Species

Austrolebias adloffi

A tiny annual killifish that races through its entire life cycle in months.

Betta simplex

A rare mouth-brooding betta from Thailand's limestone streams, peaceful by betta standards.

Caquetaia kraussii

A predatory Colombian cichlid that lurks in swamps and ambushes its prey.

Pangio cuneovirgata

A rare kuhli lookalike from blackwater peat swamps, seldom seen outside expert collections.

Pangio filinaris

A slender, plain-bodied eel loach from the forested streams of peninsular Malaysia.

Pangio malayana

A slender kuhli loach relative that travels incognito in mixed shipments

Pangio piperata

A speckled, secretive kuhli loach that turns up as a mystery in mixed shipments.

Pangio sp. "PAN03"

A mystery kuhli loach from Borneo that science hasn't named yet.

Macropharyngodon kuiteri

A boldly patterned reef wrasse that thrives in small, active groups.

Petruichthys brevis

A tiny loach from Myanmar's famous Inle Lake, best kept in groups.

Heterandria formosa

One of the world's smallest fish, with a uniquely continuous birthing process.

Lamprologus lemairii

A Lake Tanganyika ambush predator that plays dead to lure its prey.

Tanichthys sp. "Vietnam"

A tiny Vietnamese rarity with bright yellow fins and big schooling personality.

Parosphromenus alfredi

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

Parosphromenus allani

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

Parosphromenus anjunganensis

A tiny blackwater gem that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Parosphromenus bintan

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

Parosphromenus harveyi

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

Parosphromenus nagyi

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

Parosphromenus opallios

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

Parosphromenus ornaticauda

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

Parosphromenus quindecim

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

Parosphromenus sp. "Sentang"

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

Parosphromenus tweediei

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

Homalopteroides smithi

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

Pygopristis denticulata

The most docile piranha you can keep, but those teeth are still very real.

Lepidocephalichthys irrorata

A rarely traded Indian loach with hidden spines and subtle charm.

Crenicichla tigrina

A boldly patterned Amazonian pike cichlid that rarely shows up in the trade.

Apistogramma pantalone

A tiny Peruvian dwarf cichlid with courtship rituals unlike any other Apistogramma.

Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis

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

Cleidopus gloriamaris

A living lantern: the fish that carries its own lights on its jaw.

Dimidiochromis compressiceps

The Lake Malawi ambush hunter famous for a truly unsettling feeding habit.

Aristochromis christyi

Lake Malawi's sneaky ambush predator that rolls sideways to fool its prey.

Pangio semicincta

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

Ompok eugeneiatus

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

Lactoria diaphana

A boxy, horned oddity that roams reefs and mudflats across the entire Indo-Pacific.