Species

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.

Botia udomritthiruji

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

Silurus glanis

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dawkinsia filamentosa

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

Devario maetaengensis

A compact mountain-stream danio with bold patterning from northern Thailand's cool waters.

Pethia ticto

A quietly charming schooling barb from the foothills of South Asia.

Danio tinwini

A tiny spotted Burmese danio that thrives in numbers and rewards patient keepers.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

Corydoras oiapoquensis

A tiny armored catfish from a single river system, surprisingly long-lived.

Fowleria flammea

A secretive reef dweller that glows red in the shadows of lagoon corals.

Hyphessobrycon flammeus

A fiery Rio native that glows brightest when kept in a proper group.

Pinirampus pirinampu

A schooling river giant that needs serious space and serious commitment.

Melanotaenia sexlineata

A rarely seen rainbowfish from Papua New Guinea's remote rainforest creeks.

Pseudomugil furcatus

Tiny Papua New Guinea gem that puts on its best show in a proper group

Acanthurus fowleri

A reef-cruising grazer that roams seaward drop-offs in loose schools

Hemigrammus pulcher

A peaceful, colorful little tetra that thrives in numbers and suits most community tanks.

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Tiny rainforest blue-eye that rewards patient keepers with dazzling fin displays.

Corydoras geryi

A larger, long-lived cory from Bolivia that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Devario aequipinnatus

A boldly striped, fast-moving schooler that brings real energy to larger community tanks.

Devario malabaricus

A fast-moving, deep-bodied danio that needs space and confident tankmates.

Hydrocynus goliath

Razor-toothed Congo predator that most aquariums, and fishkeepers, simply cannot handle.

Prionobrama filigera

A peaceful, transparent schooling fish with a blood-red tail that earns its name.

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

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