Species

Aequidens rondoni

A compact Amazon cichlid with a big personality and surprising longevity.

Acanthurus achilles

A bold, reef-grazing surgeon with a vivid orange tail patch and a fiery attitude toward rivals.

Heterotis niloticus

The oddball arowana that filters plankton instead of hunting prey.

Anomalochromis thomasi

A shy, peaceable little cichlid that rewards patient keepers with devoted parenting.

Pantodon buchholzi

A living leaf on the water's surface, until something edible flies past.

Monodactylus sebae

A bold brackish schooler from West Africa that needs space and company to truly thrive.

Apistogramma agassizii

A jewel of the Amazon riverbed with big cichlid personality in a small package.

Acreichthys tomentosus

A seagrass-dwelling filefish that earns its keep hunting small invertebrates.

Atrosalarias fuscus fuscus

A jet-black reef algae grazer that earns its keep on the rockwork.

Astatoreochromis alluaudi

A versatile Victorian cichlid with teeth built to crush snails whole.

Colomesus asellus

The only true schooling puffer, and it comes from the Amazon.

Jordanella floridae

Florida's own killifish relative, built for algae duty and bold personalities.

Abbottina rivularis

A bold, bottom-hugging cyprinid that demands equally assertive tankmates.

Aphanius anatoliae

A hardy Anatolian toothcarp with a conservation story worth knowing.

Channa andrao

A dwarf snakehead small enough for a community tank, with fascinating parental behavior.

Pterophyllum scalare

The iconic cichlid that started countless freshwater fishkeeping journeys.

Pterophyllum altum

The wild angelfish that makes the common angel look easy.

Pterois antennata

A venomous nocturnal predator draped in bold bars and elaborate fins.

Luciosoma pellegrinii

A surface-prowling Bornean predator that leaps for food above the waterline.

Luciosoma spilopleura

A fast-moving schooling fish wrapped in taxonomic mystery.

Aphanius baeticus

A critically rare Spanish killifish that rewards dedicated keepers willing to help conserve it.

Aphanius saourensis

A critically endangered Algerian killifish best kept as a conservation breeding project.

Pomacanthus asfur

A bold Red Sea beauty with a dramatic yellow arc that transforms with age.

Aphanius dispar

A rare Middle Eastern toothcarp best kept as a conservation project.

Paracirrhites arcatus

A bold perching predator that rules its corner of the reef with attitude.

Pao suvattii

A lurking ambush predator from the Mekong that barely moves until food arrives.

Nemacheilus masyai

A boldly patterned river loach that holds its own with attitude to spare.

Xenentodon cancila

A torpedo-shaped freshwater predator that will absolutely bite the hand that feeds it.

Channa sp. "Five Stripe"

A tiny, peaceful snakehead that actually plays nicely with others.

Amphilophus macracanthus

A hefty Central American cichlid built for life on the riverbed.

Apistogramma atahualpa

A jewel-sized Amazonian dwarf cichlid with fierce maternal instincts.

Periophthalmus barbarus

A true amphibious fish that walks, climbs, and breathes air on land.

Aulonocara auditor

A sand-sifting Lake Malawi cichlid from a tiny northern shoreline range.

Aulonocara korneliae

A rock-dweller that hunts the sand, endemic to one Malawian island.

Amphiprion rubrocinctus

Australia's own anemonefish, rarely seen outside its home waters.

Ophisternon gutturale

A secretive, air-breathing eel that hides in mud and comes alive after dark.