Species

Aspidoras taurus

A pint-sized armored catfish that breathes air and thrives in groups.

Puntius terio

A peaceful, adaptable schooling barb that's surprisingly rare in the trade given its wide range.

Corydoras pantanalensis

A long-lived Bolivian cory with a quirky air-gulping habit worth watching for.

Hassar orestis

A sound-producing doradid catfish that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Oxydoras niger

A school-forming gentle giant that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Iriatherina werneri

Delicate featherfin rainbowfish with spectacular filamentous fins best shown in a species setup.

Dascyllus trimaculatus

A bold reef dweller that gets feistier with every passing year.

Pseudanos trimaculatus

A schooling headstander with a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality in smaller groups.

Boraras micros

One of the tiniest cyprinids around, and genuinely underrated for the right setup.

Nannostomus trifasciatus

A pencilfish with real attitude. Best kept in big groups with broken sightlines.

Puntigrus tetrazona

Bold, nippy, and best kept in a big rowdy group of its own kind.

Puntigrus anchisporus

A wild Bornean tiger barb that puts the common trade fish to shame.

Syncrossus berdmorei

A bold, clicking loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Inlecypris maetaengensis

A tiny Thai mountain-stream schooler sold as tiger danio, worth a closer look.

Syncrossus hymenophysa

A boldly barred, sharp-spined loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

A shimmering river giant that rapidly outgrows most home aquariums.

Hyphessobrycon stegemanni

A tiny Tocantins tetra often mistaken for its look-alike neighbor.

Schistura cf balteata

A boldly patterned Myanmar loach that comes in pink or yellow. Nobody knows why.

Chalceus erythrurus

A bold, active surface cruiser with a brilliantly colored tail to match its attitude.

Pethia erythromycter

A tiny Myanmar barb with a red nose and big attitude toward tankmates.

Farlowella mariaelenae

A living twig that grazes algae and barely moves. Until it does.

Astyanax bimaculatus

A robust South American characin that rewards keepers willing to think big.

Mystus leucophasis

An upside-down catfish from Myanmar that stays that way. And means business.

Synodontis batensoda

A large African catfish that genuinely swims upside down as its default mode.

Barilius vagra

A fast, bold hill-stream cyprinid that needs equally assertive tankmates.

Chromis vanderbilti

A small, shoaling Pacific damsel that's genuinely easy on beginners and neighbors alike.

Melanotaenia vanheurni

A rarely seen New Guinea rainbowfish with a very limited wild range.

Rasboroides vaterifloris

A rare Sri Lankan gem that shimmers in red, orange, or yellow depending on where it hatched.

Tanichthys micagemmae

A lesser-known cousin of the white cloud that rewards keepers who look closely.

Corydoras virginiae

A long-lived armored catfish from Peru with a surprisingly personal quirk: it blinks.

Corydoras weitzmani

A long-lived little catfish that blinks at you from the bottom of the tank.

Tanichthys albonubes

A cold-tolerant schooling fish that practically takes care of itself.

Acanthurus albipectoralis

A reef-edge schooler that hunts open water instead of grazing the bottom.

Axelrodia stigmatias

A tiny Amazonian shoaler that rewards patient keepers with lively social behavior.

Corydoras albolineatus

A white-striped Bolivian cory that occasionally gulps air at the surface.

Pristella maxillaris

The see-through tetra whose bold dorsal fin pattern makes a school unforgettable.