Species

Centromochlus reticulatus

A tiny gregarious catfish from Guyana that sometimes goes by 'purple oil catfish'.

Corydoras pygmaeus

Tiny catfish that defies expectations by schooling in open water, not just the bottom.

Devario regina

A bold, deep-bodied danionid that thrives in fast-moving company.

Botia dario

A boldly barred loach with a curved profile and a complex social life.

Neoceratodus forsteri

A living fossil that breathes air and may outlive its keeper by decades.

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

A bold, territorial bottom-dweller with vivid red fins and a big personality.

Alpheus randalli

The symbiotic pistol shrimp that teams up with gobies to rule the sandbed

Amblyeleotris randalli

A reef sand-dweller that shares its burrow with a pistol shrimp partner.

Pterygoplichthys weberi

A hard-working algae grazer from Amazonian headwaters with a remarkable breathing trick.

Platydoras costatus

A bold-striped catfish that grunts, buries itself, and eats almost anything.

Potamotrygon scobina

A rare freshwater ray that often gets misidentified and mis-sold in the trade.

Tilapia zillii

A tank-busting herbivore that will devour your plants and ask for more.

Cherax quadricarinatus

A bold, fast-growing Australian crayfish with vivid red claw markings on the males.

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

A sociable loach with complex group dynamics and real personality to match.

Garra rufa

The original 'doctor fish', famous for nibbling skin long before spa treatments existed.

Satanoperca rhynchitis

A gregarious French Guiana cichlid with distinctive red lips and surprising gentleness outside of spawning.

Salarias segmentatus

A reef-dwelling algae grazer with bold red spots and a big personality.

Rhinogobius rubromaculatus

A tiny, fast-moving stream goby from Taiwan and China's upland rivers.

Cirripectes stigmaticus

A reef-flat blenny with bold red facial markings and loads of personality.

Geophagus surinamensis

A mouthbrooding digger that sifts sand and fiercely guards its young.

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

A gorgeous river giant that almost no home aquarium can truly accommodate.

Aborichthys elongatus

A pebble-stream loach from the Himalayan foothills with a fondness for fast water.

Garra sp. "Redtail"

A mysterious, proboscis-nosed stream fish with mood-signaling facial hardware.

Erythrinus erythrinus

A bold, air-breathing predator that mimics killifish as a juvenile to lure prey

Metriaclima estherae

A bold, scrappy cichlid that brings serious color and attitude to the African rift tank.

Erpetoichthys calabaricus

A living fossil with an eel-like body and a lineage older than the dinosaurs.

Sewellia lineolata

A bold hillstream loach with bold patterning and surprisingly easy breeding.

Potamotrygon orbignyi

A manageable freshwater ray for those ready to step up to serious specialist keeping.

Monopterus albus

A land-crossing, air-breathing swamp predator that isn't actually an eel at all.

Corydoras napoensis

A tiny armored catfish from Ecuador that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Megalodoras uranoscopus

A gentle giant catfish from the Amazon that travels in groups and growls.

Awaous banana

A sand-sifting river giant that grazes algae like an aquatic lawnmower.

Corydoras robustus

One of the largest corys around, rarely seen and worth the hunt.

Haplochromis sauvagei

A Lake Victoria cichlid that hunts snails and insect larvae along rocky shorelines.

Pelvicachromis roloffi

A cave-spawning West African dwarf cichlid with strong pair bonds and subtle charm.

Hypostomus roseopunctatus

A hefty South American pleco with an unusual ability to breathe air.