Species

A tiny, long-lived catfish with a fascinating natural mimicry story.

A tiny rock-dwelling catfish from the Argentine Andes, rarely if ever seen in aquariums.

Lamontichthys llanero

A rare South American whiptail that rewards patient keepers with unusual character.

Pethia cumingii

A peaceful Sri Lankan gem with bold black blotches and sunshine-yellow fins.

Chlamydogobius eremius

A tiny Australian desert survivor that laughs at water conditions others can't handle.

Corydoras loxozonus

A long-lived Colombian cory that thrives in groups and breathes a little air on the side.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The loach that supposedly predicts the weather and definitely has personality.

Ancistrus claro

A dwarf bushynose catfish from Brazil with a knack for breeding itself in mature tanks.

Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

A daylight-active schooling loach with a bold ladder-patterned back and big personality.

Acanthopsoides robertsi

A tiny burrowing loach with a distinctive caudal marking and big personality.

Peckoltia brevis

A feisty dwarf pleco from Brazil's Purus River with surprisingly bold attitude.

Tatia gyrina

A tiny Amazonian catfish that thrives in shadowy, plant-choked blackwater streams.

Geophagus proximus

A sand-sifting cichlid that's gentler than its 'aggressive' label suggests.

Geophagus steindachneri

A harem-forming eartheater with a complex personality and mouthbrooding surprises.

Amphiprion sandaracinos

A solid stripe from nose to dorsal fin sets this all-orange clownfish apart.

Corydoras elegans

The cory that ditches the bottom and schools in open water.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Corydoras melini

A boldly marked little catfish with a centuries-long lifespan hiding in a two-inch body.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

Tiny Brazilian catfish with a Corydoras personality packed into a one-inch body.

Corydoras sodalis

A long-lived little catfish that genuinely needs the company of its own kind.

Amphiprion perideraion

A soft-pink, gentle clownfish that communicates by popping its jaws.

Synodontis euptera

A long-lived African catfish whose dramatic dorsal fin grows more impressive with age.

Nemacheilus selangoricus

A scrappy little bottom-dweller from Borneo's fast forest streams.

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

Corydoras oiapoquensis

A tiny armored catfish from a single river system, surprisingly long-lived.

A sand-sifting cichlid from the Tocantins that's far calmer than its reputation suggests.

Sinibotia robusta

A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.

Baryancistrus xanthellus

A bold, boulder-dwelling pleco from Brazil's rapids that doesn't share its territory.

Pterodoras granulosus

A gentle giant that grazes on rainforest fruit and needs serious space.

Corydoras melanotaenia

A long-bodied, gold-finned cory that's rarer in tanks than it deserves to be.

Stiphodon elegans

A jewel-toned goby built for fast, crystal-clear rainforest streams.

Chromidotilapia guntheri

A mouthbrooding West African cichlid with fascinating shared parental care.

Archocentrus multispinosus

A tough Central American cichlid with serious parenting instincts and surprising heat tolerance.

Apistogramma hoignei

A dwarf cichlid from the Orinoco with cave-breeding instincts and complex taxonomic intrigue.

Liniparhomaloptera disparis

A tiny mountain stream hillstream loach with surprisingly bold territorial behavior.