Species

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

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

Microsynodontis batesii

A pint-sized African catfish with bold juvenile patterns that transform as it matures.

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.

Astroblepus ubidiai

A small Ecuadorian mountain catfish with big personality for planted setups.

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

A giraffe-patterned gentle giant that needs serious space to roam.

Platystacus cotylephorus

A leaf-mimicking catfish that carries its eggs on fleshy belly stalks.

Bunocephalichthys verrucosus

A master of disguise that looks more like a dead leaf than a fish.

Bunocephalus coracoideus

A master of leaf-litter disguise that only comes alive after dark.

Bunocephalus knerii

A master of camouflage that lies motionless until the lights go out.

Trachycorystes trachycorystes

A hefty South American catfish with unusual reproductive biology and serious presence.

Auchenoglanis biscutatus

A giant, gentle African catfish that cruises the bottom with calm authority.

Synodontis contracta

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

Leiocassis longirostris

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

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.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

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

Synodontis pleurops

Enormous-eyed Congo catfish that vanishes the moment the lights come on.

Pareutropius buffei

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

Auchenipterichthys longimanus

A secretive Amazonian catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating nocturnal behavior.

Centromochlus perugiae

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

Trachelyichthys decaradiatus

A rarely seen South American catfish that thrives in peaceful community setups.

Tatia gyrina

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

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

Pterodoras granulosus

A gentle giant that grazes on rainforest fruit and needs serious space.

Amblydoras hancocki

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

Megalechis picta

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

Synodontis njassae

Lake Malawi's only squeaker, built for cichlid tanks and rocky hideouts.

Hara jerdoni

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

Amphilius platychir

A sleek African stream catfish built for life in fast, rocky currents.

Rhynchodoras woodsi

A rarely seen Amazonian catfish with a mysterious bony beak-like projection

Dianema longibarbis

A gentle Amazon catfish that schools in midwater like a tetra.

Platydoras costatus

A bold-striped catfish that grunts, buries itself, and eats almost anything.

Pareutropius longifilis

A shy but lively African schooling fish that thrives in numbers