Species

Pethia ticto

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

Sorubimichthys planiceps

A massive Amazonian predator that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Pinirampus pirinampu

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

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

A true freshwater moray that mistakes fingers for fish when hungry.

Gymnothorax tile

A true eel for freshwater tanks, built like a predator and priced for beginners.

Wallago attu

A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.

Homalopteroides modestus

A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Homalopteroides nebulosus

A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Homalopteroides stephensoni

A rare Bornean hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homalopteroides tweediei

A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.

Himantura chaophraya

One of the world's largest freshwater rays, and not for the faint-hearted.

Antennarius commerson

A master of disguise that fishes for its meals using a built-in lure.

Zungaro zungaro

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

Nannacara aureocephalus

A dwarf cichlid from blackwater French Guiana with dramatic size differences between sexes.

Valenciennea strigata

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and keeps your substrate spotless.

Pangio doriae

A worm-like peat swamp loach that loves to pile into hiding spots with its companions.

Leporacanthicus heterodon

A fang-toothed South American pleco with a surprisingly manageable personality.

Serrasalmus maculatus

A fin-biting South American predator that's actually one of the easier piranhas to keep.

Opistognathus randalli

A bold little burrower with a jaw-locking temper to match its golden markings.

Canthophrys gongota

A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.

Polypterus senegalus

A living fossil that breathes air and stalks prey like a tiny armored snake.

Pristis microdon

An ancient, river-roaming giant whose rostrum is both weapon and legend.

Elacatinus multifasciatus

A tiny reef cleaner that lives among sea urchin spines in the wild.

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

A cool-water damselfish from Australian rocky reefs with attentive parenting instincts.

Chiloscyllium punctatum

A true shark that crawls the seafloor and can survive hours out of water.

Polypterus ansorgii

A rare West African bichir that breathes air and grows impressively large.

Antennarius striatus

A master of disguise that fishes for its own meals using a built-in lure.

Hampala macrolepidota

A two-foot predatory barb that's more river monster than aquarium fish.

Nemateleotris helfrichi

A deep-reef gem that hovers and flicks its tall dorsal fin like a flag.

Potamotrygon henlei

A bold, boldly patterned river predator that demands respect and serious space.

Leptobotia taeniops

A sociable Chinese loach with a bold personality and a taste for company.

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in midwater and thrives in groups

Yunnanilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in open water, unlike most of its relatives.

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.

Ptereleotris heteroptera

A devoted reef pair that hovers gracefully above their shared burrow.