Species

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Synodontis decorus

A bold Congo catfish with a clown's wardrobe and a surprisingly peaceful personality.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Synodontis aterrima

A small but feisty Congo catfish that keeps tankmates on their toes.

Synodontis greshoffi

A boldly patterned Congo catfish that's tougher than it looks but easier than most Synos.

Synodontis pleurops

Enormous-eyed Congo catfish that vanishes the moment the lights come on.

Platynematichthys notatus

A bold Amazonian catfish that grows large enough to demand serious space.

Bagarius suchus

A rapids-dwelling predator built more for public aquariums than home tanks.

Synodontis petricola

The catfish that tricks cichlids into raising its young. Nature's ultimate con artist.

Pareutropius buffei

A slender West African catfish that blooms with confidence in a shoal.

Ageneiosus marmoratus

A broad-snouted South American predator that plays nicer than its reputation suggests.

Auchenipterichthys longimanus

A secretive Amazonian catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating nocturnal behavior.

Centromochlus perugiae

A tiny, shy catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating surface-feeding antics.

Trachelyichthys decaradiatus

A rarely seen South American catfish that thrives in peaceful community setups.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis

A large, predatory bottom-dweller with a flattened head and serious appetite.

Tatia gyrina

A tiny Amazonian catfish that thrives in shadowy, plant-choked blackwater streams.

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

A rare peat-stream catfish that schools and stays genuinely peaceful in community tanks.

Silurus glanis

One of the largest freshwater fish alive, and it knows it.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

Liosomadoras morrowi

A secretive Peruvian catfish with a nocturnal appetite for its smaller tankmates.

Synodontis euptera

A long-lived African catfish whose dramatic dorsal fin grows more impressive with age.

Sorubimichthys planiceps

A massive Amazonian predator that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma

A burrowing African catfish with a big appetite and bigger attitude toward tankmates.

Pinirampus pirinampu

A schooling river giant that needs serious space and serious commitment.

Wallago attu

A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.

Bagarius bagarius

A river giant from the Indian subcontinent with a famously tangled identity.

Bagarius yarrelli

A river monster catfish that genuinely earns the name 'giant devil catfish'.

Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii

A true river giant that demands a seriously large commitment.

Zungaro zungaro

A river giant that grows big enough to swallow your other fish whole.

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