Species

Malapterurus electricus

A living electric weapon that can knock out prey with a 400-volt discharge.

Chaca bankanensis

A master of disguise that lures prey with its own barbels like a living trap.

Pseudomystus sp. "Cf Stenomus"

A secretive, predatory catfish that punches above its weight in community tanks.

Hemibagrus wyckioides

A river giant that outgrows nearly every home aquarium and knows no fear.

Akysis portellus

A tiny venomous stream catfish from Myanmar that's easier to keep than it looks.

Akysis pulvinatus

A pint-sized Thai hillstream catfish that hides among rocks and rarely reaches an inch.

Akysis vespertinus

A tiny, venomous stream catfish from Myanmar, rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Hemibagrus wyckii

A river giant that sees humans as a threat. And acts on it.

Amblydoras nauticus

A hardy little catfish that talks in the dark and rarely shows its face by day.

Batrochoglanis raninus

A compact, cave-hoarding ambush predator with serious attitude for its size.

Pseudopimelodus bufonius

A boldly patterned South American catfish that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Pseudomystus siamensis

Bold patterned and predatory, this catfish owns whatever bottom it calls home.

Chaca burmensis

A master of ambush disguise that barely moves and eats almost anything alive.

Schilbe intermedius

A schooling African catfish that cruises open water with surprising grace.

Synodontis decorus

A bold Congo catfish with a clown's wardrobe and a surprisingly peaceful personality.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Platynematichthys notatus

A bold Amazonian catfish that grows large enough to demand serious space.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis

A large, predatory bottom-dweller with a flattened head and serious appetite.

Silurus glanis

One of the largest freshwater fish alive, and it knows it.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

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.

Wallago attu

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

Zungaro zungaro

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

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.

Pimelodus ornatus

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

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii

A river giant that needs a seriously big tank and equally big tankmates.

Mystus gulio

A schooling brackish catfish that grows surprisingly large and breathes air.

Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis

A skin-shedding hill stream catfish that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Ageneiosus inermis

A giant, predatory catfish with one of the most unusual reproductive strategies in freshwater.

Synodontis schall

The unpredictable bruiser of the Synodontis world, not for community tanks.

Hemibagrus punctatus

A rare, spot-flanked Indian catfish built for serious catfish specialists only.

Leiarius pictus

A majestic sailfin catfish only suited to those with truly enormous tanks.

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

A large Amazonian catfish that lurks in deep river channels far from shore.

Megalodoras uranoscopus

A gentle giant catfish from the Amazon that travels in groups and growls.