bold Central American predator that holds its own against anything in the tank.

Dario kajal

Tiny scarlet predator from India's hill streams, big on attitude.

Oryzias javanicus

A surface-dwelling ricefish with surprisingly complex spawning behavior, rarely seen for sale.

Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi

A rare Sri Lankan loach hidden beneath leaf litter, seldom seen in the hobby.

Apistogramma sp. "Kelleri"

A mouthbrooding dwarf cichlid with a remarkably flexible approach to raising its young.

Brachygobius kabiliensis

Tiny bumblebee-patterned goby from Borneo's mangroves, surprisingly manageable for new keepers.