Species

Gymnothorax zonipectis

A boldly patterned Indo-Pacific moray with a distinctive barred tail fin.

Batasio tigrinus

A compact Thai catfish with bold tiger patterning and feisty personality.

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

A boldly patterned Indian hillstream loach with a famously unpredictable temper.

Scleromystax barbatus

The giant of the cory world, with a beard and a serious attitude to match.

Taenioides cirratus

A snake-like burrowing goby with whiskery barbels and surprising air-breathing ability.

Sicyopus zosterophorum

A nimble reef goby that uses modified fins to cling to surge-swept rocks.

Sicyopus zosterophorus

A tiny goby built for life on wet rocks in fast-flowing jungle streams.

Ophisternon bengalense

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

Neoarius berneyi

A wide-ranging Australian catfish that thrives in murky, slow-moving water.

Polypterus bichir bichir

A living fossil that breathes air and hunts by smell alone.

Ecsenius bicolor

A boldly two-toned reef blenny that claims every hole as its own.

Acaronia nassa

A wide-eyed Amazonian ambush predator that makes the most of its stillness.

Synodontis alberti

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

Xenotilapia sima

A sand-sifting Tanganyikan schooler that rarely turns up in the hobby

Priolepis nocturna

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

Trachycorystes trachycorystes

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

Ecsenius namiyei

A sleek, dark blenny that grazes algae from reef rockwork with quiet confidence.

Melichthys niger

A calm, reef-going triggerfish that's actually safe for community tanks.

Arothron immaculatus

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific puffer with estuarine roots and a no-nonsense attitude.

Paragobiodon lacunicolus

A tiny goby that spends its entire life tucked inside a single coral colony.

Thorichthys pasionis

A lesser-known Central American cichlid with bold personality and a distinctive dark throat.

Pangio oblonga

A slender, uniformly dark loach that loves company and hides in plain sight.

Bagrichthys hypselopterus

A deep-river Asian catfish with an impressively tall dorsal fin and bold personality.

Ambastaia nigrolineata

A rare, sociable loach with bold racing stripes and fascinating group behaviors.

Balitoropsis zollingeri

A flat-bodied stream crawler that hops and clings across rocks like no other loach.

Lamprologus speciosus

A pint-sized shell-brooding cichlid from Lake Tanganyika with outsized attitude.

Tylomelania zemis

A slow-moving, long-lived snail that grazes peacefully and breeds one giant baby at a time.

Apistogramma hongsloi

A compact Colombian dwarf cichlid that pairs up and parents together.

Channa melasoma

A compact, nocturnal predator built for dark, acidic forest streams.

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

A schooling grazer that overwhelms rivals through sheer numbers.

Auchenoglanis biscutatus

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

Corydoras melanistius

A sociable little armored catfish that thrives in groups and lives surprisingly long.

Fromia milleporella

A vivid red sea star with bold black spots, gentle on reef inhabitants.

Acanthurus nigricauda

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific grazer that bucks the typical surgeonfish habitat

Hemibagrus wyckii

A river giant that sees humans as a threat. And acts on it.

Geophagus brachybranchus

A sand-sifting eartheater with elaborate mouthbrooding parental care and a surprisingly gentle nature.