Species

Mystus tengara

A small South Asian catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Leiocassis siamensis

A sleek Thai river catfish with a carnivore's appetite and quiet confidence.

Trichogaster labiosa

An underrated community gourami that outshines its more famous cousins.

Colisa labiosus

A thick-lipped labyrinth fish from Myanmar with a surprising need for surface air.

Acarichthys heckelii

A cichlid with elaborate burrowing spawning behavior unlike almost anything else in the hobby.

Nemanthias carberryi

A schooling reef anthias that holds its own unless bullied by tankmates.

Geophagus altifrons

A sand-sifting Amazon cichlid that's gentler than its reputation suggests.

Apolemichthys trimaculatus

A bold, reef-dwelling angel with three unforgettable spots and a big personality.

Satanoperca daemon

A sand-sifting cichlid with bold markings and surprisingly complex social needs.

Trichogaster trichopterus

A bold, labyrinth-breathing gourami that demands respect from its tankmates.

Leporinus friderici

A large, fruit-eating South American fish that swims with serious personality.

Pseudanos trimaculatus

A schooling headstander with a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality in smaller groups.

Apistogramma trifasciata

A tiny cichlid packing bold stripes, bright color, and real personality into a small frame.

Apolemichthys kingi

A rare South African reef angel with bold, tiger-like patterning.

Puntigrus tetrazona

Bold, nippy, and best kept in a big rowdy group of its own kind.

Puntigrus anchisporus

A wild Bornean tiger barb that puts the common trade fish to shame.

Ecsenius tigris

A tiny, rarely seen blenny from one of the most remote reef systems on Earth.

Syncrossus berdmorei

A bold, clicking loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Syncrossus hymenophysa

A boldly barred, sharp-spined loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Alpheus bellulus

The shrimp that blasts prey with a sonic snap and shares its burrow with a watchful goby.

Takifugu rubripes

The fish behind fugu. A massive, long-lived puffer with serious presence.

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

A shimmering river giant that rapidly outgrows most home aquariums.

Mastacembelus armatus

A burrow-happy nocturnal eel that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

Amphiprion ephippium

A bold, deepening red clownfish that loses its white stripes as it matures.

Uaru amphiacanthoides

A surprisingly gentle giant that raises fry just like discus do.

Schistura balteata

A cave-claiming loach with bold banding and strong opinions about its territory.

Schistura cf balteata

A boldly patterned Myanmar loach that comes in pink or yellow. Nobody knows why.

Amphiprion percula

The fish that launched a thousand reef tanks, with personality to match.

Chalceus erythrurus

A bold, active surface cruiser with a brilliantly colored tail to match its attitude.

Pethia erythromycter

A tiny Myanmar barb with a red nose and big attitude toward tankmates.

Telmatochromis bifrenatus

A compact Tanganyikan rock-dweller with fascinating pair-bonding behavior.

Amphiprion allardi

A bold, less-common clownfish from the Indian Ocean with classic two-bar markings.

Pseudochromis bitaeniatus

A reef crevice specialist with a sneaky mimicry trick up its sleeve.

Apistogramma borellii

A gentle, cold-tolerant dwarf cichlid with big personality in a small package.

Mystus leucophasis

An upside-down catfish from Myanmar that stays that way. And means business.

Synodontis nigrita

The Synodontis that outgrows its welcome. And gets mistaken for something else entirely.