Species

Copeina guttata

A paternal nest-guarder from the Amazon with bold red spots and real personality.

Pseudocoris yamashiroi

A fast-moving reef wrasse with vivid pink tones and open-water energy.

Cirripectes stigmaticus

A reef-flat blenny with bold red facial markings and loads of personality.

Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata

A slow-burning rainbowfish that rewards patient keepers with spectacular adult color.

Rasbora pauciperforata

A slender, red-striped schooler that thrives in soft, tannin-rich blackwater setups.

Discherodontus ashmeadi

A rare, bottom-dwelling schooler with vivid red-tipped fins and secretive nocturnal habits.

Chaetodon collare

A reef native that pairs for life but rarely forgives a rough transition to captivity.

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

A gorgeous river giant that almost no home aquarium can truly accommodate.

Aborichthys elongatus

A pebble-stream loach from the Himalayan foothills with a fondness for fast water.

Epalzeorhynchos bicolor

Bold looks, bolder attitude. This Thai native demands respect in any tank.

Xenotoca eiseni

A hardy livebearer with a nasty streak and genuinely fascinating reproductive biology.

Barbonymus altus

A bold, active schooling barb that quickly outgrows most home aquariums.

Pseudotropheus williamsi

A feisty Malawi cichlid with a vivid orange-red dorsal that demands attention.

Sewellia lineolata

A bold hillstream loach with bold patterning and surprisingly easy breeding.

Apolemichthys guezei

One of the rarest angelfishes in the world, barely known to science or hobby.

Corydoras reynoldsi

A tiny Colombian cory with a surprisingly long life and some endearing quirks.

Crenicichla saxatilis

A torpedo-shaped predator from Suriname's creeks, built to ambush and dominate.

Corydoras napoensis

A tiny armored catfish from Ecuador that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Awaous banana

A sand-sifting river giant that grazes algae like an aquatic lawnmower.

Corydoras robustus

One of the largest corys around, rarely seen and worth the hunt.

Archocentrus spinosissimus

A spiny Central American cichlid from Guatemala's Lake Izabal basin, rarely seen in the hobby.

Haplochromis sauvagei

A Lake Victoria cichlid that hunts snails and insect larvae along rocky shorelines.

Pelvicachromis roloffi

A cave-spawning West African dwarf cichlid with strong pair bonds and subtle charm.

Hypostomus roseopunctatus

A hefty South American pleco with an unusual ability to breathe air.

Sahyadria denisonii

The endangered Indian torpedo barb with a vivid red-and-black racing stripe

Pethia conchonius

Hardy, colorful schooling barb that thrives across a wide range of conditions.

Danio roseus

A rosy-hued schooling danio that thrives in lively community tanks.

Hyphessobrycon bentosi

A rosy, fin-flaring little characin that puts on its best show in a crowd.

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

A softly blushing schooling tetra that rewards keepers who think in groups.

Gramma loreto

A bold two-toned reef fish that happily swims upside down under ledges.

Panaque nigrolineatus

A wood-rasping giant with bold racing stripes and a reclusive personality.

Hemigrammus bleheri

A tight-schooling tetra whose vivid red nose blazes brightest in a large group.

Hemigrammus rhodostomus

The original rummy-nose, built for tight shoals and soft Amazon water.

Centropyge ferrugata

A compact, reef-dwelling dwarf angel with rich rusty coloring and bold personality.

Manonichthys alleni

A cave-dwelling Pacific dottyback with a fondness for living inside tubular sponges.

Aequidens tetramerus

A wide-ranging South American cichlid with vivid locality color forms worth hunting down.