Species

Colomesus asellus

The only true schooling puffer, and it comes from the Amazon.

Pao suvattii

A lurking ambush predator from the Mekong that barely moves until food arrives.

Aulonocara auditor

A sand-sifting Lake Malawi cichlid from a tiny northern shoreline range.

Aulonocara korneliae

A rock-dweller that hunts the sand, endemic to one Malawian island.

Aphanius sirhani

A critically endangered desert oasis killifish worth keeping as a conservation project.

Colomesus psittacus

A peaceful Atlantic puffer that genuinely tolerates company of its own kind.

Canthigaster valentini

A pint-sized puffer so bold that other fish evolved just to copy it.

Canthigaster bennetti

A pint-sized puffer with big personality and a surprisingly calm disposition.

Rhinecanthus verrucosus

A Picasso-patterned triggerfish that prefers retreat over confrontation.

Gramma melacara

A deep-reef beauty that swims upside-down along underwater cliff faces.

Apteronotus albifrons

A velvety black, ribbon-finned predator that navigates by its own electric field.

Sufflamen chrysopterum

A hardy, boldly patterned triggerfish with a surprisingly calm disposition for the group.

Andinoacara pulcher

A forgiving cichlid with real personality, perfect for community tanks with medium-sized fish.

Xenopterus naritus

A freshwater-adapted puffer from Southeast Asian rivers, rarely seen in the trade.

Julidochromis dickfeldi

A rock-hugging Tanganyikan cichlid that pairs for life and guards its cave fiercely.

Hypoplectrus unicolor

A Caribbean reef predator surprisingly well-suited to beginner saltwater tanks.

Pao cochinchinensis

A compact, ornery puffer from Southeast Asian rivers with outsized personality.

Canthigaster rostrata

A pint-sized Atlantic puffer with a big personality and a beak to match.

Halichoeres richmondi

A reef-dwelling wrasse that moves in loose social groups across coral-rich shallows.

Hypselecara coryphaenoides

A peaceful giant from blackwater rivers that transforms dramatically when spawning.

Coris gaimard

A wrasse that completely reinvents its look from juvenile to adult.

Altolamprologus compressiceps

A laterally flattened Tanganyikan predator built to hunt in razor-thin rock crevices.

Aphyocharax paraguayensis

A lively little shoaler that pairs well with dwarf cichlids and Corydoras.

Colomesus tocantinensis

A tiny puffer from Brazilian waters, surprisingly manageable for newer keepers.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus

A flamboyant fairy wrasse that puts on constant courtship displays in the reef tank.

Cyphotilapia frontosa

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

Julidochromis ornatus

A rock-hugging Tanganyikan cichlid that bonds for life with its partner.

Channa stewartii

A hardy Himalayan predator that breathes air and tolerates a range of conditions.

Mylochromis melanonotus

A sand-dwelling Lake Malawi predator with a jaw that caused decades of taxonomic confusion.

Austrolebias adloffi

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

Canthigaster leoparda

A deep-water puffer with bold leopard spots and a compact, manageable size.

Oxycirrhites typus

A perching ambush predator that claims gorgonians as its personal throne.

Tetraodon suvattii

A bottom-hugging Mekong puffer that buries itself in river mud.

Chelonodon patoca

A schooling puffer from mangrove estuaries that gets surprisingly large.

Canthigaster papua

A compact reef puffer with a bold false eyespot and surprisingly manageable care needs.