Species

Megalechis picta

A mud-burrowing South American catfish that breathes air and builds bubble nests.

Heniochus chrysostomus

A bold-banded bannerfish with a dramatic dorsal fin and reef-roaming habits.

Alfaro huberi

A sleek Central American livebearer built for fast, clear currents.

Chaetodon mitratus

A deep-reef butterflyfish from remote Indian Ocean islands, rarely seen in the wild or in tanks.

Puntius sahyadriensis

A rare Indian hill-stream barb that truly shines when kept in a proper school.

Heniochus pleurotaenia

A rarely seen bannerfish that schools in impressive numbers across Indian Ocean reefs.

Pethia setnai

A peaceful, school-loving barb from Goa's clear streams, perfect for community tanks.

Melanotaenia irianjaya

A rarely seen rainbowfish with an unusual fin shape that sets it apart from its cousins.

Hemigrammus hyanuary

A peaceful little tetra that looks like a stretched head-and-tail light fish.

Oryzias latipes

The first vertebrate to mate in space, now a rewarding nano fish for patient keepers.

Ladigesia roloffi

A tiny West African gem that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Corydoras trilineatus

Commonly sold as julii cory, this peaceful armored catfish is a beginner-friendly gem.

Corydoras multiradiatus

A large, long-snouted cory with a fascinating air-breathing trick up its sleeve.

Corydoras kanei

A small, spotted cory from blackwater rivers that breathes air and charms beginners.

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus

The only catfish where dad carries the eggs on his lips.

Puntius vittatus

A peaceful little barb from rice fields and streams, best kept in lively groups.

Paretroplus kieneri

A peaceful Malagasy cichlid rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Pangio kuhlii

The eel-like bottom dweller that disappears for weeks and reappears at midnight.

Melanotaenia parva

A rare mountain lake gem that puts on a show at feeding time.

Melanotaenia lacustris

A slow-developing rainbowfish whose true colors take patience to unlock.

Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi

A highland Papua New Guinea gem that rewards patient keepers with vivid color.

Glossolepis wanamensis

A critically endangered rainbowfish from a single remote Papua New Guinea lake.

Trigonostigma espei

A copper-bodied schooler whose distinctive lambchop marking sets it apart from look-alikes.

Corydoras lamberti

A rare and enigmatic armored catfish from the Peruvian Amazon, best kept in groups.

Boraras urophthalmoides

Tiny, timid, and full of personality when kept in a proper group.

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

A subtly beautiful schooling tetra that rewards keepers who buy a proper-sized group.

Peckoltia compta

A compact Brazilian pleco with a bold pattern and a useful breathing trick.

Astyanax leopoldi

A rarely seen South American tetra that rewards patient shoppers with active schooling behavior.

Chaetodon lineolatus

The largest butterflyfish in the world, with a bold graphic pattern to match.

Carassius auratus var. lionhead

The beefy, hood-crowned fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Homaloptera smithi

A fast-water hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homaloptera zollingeri

A flattened, rock-clinging stream dweller that crawls and hops like a lizard.

Acantopsis octoactinotos

A slender, sand-diving loach with a distinctively elongated snout.

Brycinus longipinnis

A lively West African schooler that needs space and confident tankmates.

Forcipiger flavissimus

A needle-nosed reef hunter that picks prey from crevices other fish can't reach.

Corydoras narcissus

A long-snouted cory from the Amazon, rarely seen and worth the search.