Species

Apistogramma nijsseni

A panda-patterned dwarf cichlid with fierce maternal instincts and blackwater roots.

Garra flavatra

A boldly patterned Burmese stream fish that's part algae grazer, part personality.

Pangio pangia

A slender, burrowing loach from South Asian slow waters, peaceful and endlessly curious.

Acanthocobitis pavonacea

A boldly patterned loach from northeast India that rarely appears in the trade.

Corydoras pastazensis

A long-lived Ecuadorian armored catfish with a fascinating air-breathing trick.

Geophagus brasiliensis

Iridescent eartheater with big personality and bigger territorial instincts.

Melanochromis joanjohnsonae

A compact Malawi cichlid from the rocky shores of Likoma Island.

Lamprologus stappersi

A tiny Lake Tanganyika shell-dweller with outsized territorial attitude and colony-forming charm.

Abudefduf margariteus

A rare Indian Ocean damselfish found only around two remote island outposts.

Hemiancistrus pankimpuju

A rugged Peruvian boulder-dweller with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Corydoras paleatus

Hardy, armored, and social. A true workhorse of the community tank.

Perrunichthys perruno

A little-known giant catfish from Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo basin.

Corydoras semiaquilus

A long-lived Amazonian bottom-dweller with a surprisingly expressive face.

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

A large Amazonian catfish that lurks in deep river channels far from shore.

Pterygoplichthys scrophus

A hefty Amazonian armored catfish that breathes air when conditions demand it.

Aphyolebias peruensis

A rare Amazonian killifish with an extraordinarily long egg incubation period.

Pimelodus pictus

A spotted, whiskered speedster that will eat anything small enough to swallow.

Corydoras axelrodi

A long-lived Colombian cory with variable striping and a surprisingly complex identity.

Holothuria edulis

A sand-sifting reef cleaner that earns its keep as a living filter.

Lepidocephalus macrochir

A shy, rarely traded loach that does best with gentle companions and a soft substrate.

Halichoeres melanurus

A reef-safe wrasse that earns its keep hunting pests from the sandbed up.

Botia kubotai

A polka-dotted Burmese loach with a complex social life and plenty of personality.

Synodontis angelicus

A boldly spotted Congo catfish that grows into a fierce bottom-territory defender.

Polypterus palmas polli

An ancient armored predator that breathes air and prowls the riverbed.

Dianema longibarbis

A gentle Amazon catfish that schools in midwater like a tetra.

Dekeyseria brachyura

A colour-shifting pleco that adapts its pattern to match its surroundings.

Corydoras pulcher

A long-lived armored catfish that breathes air and blinks its eyes.

Nemateleotris decora

A shy reef hoverer with a sail-like dorsal fin and vivid two-tone coloring.

Corydoras pygmaeus

Tiny catfish that defies expectations by schooling in open water, not just the bottom.

Botia dario

A boldly barred loach with a curved profile and a complex social life.

Hypseleotris guentheri

A small Pacific stream goby comfortable in fresh, brackish, or salt water.

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

A bold, territorial bottom-dweller with vivid red fins and a big personality.

Alpheus randalli

The symbiotic pistol shrimp that teams up with gobies to rule the sandbed

Amblyeleotris randalli

A reef sand-dweller that shares its burrow with a pistol shrimp partner.

Pterygoplichthys weberi

A hard-working algae grazer from Amazonian headwaters with a remarkable breathing trick.

Platydoras costatus

A bold-striped catfish that grunts, buries itself, and eats almost anything.