Species

Apistogramma eremnopyge

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a dark tail blotch and surprisingly complex social needs.

Erromyzon sp. "Red Spots"

A rarely identified hillstream loach with bold red spots and fascinating spawning behavior.

Plotosus lineatus

The only catfish that calls coral reefs home, and it comes armed.

Gymnostomus lineatus

A floodplain grazer with faint lateral stripes and a wandering lifestyle.

Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus

A boldly patterned Amazonian catfish that thrives in community tanks.

Hypostomus sp

Ancient armored grazers from one of South America's most remote wild places.

Hypostomus sp. "L231"

A mysterious Peruvian pleco whose identity still has scientists guessing.

Hypostomus punctatus

A hardy Brazilian pleco that earns its keep cleaning up algae and debris.

Oryzias wolasi

A tiny Sulawesi ricefish with glowing color and surprisingly easy breeding habits.

Kottelatlimia pristes

A tiny blackwater loach from Borneo that punches above its weight in personality.

Schistura hypsiura

A mildly tempered stream loach with bold flank bars and a deeply forked tail.

Hemisynodontis membranaceus

The whiskered giant with a comical moustache that filter-feeds upside down.

Ecsenius stigmatura

A tiny, perch-loving reef blenny with a bold spot and big personality.

Hemimyzon formosanus

A rare Taiwanese hillstream fish that needs company to truly settle in.

Acrossocheilus paradoxus

A boldly barred Taiwanese cyprinid that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Hypergastromyzon humilis

A tiny Bornean hillstream loach that crawls rocks instead of swimming

Aspidoras taurus

A pint-sized armored catfish that breathes air and thrives in groups.

Nemadoras leporhinus

A schooling thorny catfish from South America, rarely seen but worth seeking out.

Oxydoras niger

A school-forming gentle giant that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Satanoperca daemon

A sand-sifting cichlid with bold markings and surprisingly complex social needs.

Cypraea tigris

A boldly spotted shell with a living animal most reef keepers never expect.

Amphiprion ephippium

A bold, deepening red clownfish that loses its white stripes as it matures.

Amphiprion frenatus

A bold, flame-red clownfish that takes no nonsense from tankmates.

Batasio travancoria

A small, feisty hill stream catfish from India's lush Western Ghats.

Schistura cf balteata

A boldly patterned Myanmar loach that comes in pink or yellow. Nobody knows why.

Cichla monoculus

A river predator built for size, speed, and a 20-year commitment.

Barilius vagra

A fast, bold hill-stream cyprinid that needs equally assertive tankmates.

Nandus nandus

A patient ambush predator from South Asia that punches above its weight at feeding time.

Aphanius vladykovi

A high-altitude Iranian toothcarp that rewards dedicated keepers with non-stop activity.

Annamia normani

A fast-water hillstream fish that really needs to be kept in a crowd.

Heterobranchus longifilis

One of Africa's largest freshwater fish, built for serious dedicated keepers only.

Neolamprologus marunguensis

A deep-water Tanganyikan shell-dweller with a deeply forked tail and fascinating family dynamics.

Petrocephalus bovei bovei

A nocturnal African weakfish that retreats into caves by day and hunts by night.

Paramisgurnus dabryanus

The tough, peaceful bottom-dweller hiding in plain sight as a different species.

Bhavania australis

A wild-stream crawler from endangered Indian rivers, rarely seen outside its homeland.

Corydoras albolineatus

A white-striped Bolivian cory that occasionally gulps air at the surface.