Species

Pseudotropheus aurora

A scrappy Malawi mbuna from the rock-sand interface, with real personality to spare.

Chrysiptera hemicyanea

A bold splash of blue and yellow that punches above its small size.

Poecilia maylandi

A little-known Mexican molly with big personality and a taste for algae.

Chaetodon striatus

A Caribbean reef classic that moonlights as a cleaning station attendant.

Stegastes leucostictus

A small, personable damselfish that tends its own algae garden on the reef floor.

Centropyge bicolor

A boldly two-toned dwarf angel that darts and hides across the reef.

Neoglyphidodon melas

A boldly colored damsel with a feisty attitude that only grows with age.

Carassius auratus var. blackmoor

The velvety, telescope-eyed goldfish that turns heads in any pond or tank.

Cryptoheros spilurus

A compact Central American cichlid with fierce pair bonds and big personality.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni

A rock-grazing Lake Malawi cichlid with a bold personality and remarkable color diversity.

Paracanthurus hepatus

The fish that plays dead, then rules the reef with bold personality.

Carassius auratus var. bubble-eye

The wobbling, sac-eyed goldfish that demands a bubble-safe aquarium.

Carassius auratus var. calico

A patchwork of orange, black, and white that only gets better with age.

Carassius auratus var. celestial

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

Carassius auratus var. comet

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

Centropyge bispinosa

A reef-dwelling dwarf angel with bold color and a feisty personality.

Chaetodon vagabundus

A wide-ranging reef butterfly that pairs for life and patrols its territory together.

Chaetodon paucifasciatus

A Red Sea gem with bold chevron patterning and a loyal pair bond.

Neolamprologus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that raises its young as a multigenerational family group.

Carassius auratus var. fantail

The gateway fancy goldfish. Forgiving, long-lived, and shaped like a swimming egg.

Heniochus chrysostomus

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

Chaetodon mitratus

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

Cleithracara maronii

A gentle, shy cichlid whose camouflage trick is straight out of a nature documentary.

Carassius auratus var. lionhead

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

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos

An all-blue Malawi mbuna with serious attitude and a mouthbrooding twist.

Amphiprion tricinctus

Three bold white bars on deep orange. The Marshall Islands' own anemonefish.

Amphiprion ocellaris

The iconic reef fish that lives fearlessly among stinging anemone tentacles.

Halichoeres melasmapomus

A bold cheek-spotted wrasse with a wide Pacific range and big personality.

Carassius auratus var. oranda

The velvet-capped fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keeping.

Amphiprion polymnus

A boldly patterned clownfish with a preference for sandy, silty homes.

Carassius auratus var. pearlscale

The round, jewel-scaled fancy goldfish that looks almost too spherical to be real.

Carassius auratus var. ranchu

The roly-poly fancy goldfish bred to look like a swimming raspberry.

Cirrhilabrus solorensis

A reef-dweller that actually uses coral cover, not just open rubble.

Centropyge ferrugata

A compact, reef-dwelling dwarf angel with rich rusty coloring and bold personality.

Carassius auratus var. ryukin

The hump-backed beauty of fancy goldfish keeping, built for cool, calm ponds and tanks.

Poecilia latipinna

The male's enormous sail-like dorsal fin makes this livebearer instantly recognizable.