Species

Zungaro zungaro

A river giant that grows big enough to swallow your other fish whole.

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Pterodoras granulosus

A gentle giant that grazes on rainforest fruit and needs serious space.

Amblydoras hancocki

A schooling armored catfish with surprising survival tricks up its sleeve.

Cranoglanis bouderius

A hefty Chinese river catfish that doubles as a prized food fish in its homeland.

Megalechis picta

A mud-burrowing South American catfish that breathes air and builds bubble nests.

Horabagrus nigricollaris

A peaceful yellow catfish with a bold dark collar and a mouth to respect.

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.

Liosomadoras oncinus

A boldly patterned nocturnal catfish that fiercely guards its chosen hideout.

Aguarunichthys torosus

A powerfully built Peruvian catfish that treats smaller tankmates as a meal.

Pimelodus ornatus

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

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

One of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and reportedly a danger to humans.

Bagrichthys macracanthus

A nocturnal lancer catfish with territorial attitude and a dramatic dorsal spine.

Bagrichthys majusculus

A secretive Thai catfish with territorial attitude and a spine worth respecting.

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii

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

Sperata aor

A river giant with a shoveled snout that will outgrow almost any tank.

Mystus gulio

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

Synodontis njassae

Lake Malawi's only squeaker, built for cichlid tanks and rocky hideouts.

Amarginops ornatus

A sleek Congo predator with ornate markings and serious attitude toward tankmates.

Amphilius platychir

A sleek African stream catfish built for life in fast, rocky currents.

Auchenipterus nuchalis

A surface-roaming catfish with bizarre ossified barbels and secretive nocturnal habits.

Mystus mysticetus

A gregarious Southeast Asian catfish with a uniquely lateral-eyed look.

Hemibagrus punctatus

A rare, spot-flanked Indian catfish built for serious catfish specialists only.

Asterophysus batrachus

A gulper catfish that can swallow prey nearly twice its own size.

Leiarius pictus

A majestic sailfin catfish only suited to those with truly enormous tanks.

Perrunichthys perruno

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

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

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

Pimelodus pictus

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

Synodontis angelicus

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

Dianema longibarbis

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

Platydoras costatus

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

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

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

Megalodoras uranoscopus

A gentle giant catfish from the Amazon that travels in groups and growls.

Leiarius marmoratus

A massive schooling catfish with dramatic fins and a nocturnal personality.