Species

Pao palembangensis

A freshwater puffer from Southeast Asia with serious teeth and serious attitude.

Betta ibanorum

A blackwater mouthbrooder from Borneo that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Akysis prashadi

A pint-sized Myanmar catfish that vanishes into the sand, barbels first.

Chaca chaca

A living lure: the ambush catfish that fishes for its own dinner.

Chanda ranga

A ghostly glass fish from Asian rivers, delicate but endlessly fascinating.

Parambassis ranga

A living x-ray fish whose transparent body reveals its skeleton and organs.

Hypoplectrus indigo

A reef-dwelling hamlet with bold indigo patterning and a surprisingly easygoing nature.

Aphanius mento

A feisty Middle Eastern killifish best kept as a conservation project.

Parachromis managuensis

A bold, personable predator that owns every tank it inhabits.

Cubanichthys pengelleyi

A rare Jamaican killifish with clear-water roots and a reputation for challenging its keeper.

Pimelodus ornatus

A bold, predatory catfish with toxic spines and serious schooling instincts.

Polypterus bichir lapradei

A prehistoric African giant that breathes air and hunts like a predator from another era.

Brycinus macrolepidotus

A football-sized African predator that roams rivers from the Nile to the Congo.

Takifugu oblongus

A pufferfish that grows big, bites hard, and crosses into brackish water.

Chaetodon rafflesii

A coral-dependent butterflyfish that reveals its mood through a mysterious dark spot.

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii

A river giant that needs a seriously big tank and equally big tankmates.

Phycodurus eques

The leafy sea dragon looks more like drifting seaweed than a fish.

Neolamprologus leleupi

A bold, canary-yellow cave dweller from the rocky shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Gobiodon citrinus

A tiny, lemon-yellow goby that lives tucked inside coral branches in the wild.

Halichoeres leucoxanthus

A boldly two-toned wrasse with a sunny yellow top and clean white belly.

Ctenopoma acutirostre

A patient ambush predator that disguises itself as a drifting leaf.

Canthigaster leoparda

A deep-water puffer with bold leopard spots and a compact, manageable size.

Macropharyngodon meleagris

A boldly patterned reef wrasse that rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Cryptocentrus leptocephalus

A burrow-sharing goby that stands guard while its pistol shrimp partner digs.

Hippocampus erectus

A striking Atlantic seahorse with real personality, but not a beginner's fish.

Barbus lineomaculatus

A sleek African barb that migrates into flooded grasslands to spawn.

Apistogramma linkei

A secretive dwarf cichlid from Bolivia's river systems, full of personality in a small package.

Oxycirrhites typus

A perching ambush predator that claims gorgonians as its personal throne.

Doryichthys martensii

A slender, pipe-bodied hunter that lets the male handle all the parenting duties.

Zoramia leptacantha

A tiny reef cardinalfish that gathers in shimmering clouds above branching coral.

Hippocampus histrix

A thorny Indo-Pacific seahorse with dramatic spines and a delicate nature.

Mystus gulio

A schooling brackish catfish that grows surprisingly large and breathes air.

Aphyosemion loennbergii

A rare Cameroonian killifish from shaded rainforest streams, worth the extra effort.

Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

A social, zooplankton-hunting wrasse that thrives in lively reef communities.

Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Schooling reef anthias that shifts from female orange to vivid male purple.

Melanotaenia maccullochi

A compact, peaceful rainbowfish that rewards group keeping with vivid male displays.