Species

Microsynodontis batesii

A pint-sized African catfish with bold juvenile patterns that transform as it matures.

Pareutropius debauwi

A schooling African catfish with a see-through body and lively personality.

Platystacus cotylephorus

A leaf-mimicking catfish that carries its eggs on fleshy belly stalks.

Bunocephalichthys verrucosus

A master of disguise that looks more like a dead leaf than a fish.

Bunocephalus coracoideus

A master of leaf-litter disguise that only comes alive after dark.

Bunocephalus knerii

A master of camouflage that lies motionless until the lights go out.

Trachycorystes trachycorystes

A hefty South American catfish with unusual reproductive biology and serious presence.

Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Synodontis pleurops

Enormous-eyed Congo catfish that vanishes the moment the lights come on.

Pareutropius buffei

A slender West African catfish that blooms with confidence in a shoal.

Auchenipterichthys longimanus

A secretive Amazonian catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating nocturnal behavior.

Centromochlus perugiae

A tiny, shy catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating surface-feeding antics.

Trachelyichthys decaradiatus

A rarely seen South American catfish that thrives in peaceful community setups.

Tatia gyrina

A tiny Amazonian catfish that thrives in shadowy, plant-choked blackwater streams.

Bagrichthys macropterus

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

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

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.

Megalechis picta

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

Akysis prashadi

A pint-sized Myanmar catfish that vanishes into the sand, barbels first.

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.

Amphilius platychir

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

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.

Megalodoras uranoscopus

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

Hyalobagrus flavus

A tiny, sociable catfish that actually swims in the open. And has a fish that mimics it.

Pareutropius longifilis

A shy but lively African schooling fish that thrives in numbers

Megalechis thoracata

A tough, bubble-nesting catfish that breathes air and shrugs off rough conditions.

Agamyxis pectinifrons

A long-lived, armored Amazon catfish that actually makes noise when handled.

Platydoras armatulus

The catfish that actually talks. And you can hear it through the glass.

Platystomatichthys sturio

A skittish Amazon catfish with a peculiar profile and surprising longevity.