Species

Pungu maclareni

A critically endangered sponge-eating cichlid found nowhere else on Earth.

Zebrasoma xanthurum

A deep-violet beauty from the Red Sea with a temper to match its looks.

Dichotomyctere ocellatus

A pint-sized puffer from Southeast Asia with a big predatory personality.

Holacanthus ciliaris

A regal Atlantic giant that demands space and earns every inch of it.

Neoceratodus forsteri

A living fossil that breathes air and may outlive its keeper by decades.

Herotilapia multispinosa

A rare Central American cichlid that actually plays well with others.

Hypseleotris guentheri

A small Pacific stream goby comfortable in fresh, brackish, or salt water.

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

A bold, territorial bottom-dweller with vivid red fins and a big personality.

Halichoeres iridis

A kaleidoscopic reef wrasse that shifts color as it matures.

Badis ruber

A secretive cave-spawning micro-predator with fascinating breeding behavior and bold flank markings.

Piaractus brachypomus

A fruit-eating giant that outgrows nearly every home aquarium.

Tilapia zillii

A tank-busting herbivore that will devour your plants and ask for more.

Perisesarma bidens

A feisty little brackish crab with vivid red claws and a personality to match.

Cherax quadricarinatus

A bold, fast-growing Australian crayfish with vivid red claw markings on the males.

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

A sociable loach with complex group dynamics and real personality to match.

Epalzeorhynchos munense

A rarely seen shark with a jet-black body and vivid red fins from Southeast Asian rivers.

Neocirrhites armatus

A vivid red percher that rules its corner of the reef from a favorite rock.

Myloplus rubripinnis

A coin-shaped giant with a bold red fin and a serious appetite for plants.

Satanoperca rhynchitis

A gregarious French Guiana cichlid with distinctive red lips and surprising gentleness outside of spawning.

Anostomus ternetzi

A boldly striped headstander that swims at its own angle. Literally.

Aulonocara hansbaenschi

A peacock cichlid from southern Malawi with fiery coloration and manageable temperament.

Nannostomus mortenthaleri

A tiny, fiery Peruvian pencilfish that punches well above its weight in attitude.

Epiplatys lamottei

A West African surface killifish dressed in red spots and dark bars.

Geophagus surinamensis

A mouthbrooding digger that sifts sand and fiercely guards its young.

Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia

A compact, red-lined puffer from mangrove creeks that thrives in brackish setups.

Procambarus clarkii

Hardy, bold, and endlessly entertaining. But a menace to planted tanks.

Cyclocheilos enoplos

A giant Southeast Asian river fish that belongs in public aquaria, not home tanks.

Aborichthys elongatus

A pebble-stream loach from the Himalayan foothills with a fondness for fast water.

Barbonymus altus

A bold, active schooling barb that quickly outgrows most home aquariums.

Pseudotropheus williamsi

A feisty Malawi cichlid with a vivid orange-red dorsal that demands attention.

Metriaclima estherae

A bold, scrappy cichlid that brings serious color and attitude to the African rift tank.

Erpetoichthys calabaricus

A living fossil with an eel-like body and a lineage older than the dinosaurs.

Apolemichthys guezei

One of the rarest angelfishes in the world, barely known to science or hobby.

Archocentrus spinosissimus

A spiny Central American cichlid from Guatemala's Lake Izabal basin, rarely seen in the hobby.

Holacanthus tricolor

A bold Atlantic angel with dramatically different juvenile and adult coloration.

Haplochromis sauvagei

A Lake Victoria cichlid that hunts snails and insect larvae along rocky shorelines.