Species

Brotia pagodula

A spiny, armored snail that rewards patience with fascinating behavior.

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.

Pao palembangensis

A freshwater puffer from Southeast Asia with serious teeth and serious attitude.

Betta ibanorum

A blackwater mouthbrooder from Borneo that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

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.

Chanda ranga

A ghostly glass fish from Asian rivers, delicate but endlessly fascinating.

Parambassis ranga

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

Laubuka laubuca

A schooling surface-dweller with a genuinely tangled identity across Asia.

Oryzias dancena

A tiny, peaceful ricefish that carries its eggs like a living clutch before planting them.

Xenentodon canciloides

A freshwater needlefish that's calmer than its needle-filled grin suggests.

Channa micropeltes

A genuinely massive predator that outgrows most home aquariums before you know it.

Aphanius mento

A feisty Middle Eastern killifish best kept as a conservation project.

Barbus jae

A tiny, jewel-toned African barb best kept in a species-focused setup

Parachromis managuensis

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

Parachromis motaguensis

A bold Central American predator that holds its own against anything in the tank.

Dario kajal

Tiny scarlet predator from India's hill streams, big on attitude.

Cubanichthys pengelleyi

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

Oryzias javanicus

A surface-dwelling ricefish with surprisingly complex spawning behavior, rarely seen for sale.

Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi

A rare Sri Lankan loach hidden beneath leaf litter, seldom seen in the hobby.

Apistogramma sp. "Kelleri"

A mouthbrooding dwarf cichlid with a remarkably flexible approach to raising its young.

Brachygobius kabiliensis

Tiny bumblebee-patterned goby from Borneo's mangroves, surprisingly manageable for new keepers.

Pimelodus ornatus

A bold, predatory catfish with toxic spines and serious schooling instincts.

Austrolebias adloffi

A tiny annual killifish that races through its entire life cycle in months.

Channa pardalis

A leopard-patterned snakehead from India's misty Khasi Hills.

Betta simplex

A rare mouth-brooding betta from Thailand's limestone streams, peaceful by betta standards.

Caquetaia kraussii

A predatory Colombian cichlid that lurks in swamps and ambushes its prey.

Pangio cuneovirgata

A rare kuhli lookalike from blackwater peat swamps, seldom seen outside expert collections.

Pangio filinaris

A slender, plain-bodied eel loach from the forested streams of peninsular Malaysia.

Pangio malayana

A slender kuhli loach relative that travels incognito in mixed shipments

Pangio piperata

A speckled, secretive kuhli loach that turns up as a mystery in mixed shipments.

Pangio sp. "PAN03"

A mystery kuhli loach from Borneo that science hasn't named yet.

Petruichthys brevis

A tiny loach from Myanmar's famous Inle Lake, best kept in groups.

Polypterus bichir lapradei

A prehistoric African giant that breathes air and hunts like a predator from another era.

Brycinus macrolepidotus

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