Species

Acanthicus adonis

A spotted pleco that outgrows almost every home aquarium it enters.

Steatocranus casuarius

A bottom-bouncing Congo cichlid with a legendary pair bond and comical personality.

Phago loricatus

A slender West African predator with a nasty habit of stealing scales from tankmates.

Clarias alluaudi

A tough East African clariid that breathes air and thrives where other fish can't.

Hemibarbus labeo

A large, bottom-rooting cyprinid with a big personality to match its size.

Melanochromis auratus

A brilliantly colored mbuna with an attitude that demands respect and careful tankmates.

Pseudotropheus aurora

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

Mylochromis lateristriga

A sandy-bay predator from Lake Malawi with a taste for crustaceans.

Ophisternon bengalense

A burrow-building, air-breathing swamp predator that blurs the line between eel and snake.

Synodontis alberti

The Synodontis with the longest barbels and biggest eyes in the genus.

Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron

A tough West African cichlid where dad handles all the childcare duties.

Labeo chrysophekadion

A dramatically dark, shark-shaped giant that outgrows most home tanks.

Nemacheilus troglocataractus

A blind, cave-dwelling loach from a single Thai cave system.

Tropheus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that rewards patience with fascinating colony dynamics.

Melanochromis johanni

A Lake Malawi rock-dweller with bold colors and bolder attitude.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni

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

Zungaro jahu

A giant South American catfish with serious attitude and nocturnal habits.

Apistogramma brevis

A cave-spawning dwarf cichlid from a surprisingly small corner of the Amazon.

Peckoltia oligospila

A compact, cave-breeding pleco with a subtle spotted pattern and a territorial streak.

Exodon paradoxus

A scale-ripping tetra that's best kept in massive, single-species shoals.

Pseudotropheus crabro

A Malawi cichlid that transforms its colors in under a second to trick catfish.

Haplochromis burtoni

A scrappy Tanganyikan cichlid with bold color and an attitude to match.

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

A Central American cichlid that bonds for life and redecorates constantly.

Etroplus canarensis

A rare freshwater-only Indian cichlid that's surprisingly social when kept in numbers.

Theraps bocourti

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

Belontia signata

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

Alcolapia alcalicus

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

Synodontis aterrima

A small but feisty Congo catfish that keeps tankmates on their toes.

Synodontis greshoffi

A boldly patterned Congo catfish that's tougher than it looks but easier than most Synos.

Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi

A rarely traded Congo mouthbrooder with personality that far outweighs its small size.

Archocentrus septemfasciatus

A feisty Costa Rican cichlid that punches well above its weight at spawning time.

Ectodus descampsii

A shy, sand-dwelling Tanganyikan cichlid that needs its own kind to feel secure.

Ancistrus claro

A dwarf bushynose catfish from Brazil with a knack for breeding itself in mature tanks.

Peckoltia brevis

A feisty dwarf pleco from Brazil's Purus River with surprisingly bold attitude.

Channallabes apus

A serpentine African catfish that hunts prey on dry land.

Osphronemus exodon

A leaping, fruit-snatching giant with teeth that stay visible when its mouth is closed.