Species

Pterois antennata

A venomous nocturnal predator draped in bold bars and elaborate fins.

Aphanius baeticus

A critically rare Spanish killifish that rewards dedicated keepers willing to help conserve it.

Mastacembelus circumcinctus

A secretive burrowing eel that vanishes into the substrate for days at a time.

Syncrossus helodes

A bold, large loach that needs space, company, and an owner who means business.

Polypterus delhezi

A living fossil from the Congo that breathes air and hunts by smell.

Devario pathirana

A rare Sri Lankan danio with bold vertical bars and a lively, boisterous personality.

Polypterus bichir bichir

A living fossil that breathes air and hunts by smell alone.

Arothron immaculatus

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific puffer with estuarine roots and a no-nonsense attitude.

Paragobiodon lacunicolus

A tiny goby that spends its entire life tucked inside a single coral colony.

Apistogramma hongsloi

A compact Colombian dwarf cichlid that pairs up and parents together.

Xanthichthys auromarginatus

A long-lived, manageable trigger that actually leaves your rockwork alone.

Parupeneus cyclostomus

A reef-flat hunter that uses whisker-like barbels to sniff out hidden prey.

Chalinochromis brichardi

A bold little rubble-dweller from Tanganyika's rocky shoreline.

Scolopsis bilineata

A reef carnivore whose juveniles pull off a clever blenny disguise.

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.

Brachygobius xanthozona

Bold black-and-yellow banding packed into a tiny, personality-filled goby.

Brachygobius xanthozonus

Tiny, bold, and banded. This pint-sized brackish goby has serious attitude.

Brachygobius doriae

Tiny, boldly banded, and feistier than its size suggests.

Brachygobius nunus

Tiny, bold, and bracksih-water tough. The bumblebee goby punches above its weight.

Schilbe intermedius

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

Amphiprion chagosensis

A rare Indian Ocean clownfish from one of the world's most remote archipelagos.

Echidna catenata

A crab-hunting moray that will crawl onto land to chase down its prey.

Aulonocara ethelwynnae

A rare Lake Malawi sand-dweller with rich chocolate barring on breeding males.

Vaillantella maassi

A secretive, eel-like loach with a bold orange dorsal stripe and a sky-high price tag.

Synodontis decorus

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

Polypterus endlicheri congicus

A prehistoric armored predator that breathes air and swallows prey whole.

Platynematichthys notatus

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

Butis butis

The brackish ambush predator that hunts just as happily upside down as right-side up.

Indostomus crocodilus

A tiny armored oddity from Thai blackwater streams, best kept in small groups.

Biotodoma cupido

A peaceful community cichlid that rewards keepers who buy a proper group.

Parupeneus barberinus

A bold, active sand-sifter built for big reef systems with open substrate.

Krobia itanyi

A subtly beautiful South American cichlid with surprisingly gentle manners for the genus.

Schistura pridii

A tiny, feisty loach with bold dragon-like patterning from Thai mountain streams.

Dendrochirus brachypterus

A venomous pocket predator that spends most of its time just sitting there, looking menacing.

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys

A South American eartheater with surprisingly flexible pair-bonding and a cool-water edge.