Species

Caridina spongicola

A bright little freshwater shrimp with a wild Sulawesi backstory.

Oryzias celebensis

A rare Sulawesi ricefish with surprisingly easy breeding and fascinating spawning behavior.

Carassius auratus var. celestial

The upward-gazing fancy goldfish that trades agility for pure personality.

Danio margaritatus

Tiny, jewel-spotted fish that rewards patient keepers with spectacular color displays.

Oliotius oligolepis

A peaceful, easy-to-keep schooler with bold checker-patterned scales.

Crenicara punctulatum

A tiny cichlid that literally changes sex as it matures.

Julidochromis marlieri

A rock-hugging Tanganyikan cichlid with a bold personality and lifelong pair bonds.

Puntius titteya

A beginner-friendly Sri Lankan barb that glows deepest red in a good-sized group.

Neocaridina davidi

Vivid little grazers that keep tanks clean and breed readily in captivity.

Boraras brigittae

Tiny, brilliantly red schooling fish that thrives in a species-focused nano setup.

Gyrinocheilus aymonieri

A familiar trade fish that often surprises owners with its attitude as it matures.

Beaufortia kweichowensis

A flat, fin-fused hillstream specialist that crawls rocks like no other loach.

Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Pelodiscus sinensis

A leathery, long-snouted predator that's more personality than shell.

Myxocyprinus asiaticus

A dramatic juvenile that grows into a massive, migratory river fish almost nobody is prepared for.

Theraps bocourti

A rare Guatemalan cichlid with impressive parental care and a feisty personality.

Hyphessobrycon vilmae

A tiny Amazonian tetra sold as the chocolate neon, rarely seen but worth seeking out.

Synodontis flavitaeniata

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with filamentous barbels and a peaceful nature.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Puntius chola

A lively, wide-ranging barb that thrives in groups and suits peaceful community tanks.

Haplochromis chromogynos

A specialized Lake Victoria cichlid that hunts insect larvae along rocky shorelines.

Protomelas annectens

A curious Lake Malawi cichlid that hunts by following disturbances in the sand.

Barbodes dunckeri

A boldly patterned Malaysian barb that's been hiding behind its cousin's name for decades.

Barbodes everetti

A misidentified Bornean barb finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Chromobotia macracanthus

A long-lived, social bottom-dweller that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Rasbora kalochroma

A rosy, large-bodied rasbora that rewards keepers who give it room to school properly.

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Synodontis obesus

A hefty West African catfish with a surprising electric organ hidden inside.

Stiphodon semoni

A tiny rainforest stream goby with big personality and territorial tendencies.

Hypostomus cochliodon

A hefty South American pleco with a surprisingly specialized wood-scraping bite.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Hyphessobrycon takasei

A quietly charming little tetra with a distinctive coffee-dark body spot.

Hyphessobrycon columbianus

A bold Colombian tetra with vivid red fins and a peaceful, social nature.

Belontia signata

Sri Lanka's feisty labyrinth fish, with a reddish glow and a short temper.

Carassius auratus var. comet

The classic long-tailed goldfish that outlives most aquarium pets.

Alcolapia alcalicus

A cichlid from one of Earth's most inhospitable lakes, built to survive where almost nothing else can.