Species

Corydoras oiapoquensis

A tiny armored catfish from a single river system, surprisingly long-lived.

Hyphessobrycon flammeus

A fiery Rio native that glows brightest when kept in a proper group.

Esomus longimanus

A sleek, surface-loving barb with remarkably long barbels and oversized pectoral fins.

Laubuka caeruleostigmata

A surface-skimming schooler from Southeast Asia that leaps for its dinner.

Melanotaenia sexlineata

A rarely seen rainbowfish from Papua New Guinea's remote rainforest creeks.

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum

A peaceful Australian schooling fish with a surprisingly complex genetic story.

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum

A peaceful Australian native that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.

Betta foerschi

A shy Bornean mouthbrooder that rewards patient, dedicated keepers.

Pseudomugil furcatus

Tiny Papua New Guinea gem that puts on its best show in a proper group

Aphyosemion gabunense gabunense

A gentle Gabonese killifish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Crossocheilus latius

A peaceful grazer from Himalayan headwaters, rarely seen but well worth seeking out.

Hemigrammus pulcher

A peaceful, colorful little tetra that thrives in numbers and suits most community tanks.

Homaloptera ogilviei

A tiny blackwater loach that perches on its fin-tips like a lizard at rest.

Homaloptera sexmaculata

A lizard-like hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks instead of swimming.

Homalopteroides modestus

A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Homalopteroides nebulosus

A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Homalopteroides stephensoni

A rare Bornean hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homalopteroides tweediei

A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Tiny rainforest blue-eye that rewards patient keepers with dazzling fin displays.

Corydoras geryi

A larger, long-lived cory from Bolivia that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Palaemonetes paludosus

Nearly transparent and endlessly busy, ghost shrimp are a perfect starter invertebrate.

Catlocarpio siamensis

One of the world's largest freshwater fish, and a conservation concern in its native rivers.

Rhinogobius gigas

A chunky stream goby from East Asia that punches above its size in personality.

Trichogaster fasciata

A peaceful, rarely seen gourami that's actually worth hunting down.

Marisa cornuarietis

The boldly striped ramshorn that doubles as a natural plant trimmer.

Hypostomus regani

A tough, territorial pleco from the river systems of southern South America.

Puntius guganio

A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.

Prionobrama filigera

A peaceful, transparent schooling fish with a blood-red tail that earns its name.

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.

Kryptopterus geminus

A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke

Kryptopterus limpok

A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Charax gibbosus

A rarely-seen South American oddity with a see-through body and a quirky head-down posture.

Trigonopoma pauciperforatum

A slender, stripe-bearing rasbora that thrives in soft, tea-colored forest water.

Trigonostigma hengeli

A tiny, soft-water schooler with a vivid orange-edged lambchop mark.

Hemigrammus erythrozonus

A fiery neon stripe makes this hardy little tetra a beginner's best friend.