Species

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

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

Corydoras adolfoi

A boldly patterned Rio Negro cory that thrives in lively groups.

Corydoras ambiacus

A spotty little armored catfish that occasionally surfaces for a gulp of air.

Erethistes jerdoni

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

Corydoras atropersonatus

A long-lived little armored catfish that actually breathes air from the surface.

Corydoras metae

The bandit-masked cory with a longer lifespan than most fishkeepers expect.

Priolepis nocturna

A tiny crevice-dweller that disappears into the reef and rarely comes out.

Schistura jarutanini

A blind cave loach from Thailand that science knows from just 22 specimens.

Corydoras nattereri

A long-lived, sociable bottom-dweller that breathes air and blinks at you.

Stiphodon atropurpureus

A thumbnail-sized stream goby that grazes biofilm and occasionally vanishes into the sand.

Corydoras boesemani

A tiny armored catfish from Suriname that breathes air and stays rare in the hobby.

Corydoras bilineatus

A long-lived Bolivian cory that breathes air and blinks at you.

Gastromyzon ctenocephalus

A tiny Bornean hillstream crawler with iridescent blue fins and bold spotted patterns.

Gramma brasiliensis

A cave-dwelling Brazilian basslet that happily swims upside down along rocky ceilings.

Corydoras duplicareus

A long-lived armored catfish with a bold nape patch and a tricky look-alike

Corydoras burgessi

A long-lived armored catfish with a bold black saddle and surprising air-breathing ability.

Pethia tiantian

A rarely exported Burmese minibarb with bold patterning and lively rival displays.

Kelloggella cardinalis

A pint-sized tidepool goby that can actually breathe out of water.

Corydoras carlae

A rarely seen Iguazu cory with twin flank blotches and peaceful, social charm.

Stiphodon semoni

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

A tiny, sociable armored catfish that occasionally breathes air.

A rare Peruvian armored catfish that breathes air and lives for decades.

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.

Pethia cumingii

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

Corydoras loxozonus

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

Centromochlus perugiae

A tiny, shy catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating surface-feeding antics.

Tatia gyrina

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

Corydoras elegans

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

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.

Schistura devdevi

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

Corydoras oiapoquensis

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

Brachygobius aggregatus

A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives from freshwater streams to brackish estuaries.

Corydoras melanotaenia

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