Species

Chaetodon mitratus

A deep-reef butterflyfish from remote Indian Ocean islands, rarely seen in the wild or in tanks.

Parambassis ranga

A living x-ray fish whose transparent body reveals its skeleton and organs.

Rocio octofasciata

A bold, brawling cichlid named after a boxing legend for good reason.

Parachromis managuensis

A bold, personable predator that owns every tank it inhabits.

Cubanichthys pengelleyi

A rare Jamaican killifish with clear-water roots and a reputation for challenging its keeper.

Hemichromis bimaculatus

Gorgeous West African cichlid that becomes a ferocious defender once paired up.

Pseudotropheus lombardoi

A notoriously aggressive mbuna with a dramatic reverse color scheme between sexes.

Cleithracara maronii

A gentle, shy cichlid whose camouflage trick is straight out of a nature documentary.

Holacanthus passer

A bold Eastern Pacific angel with a single dramatic white stripe across its flank.

Pomacanthus semicirculatus

A bold reef showpiece whose juvenile and adult forms look like completely different fish.

Pseudochalceus kyburzi

A peaceful Colombian schooler with a nippy streak worth planning around.

Melanotaenia parva

A rare mountain lake gem that puts on a show at feeding time.

Melanotaenia lacustris

A slow-developing rainbowfish whose true colors take patience to unlock.

Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi

A highland Papua New Guinea gem that rewards patient keepers with vivid color.

Glossolepis wanamensis

A critically endangered rainbowfish from a single remote Papua New Guinea lake.

Brycinus macrolepidotus

A football-sized African predator that roams rivers from the Nile to the Congo.

Gobiodon citrinus

A tiny, lemon-yellow goby that lives tucked inside coral branches in the wild.

Centropyge flavissima

A vivid all-yellow dwarf angel with a bold blue eye ring and a reputation for nipping corals.

Canthigaster leoparda

A deep-water puffer with bold leopard spots and a compact, manageable size.

Barbus lineomaculatus

A sleek African barb that migrates into flooded grasslands to spawn.

Carassius auratus var. lionhead

The beefy, hood-crowned fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Oxycirrhites typus

A perching ambush predator that claims gorgonians as its personal throne.

Zebrasoma rostratum

A sleek, all-black Pacific tang with a distinctively elongated snout.

Amphilophus lyonsi

A lesser-known Central American cichlid from Pacific-slope rivers worth seeking out.

Melanotaenia maccullochi

A compact, peaceful rainbowfish that rewards group keeping with vivid male displays.

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos

An all-blue Malawi mbuna with serious attitude and a mouthbrooding twist.

Paratilapia polleni

Madagascar's endangered black cichlid, bold in personality and beautiful in the biotope

Amphiprion tricinctus

Three bold white bars on deep orange. The Marshall Islands' own anemonefish.

Julidochromis transcriptus

A bold little rock-dweller from Lake Tanganyika with sharp black-and-white contrast.

Arothron diadematus

A bold Red Sea puffer with a dramatic masked face and serious bite.

Tetraodon suvattii

A bottom-hugging Mekong puffer that buries itself in river mud.

Astyanax fasciatus

A bold, wide-ranging tetra with a predatory streak that surprises many keepers.

Ecsenius midas

A reef blenny that mimics anthias in color, movement, and social behavior.

Chelonodon patoca

A schooling puffer from mangrove estuaries that gets surprisingly large.

Acanthurus pyroferus

A juvenile master of disguise that grows into a bold reef grazer.

Xiphophorus montezumae

A wild swordtail with an absurdly long tail sword that rivals its own body length.