Species

Malapterurus electricus

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

Hemichromis letourneuxi

A bold, pair-bonding cichlid that earns its jeweled reputation through color and attitude.

Butis amboinensis

An ambush predator that hunts upside-down under submerged wood

Chaca bankanensis

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

Luciosoma setigerum

A surface-skimming predator sold under a tangle of wrong names.

Aphanius baeticus

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

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.

Channa striata

A giant air-breathing predator that can survive drought by burrowing into mud.

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.

Channa orientalis

A compact, air-breathing predator with remarkable breeding behavior and surprising adaptability.

Clea helena

The snail that hunts other snails. A living solution to pest outbreaks.

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.

Xenotilapia sima

A sand-sifting Tanganyikan schooler that rarely turns up in the hobby

Pangio oblonga

A slender, uniformly dark loach that loves company and hides in plain sight.

Ambastaia nigrolineata

A rare, sociable loach with bold racing stripes and fascinating group behaviors.

Balitoropsis zollingeri

A flat-bodied stream crawler that hops and clings across rocks like no other loach.

Lamprologus speciosus

A pint-sized shell-brooding cichlid from Lake Tanganyika with outsized attitude.

Apistogramma hongsloi

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

Channa melasoma

A compact, nocturnal predator built for dark, acidic forest streams.

Hemibagrus wyckii

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

Channa maculata

A predatory bruiser that breathes air and guards its young with fierce devotion.

Yasuhikotakia modesta

A sociable Mekong loach with vivid fins and a complex social life.

Amblydoras nauticus

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

Paracyprichromis nigripinnis

A peaceful Tanganyikan schooler that hangs vertically against rock walls to spawn.

Mikrogeophagus altispinosus

The hardier, more forgiving cousin of the popular ram cichlid.

Pangio shelfordii

A patterned eel-loach from Borneo's blackwater forests, with surprising personality for its size.

Chalinochromis brichardi

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

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.