Species

Sciaenochromis ahli

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi predator that stays surprisingly peaceful in a community.

Labidochromis caeruleus

The most beginner-friendly mbuna, wearing a yellow that's rarer in the wild than you'd think.

Corydoras elegans

The cory that ditches the bottom and schools in open water.

Bryconaethiops microstoma

A schooling African characin with a feisty streak and old-world charm.

Gnathonemus petersii

A trunk-nosed African oddball that navigates the dark using its own electric field.

Nimbochromis linni

A crafty Lake Malawi predator that ambushes prey with surprising patience.

Auriglobus silus

A compact puffer from Indonesian waters with a big personality and sharper teeth.

Pseudochromis elongatus

A secretive reef cave-dweller with a slim, darting silhouette.

Micralestes acutidens

A sleek African tetra that shares its wild home with the fearsome tigerfish.

Leptobotia elongata

A river giant from the Yangtze that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Hyphessobrycon amandae

Tiny, flame-colored schooler that glows in a planted tank.

Danio erythromicron

A jewel-sized Lake Inle native that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Brevibora dorsiocellata

A tiny, peaceful schooler with a vivid flash of green in its eye.

Pomacanthus imperator

One of the ocean's most dramatically patterned fish, and a true centerpiece species.

Botia udomritthiruji

A boldly barred Myanmar loach with a lively personality and complex social life.

Chaetodon paucifasciatus

A Red Sea gem with bold chevron patterning and a loyal pair bond.

Silurus glanis

One of the largest freshwater fish alive, and it knows it.

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus

A flamboyant fairy wrasse that puts on constant courtship displays in the reef tank.

Tetraodon lineatus

A large, aggressive African puffer that will bite the hand that feeds it. Literally.

Phenacogrammus major

A peaceful Congo basin schooler that rewards keepers willing to do their homework.

Corydoras melini

A boldly marked little catfish with a centuries-long lifespan hiding in a two-inch body.

Bagrichthys macropterus

A river-bottom detritivore from Southeast Asia's murky floodplain systems.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

Tiny Brazilian catfish with a Corydoras personality packed into a one-inch body.

Corydoras delphax

A long-lived armored catfish that breathes air and occasionally blinks at you.

Eirmotus octozona

A tiny, bar-striped cyprinid that rewards patient keepers with natural schooling behavior.

Liosomadoras morrowi

A secretive Peruvian catfish with a nocturnal appetite for its smaller tankmates.

Corydoras sodalis

A long-lived little catfish that genuinely needs the company of its own kind.

Petitella georgiae

The rummy-nose lookalike that rewards those who learn to tell it apart.

Amphiprion perideraion

A soft-pink, gentle clownfish that communicates by popping its jaws.

Astronotus crassipinnis

A bold, intelligent cichlid that knows your face and owns its territory.

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis

A Lake Tanganyika mouthbrooder with famously elaborate fin lure breeding tricks.

Hemigrammus unilineatus

A peaceful shoaler from South America that rewards patient keepers with easy breeding.

Nemacheilus selangoricus

A scrappy little bottom-dweller from Borneo's fast forest streams.

Tetraodon biocellatus

Pint-sized freshwater puffer with a big attitude and a taste for snails.

Dawkinsia filamentosa

A large, lively Indian barb whose males grow ornate trailing dorsal fins.

Datnioides microlepis

A boldly barred predator from Southeast Asia's great river systems.