Species

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.

Barbodes semifasciolatus

The golden form that fooled generations of fishkeepers into thinking it was the real thing.

Ilyodon furcidens

A livebearer with a quasi-placenta and fork-shaped teeth. Genuinely unlike most aquarium fish.

Centropyge aurantia

A rarely photographed dwarf angel that genuinely earns its golden name.

Centropyge heraldi

A clean, all-yellow dwarf angel that's bolder than its simple look suggests.

Brachygobius aggregatus

A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives from freshwater streams to brackish estuaries.

Chaetodon semilarvatus

A bold golden butterflyfish from the Red Sea that pairs for life.

Apogon aureus

A social reef dweller that rearranges its social life with the seasons.

Sinibotia robusta

A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.

Pethia gelius

A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.

Valenciennea strigata

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and keeps your substrate spotless.

Pangio doriae

A worm-like peat swamp loach that loves to pile into hiding spots with its companions.

Siganus guttatus

A schooling reef herbivore with venomous spines and a tide-following lifestyle.

Stiphodon rutilaureus

A tiny, rock-hugging stream goby from the clear rivers of Melanesia.

Hemigrammus rodwayi

The golden color isn't natural. It takes a parasite to unlock it.

Hyphessobrycon roseus

A tiny, rosy schooling tetra that thrives in peaceful community tanks.

Carassius auratus

The streamlined single-tail original. Hardy, fast, and pond-tough.

Carassius auratus auratus

The fish that started it all. Centuries of selective breeding in one bowl-worthy package.

Melanotaenia goldiei

A large, active rainbowfish from the wild rivers and swamps of New Guinea.

Aphyosemion australe

A gentle, long-lived killifish and a perfect gateway into the killi hobby.

Baryancistrus sp. "Cf Xanthellus"

A gold-spotted Xingu pleco with a temperament that gets feistier with age.

Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus

A rare, gold-flecked angel from remote Pacific atolls that few hobbyists ever see in person.

Creagrutus beni

A little-known Bolivian characin that rewards patient keepers with quiet charm.

Crossocheilus cobitis

A bottom-dwelling algae eater from Southeast Asia's great river systems.

Pterodoras granulosus

A gentle giant that grazes on rainforest fruit and needs serious space.

Balitora brucei

A flattened hill-stream grazer that thrives where the current runs wild.

Rasbora caudimaculata

A large, long-lived rasbora with a restless tail and real presence in a big tank.

Elacatinus multifasciatus

A tiny reef cleaner that lives among sea urchin spines in the wild.

Scarus quoyi

A reef grazer that roams coral channels in small, peaceful groups.

Paracheirodon simulans

The neon's lesser-known cousin, with a greener stripe and wilder roots.

Corydoras melanotaenia

A long-bodied, gold-finned cory that's rarer in tanks than it deserves to be.

Microdevario kubotai

A tiny Thai schooler that glows neon green in a well-planted tank.

Stiphodon elegans

A jewel-toned goby built for fast, crystal-clear rainforest streams.

Nannostomus marilynae

A rare pencilfish that moonlights in cryptic stripes every single night.