Species

Trigonostigma hengeli

A tiny, soft-water schooler with a vivid orange-edged lambchop mark.

Hemigrammus erythrozonus

A fiery neon stripe makes this hardy little tetra a beginner's best friend.

Barbodes semifasciolatus

The golden form that fooled generations of fishkeepers into thinking it was the real thing.

Pethia gelius

A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.

Hyphessobrycon roseus

A tiny, rosy schooling tetra that thrives in peaceful community tanks.

Nannostomus marilynae

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

Betta chloropharynx

A tiny wild betta from blackwater leaf litter pools, with a throat like no other.

Poecilia reticulata

The world's most recognizable livebearer, and probably the easiest fish to breed.

Tomeurus gracilis

A tiny Venezuelan oddity that lays eggs despite fertilizing them internally.

Thayeria ifati

The rarest penguin tetra, with a boldly defined tail stripe and colorful fin tips.

Aphyosemion hanneloreae

A tiny Gabonese killifish that's surprisingly forgiving for beginners.

Carnegiella strigata strigata

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

Aphyosemion bochtleri

A dainty rainforest killifish with a surprisingly forgiving temperament for beginners.

Aphyosemion herzogi

A cool-water forest killi that stays small and rewards patient spawners.

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

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

Puntius sahyadriensis

A rare Indian hill-stream barb that truly shines when kept in a proper school.

Oryzias dancena

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

Pethia setnai

A peaceful, school-loving barb from Goa's clear streams, perfect for community tanks.

Ptereleotris heteroptera

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

Melanotaenia irianjaya

A rarely seen rainbowfish with an unusual fin shape that sets it apart from its cousins.

Devario apogon

A tiny Irrawaddy danionin that hobbyists have barely had a chance to meet yet.

Betta picta

A mild-mannered mouthbrooding betta that makes the whole genus look bad by comparison.

Corydoras multiradiatus

A large, long-snouted cory with a fascinating air-breathing trick up its sleeve.

Corydoras kanei

A small, spotted cory from blackwater rivers that breathes air and charms beginners.

Puntius vittatus

A peaceful little barb from rice fields and streams, best kept in lively groups.

Pangio kuhlii

The eel-like bottom dweller that disappears for weeks and reappears at midnight.

Trigonostigma espei

A copper-bodied schooler whose distinctive lambchop marking sets it apart from look-alikes.

Corydoras lamberti

A rare and enigmatic armored catfish from the Peruvian Amazon, best kept in groups.

Heterandria formosa

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

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

A subtly beautiful schooling tetra that rewards keepers who buy a proper-sized group.

Homaloptera bilineata

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

Homalopteroides smithi

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

Homalopterula gymnogaster

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

Neohomaloptera johorensis

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

Homaloptera parclitella

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

Corydoras semiaquilis

A peaceful bottom-dweller from Peru that thrives in sociable groups.