Species

Acanthicus adonis

A spotted pleco that outgrows almost every home aquarium it enters.

Steatocranus casuarius

A bottom-bouncing Congo cichlid with a legendary pair bond and comical personality.

Butis amboinensis

An ambush predator that hunts upside-down under submerged wood

Hemibarbus labeo

A large, bottom-rooting cyprinid with a big personality to match its size.

Chaca bankanensis

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

Luciosoma setigerum

A surface-skimming predator sold under a tangle of wrong names.

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.

Hemibagrus wyckii

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

Nemacheilus troglocataractus

A blind, cave-dwelling loach from a single Thai cave system.

Pseudomystus siamensis

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

Cetoscarus bicolor

A Red Sea beauty that grazes reef algae and holds its own when challenged.

Chaca burmensis

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

Pseudacanthicus sp

A spiny, armored catfish from Venezuelan rivers with serious attitude.

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.

Lamprologus congoensis

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

Sparisoma viride

A reef sculptor that literally chews coral into Caribbean sand.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis

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

Leporacanthicus heterodon

A fang-toothed South American pleco with a surprisingly manageable personality.

Serrasalmus maculatus

A fin-biting South American predator that's actually one of the easier piranhas to keep.

Chromidotilapia guntheri

A mouthbrooding West African cichlid with fascinating shared parental care.

Hampala macrolepidota

A two-foot predatory barb that's more river monster than aquarium fish.

Liniparhomaloptera disparis

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

Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi

A rare Sri Lankan loach hidden beneath leaf litter, seldom seen in the hobby.

Ancistrus cf cirrhosus

The bristlenose catfish: a compact, algae-grazing workhorse with a face only a hobbyist could love.

Bagrus meridionalis

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

Hemiancistrus sp

A spot-patterned Orinoco pleco with a taxonomic identity that's still up for debate.

Megalancistrus sp. "L234"

A massive, aggressive pleco from eastern Brazil that demands respect and space.

Baryancistrus beggini

A tiny, dark-bodied pleco with an iridescent blue sheen from Guyana Shield rapids.

Hypancistrus sp. "L260"

A fine-patterned Tapajós pleco that breeds readily and stays compact.

Lamprologus lemairii

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

Acanthicus hystrix

A giant, armor-plated catfish that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Cichlasoma urophthalmus

A brackish-tolerant bruiser that can handle conditions few other cichlids can.

Amphiprion mccullochi

A rare island endemic with a bold personality that punches well above its size.

Oreochromis mossambicus

One of the world's most invasive fish, sold as food and kept as a curiosity.