Species

Sorubimichthys planiceps

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

Centropyge loricula

A reef-dwelling jewel that brings bold color and personality to the right tank.

Paracheilinus rubricaudalis

A rare Fijian flasher wrasse from the outer reef, barely known in the hobby.

Pinirampus pirinampu

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

Betta foerschi

A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Channa lucius

A true apex predator from Southeast Asian forest streams, surprisingly manageable in the right setup.

Chaetodon capistratus

A Caribbean reef classic that often mates for life.

Neolamprologus tetracanthus

A sand-dwelling Lake Tanganyika predator with a clever trick for eating snails.

Dermogenys pusilla

A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling

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.

Gymnarchus niloticus

A five-foot electric predator that will bite the hand that feeds it.

Wallago attu

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

Lamprologus ocellatus

Pocket-sized cichlid with big personality, built around a borrowed shell

Cyphotilapia frontosa

A long-lived Lake Tanganyika giant with a signature forehead hump and surprising personality.

Aphyosemion gabunense gabunense

A gentle Gabonese killifish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Ctenolucius hujeta

A surface-hunting predator that plays nicer with tankmates than its looks suggest.

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.

Betta anabatoides

A rare mouthbrooding betta from Borneo's blackwater streams, built for serious collectors.

Stichodactyla gigantea

A vast, velvety anemone that transforms any reef into a clownfish paradise.

Bagarius bagarius

A river giant from the Indian subcontinent with a famously tangled identity.

Boulengerochromis microlepis

The largest African cichlid, built like a predator and almost as big as your arm.

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.

Osphronemus goramy

A fish that recognizes its owner and outlives most pets in your house.

Hippocampus ingens

The largest seahorse in the Pacific, built for life among deep coral branches.

Macrochirichthys macrochirus

A river giant with an upturned jaw and swordlike pectoral fins rarely seen in home tanks.

Hydrocynus goliath

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

Zungaro zungaro

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

Puntius guganio

A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.

Kryptopterus geminus

A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke

Kryptopterus limpok

A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers

Parambassis siamensis

A transparent Southeast Asian schooler that hides in plain sight.