Species

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

A Corydoras mimic from blackwater Brazil, rarely seen but worth the search.

Erethistes jerdoni

A tiny, peaceful catfish that hides by day and explores by night.

Astroblepus ubidiai

A small Ecuadorian mountain catfish with big personality for planted setups.

Chaca bankanensis

A master of disguise that lures prey with its own barbels like a living trap.

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

A giraffe-patterned gentle giant that needs serious space to roam.

Pseudomystus sp. "Cf Stenomus"

A secretive, predatory catfish that punches above its weight in community tanks.

Hemibagrus wyckioides

A river giant that outgrows nearly every home aquarium and knows no fear.

Akysis portellus

A tiny venomous stream catfish from Myanmar that's easier to keep than it looks.

Akysis pulvinatus

A pint-sized Thai hillstream catfish that hides among rocks and rarely reaches an inch.

Akysis vespertinus

A tiny, venomous stream catfish from Myanmar, rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Neoarius berneyi

A wide-ranging Australian catfish that thrives in murky, slow-moving water.

Bagrichthys hypselopterus

A deep-river Asian catfish with an impressively tall dorsal fin and bold personality.

Auchenoglanis biscutatus

A giant, gentle African catfish that cruises the bottom with calm authority.

Hemibagrus wyckii

A river giant that sees humans as a threat. And acts on it.

Amblydoras nauticus

A hardy little catfish that talks in the dark and rarely shows its face by day.

Trachydoras steindachneri

A seldom-seen Amazonian thorny catfish that plays well with smaller tankmates.

Synodontis contracta

A pint-sized Congo catfish that spends most of its life swimming upside-down.

Horabagrus brachysoma

A gorgeous giant catfish that outgrows most home tanks before you know it.

Pseudopimelodus bufonius

A boldly patterned South American catfish that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Pseudomystus siamensis

Bold patterned and predatory, this catfish owns whatever bottom it calls home.

Chaca burmensis

A master of ambush disguise that barely moves and eats almost anything alive.

Schilbe intermedius

A schooling African catfish that cruises open water with surprising grace.

Synodontis flavitaeniata

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with filamentous barbels and a peaceful nature.

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.

Synodontis greshoffi

A boldly patterned Congo catfish that's tougher than it looks but easier than most Synos.

Synodontis petricola

The catfish that tricks cichlids into raising its young. Nature's ultimate con artist.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis

A large, predatory bottom-dweller with a flattened head and serious appetite.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

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.

Bagrus meridionalis

A giant Lake Malawi catfish with one of the most complex social lives in freshwater.

Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis

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

Synodontis schoutedeni

A beginner-friendly Congo catfish with bold marbled patterning that deepens with age.

Hara jerdoni

A moth-like micro catfish from Indian hill streams, best kept in groups.