Species

Canthigaster solandri

A compact reef puffer with vivid spotted patterning and a surprisingly mild temperament.

Abalistes stellaris

A surprisingly beginner-friendly triggerfish with bold spots and serious size.

Apistogramma steindachneri

A harem-breeding dwarf cichlid with bold lateral markings from Guiana's rivers.

Synchiropus stellatus

A pint-sized predator from Indian Ocean reefs, built for life among the rubble.

Arothron stellatus

The largest puffer in the world, built like a torpedo with a beak to match.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Pseudanthias hypselosoma

A robust, gregarious anthias that thrives in calmer reef lagoons across the Indo-Pacific.

Apistogramma eremnopyge

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a dark tail blotch and surprisingly complex social needs.

Corynactis annulata

A tough, colorful corallimorpharian that thrives where most corals struggle.

Boraras naevus

A thumbnail-sized Thai rasbora with bold body blotches and big personality in groups.

Buccochromis nototaenia

A rarely seen Malawi predator that hunts cichlids over open sand flats.

Chilomycterus schoepfii

A spiny, permanently-armed puffer relative that never needs to inflate to look the part.

Pseudochromis sankeyi

A rare dottyback that actually plays well with others in a reef tank.

Plotosus lineatus

The only catfish that calls coral reefs home, and it comes armed.

Barilius barna

A bold, fast-moving hill stream schooler that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Boulengerella lateristriga

A torpedo-shaped Amazonian predator that schools when young and hunts when older.

Selenotoca multifasciata

A bold, active brackish fish that grows big and keeps things lively.

Cichla temensis

A giant Amazonian predator that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus

A boldly patterned Amazonian catfish that thrives in community tanks.

Chitala hypselonotus

A massive, air-breathing knifefish from the jungle rivers of Borneo and Sumatra.

Kottelatlimia pristes

A tiny blackwater loach from Borneo that punches above its weight in personality.

Tubastraea coccinea

Brilliant orange polyps that only open at night. And demand to be fed.

Tubastraea violacea

A rare subtropical sun coral from Hong Kong's reef slopes, thriving in low light.

Leptopsammia pruvoti

A rare non-photosynthetic cup coral that thrives in low-light reef corners.

Rasbora lacrimula

A tiny Bornean rasbora with a teardrop tail spot and big personality in a school.

Placidochromis milomo

The Lake Malawi cichlid famous for its wild, oversized lips.

Liopropoma swalesi

A secretive reef gem that rewards patient, detail-oriented keepers.

Synbranchus madeirae

A secretive South American swamp eel with surprising parental instincts.

Liopropoma rubre

A boldly striped little basslet that stays hidden but rewards patient reef keepers.

Neogonodactylus oerstedii

A compact, punchy reef predator with claws built for cracking and crushing.

A large, deep-water African catfish built for serious species setups.

Chaetodon trichrous

A rarely seen Pacific butterflyfish from the islands of Tahiti.

Lates angustifrons

A massive Lake Tanganyika predator that almost no aquarium can responsibly house.

Aphanius apodus

Algeria's rarest killifish relative, built for hard water and conservation-minded keepers.

Mystus tengara

A small South Asian catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Zoogoneticus tequila

A fish kept in aquariums that may no longer exist anywhere in the wild.