Species

Schistura deansmarti

A blind, ghostly cave loach found nowhere else on Earth.

Amphiprion chagosensis

A rare Indian Ocean clownfish from one of the world's most remote archipelagos.

Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis

A pint-sized Thai hill stream goby with a big carnivore's appetite.

Pseudogastromyzon myersi

A compact hillstream grazer that clings to rocks and cleans algae with surprising personality.

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Synodontis aterrima

A small but feisty Congo catfish that keeps tankmates on their toes.

Lamprologus congoensis

A bottom-hugging Congo rapids cichlid with a charmingly jerky swim and a fiery temper.

A tiny, sociable armored catfish that occasionally breathes air.

A tiny rock-dwelling catfish from the Argentine Andes, rarely if ever seen in aquariums.

Lamontichthys llanero

A rare South American whiptail that rewards patient keepers with unusual character.

Chlamydogobius eremius

A tiny Australian desert survivor that laughs at water conditions others can't handle.

Schistura pridii

A tiny, feisty loach with bold dragon-like patterning from Thai mountain streams.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Acanthopsoides molobrion

A pint-sized Bornean loach with a horse-faced look and big personality.

Acanthopsoides robertsi

A tiny burrowing loach with a distinctive caudal marking and big personality.

Geophagus megasema

A rare eartheater from the Guaporé basin with surprisingly peaceful community manners.

Satanoperca leucosticta

A sociable eartheater that's surprisingly gentle outside of spawning season.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Gastromyzon ocellatus

A patterned Bornean stream-clinger with a bold red tail and real personality.

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

Synodontis euptera

A long-lived African catfish whose dramatic dorsal fin grows more impressive with age.

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

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.

A sand-sifting cichlid from the Tocantins that's far calmer than its reputation suggests.

Hypostomus regani

A tough, territorial pleco from the river systems of southern South America.

Pangio doriae

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

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

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

Chromidotilapia guntheri

A mouthbrooding West African cichlid with fascinating shared parental care.

Liniparhomaloptera disparis

A tiny mountain stream hillstream loach with surprisingly bold territorial behavior.

Leptobotia taeniops

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