Species

Pangasionodon hypophthalmus

Sold as a tiny silver juvenile, grows into a tank-busting giant.

Selenotoca multifasciata

A bold, active brackish fish that grows big and keeps things lively.

Metynnis fasciatus

A compact, banded silver dollar from the heart of the Amazon basin.

Cichla temensis

A giant Amazonian predator that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Neolissochilus sumatranus

A sleek Sumatran river barb that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Chitala hypselonotus

A massive, air-breathing knifefish from the jungle rivers of Borneo and Sumatra.

Liopropoma swalesi

A secretive reef gem that rewards patient, detail-oriented keepers.

Herichthys tamasopoensis

A rare Mexican cichlid from crystal-clear limestone rivers, built for hard water.

Glossolepis pseudoincisus

A rare New Guinea rainbowfish from a single remote lake, never rediscovered.

Lamprichthys tanganicanus

The only killifish native to Lake Tanganyika, and unlike any other in the family.

Lates angustifrons

A massive Lake Tanganyika predator that almost no aquarium can responsibly house.

Oreochromis tanganicae

Lake Tanganyika's dominant tilapia, rarely seen in home aquariums

Barbodes lateristriga

A bold, active barb that needs space and equally robust tankmates.

Amatitlania sajica

A compact Costa Rican cichlid with fierce parental instincts packed into a small frame.

Carassius auratus var. telescope

The dramatically bug-eyed fancy goldfish that trades agility for personality.

Ariopsis seemanni

A venomous, migratory catfish that's far more demanding than its juvenile looks suggest.

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.

Dascyllus trimaculatus

A bold reef dweller that gets feistier with every passing year.

Leporinus friderici

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

Inlecypris maetaengensis

A tiny Thai mountain-stream schooler sold as tiger danio, worth a closer look.

Hydrocynus vittatus

Razor-toothed river predator that hunts in packs and outgrows almost any tank.

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

A shimmering river giant that rapidly outgrows most home aquariums.

Pictichromis dinar

A tiny but ferocious reef dweller from Sulawesi's deep drop-offs.

Ctenochaetus tominiensis

A compact reef grazer with vivid fin tips that earns its keep cleaning algae.

Champsochromis caeruleus

The trout cichlid: a solitary Lake Malawi predator built around an enormous mouth.

Amphiprion percula

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

Telmatochromis bifrenatus

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

Pseudochromis bitaeniatus

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

Astyanax bimaculatus

A robust South American characin that rewards keepers willing to think big.

Rasbora elegans

A large, peaceful schooler with a bold two-spot pattern rarely seen in shops.

Mystus leucophasis

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

Copadichromis borleyi

A peaceful Malawi cichlid that rewards patient keepers with vivid color morphs and fascinating breeding behavior.

Copadichromis ilesi

A peaceful Utaka cichlid from Lake Malawi with fascinating mouthbrooding behavior.

Chromis vanderbilti

A small, shoaling Pacific damsel that's genuinely easy on beginners and neighbors alike.