Species

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

A Corydoras mimic from blackwater Brazil, rarely seen but worth the search.

Pareutropius debauwi

A schooling African catfish with a see-through body and lively personality.

Erethistes jerdoni

A tiny, peaceful catfish that hides by day and explores by night.

Batasio tigrinus

A compact Thai catfish with bold tiger patterning and feisty personality.

Pimelodus blochii

A boldly striped rivercat that doubles as an accidental seed disperser in the wild.

Synodontis contracta

A pint-sized Congo catfish that spends most of its life swimming upside-down.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

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

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

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

Mystus bleekeri

A sociable South Asian catfish that thrives in groups and fits larger community tanks well.

Pareutropius buffei

A slender West African catfish that blooms with confidence in a shoal.

Ageneiosus marmoratus

A broad-snouted South American predator that plays nicer than its reputation suggests.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Amblydoras hancocki

A schooling armored catfish with surprising survival tricks up its sleeve.

Bagrichthys macracanthus

A nocturnal lancer catfish with territorial attitude and a dramatic dorsal spine.

Bagrichthys majusculus

A secretive Thai catfish with territorial attitude and a spine worth respecting.

Hara jerdoni

A moth-like micro catfish from Indian hill streams, best kept in groups.

Mystus mysticetus

A gregarious Southeast Asian catfish with a uniquely lateral-eyed look.

Pimelodus pictus

A spotted, whiskered speedster that will eat anything small enough to swallow.

Neoarius leptaspis

A mouthbrooding giant catfish that travels from rivers to the sea.

Pareutropius longifilis

A shy but lively African schooling fish that thrives in numbers

Pimelodus maculatus

A schooling predatory catfish that needs space, robust tankmates, and careful handling.

Pangasionodon hypophthalmus

Sold as a tiny silver juvenile, grows into a tank-busting giant.

Acanthodoras spinosissimus

A armored, sound-making catfish that thrives in good company.

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.

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.