Species

Schistura notostigma

A feisty Sri Lankan stream dweller that climbs waterfalls and holds its ground.

Colomesus psittacus

A peaceful Atlantic puffer that genuinely tolerates company of its own kind.

Mastacembelus circumcinctus

A secretive burrowing eel that vanishes into the substrate for days at a time.

Syncrossus helodes

A bold, large loach that needs space, company, and an owner who means business.

Canthigaster valentini

A pint-sized puffer so bold that other fish evolved just to copy it.

Guianacara geayi

A harem-keeping cichlid from French Guiana's rocky, fast-running streams.

Acanthurus bariene

A deep-reef surgeonfish that needs serious space and earns its keep over decades.

Polypterus delhezi

A living fossil from the Congo that breathes air and hunts by smell.

Devario pathirana

A rare Sri Lankan danio with bold vertical bars and a lively, boisterous personality.

Syncrossus beauforti

A boldly patterned, boisterous loach that demands space and respectful tankmates.

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

A boldly patterned Indian hillstream loach with a famously unpredictable temper.

Chelmon mulleri

A reef butterflyfish that prefers muddy estuaries over pristine coral gardens.

Pogonoperca punctata

A secretive reef ambush predator with a toxic secret beneath its skin.

Stegastes leucostictus

A small, personable damselfish that tends its own algae garden on the reef floor.

Canthigaster bennetti

A pint-sized puffer with big personality and a surprisingly calm disposition.

Holacanthus bermudensis

A bold Atlantic angel that grows into a true reef monarch with attitude to match.

Neoarius berneyi

A wide-ranging Australian catfish that thrives in murky, slow-moving water.

Betta splendens

The world's most recognizable fighting fish, now bred in countless colors and fin shapes.

Polypterus bichir bichir

A living fossil that breathes air and hunts by smell alone.

Centropyge bicolor

A boldly two-toned dwarf angel that darts and hides across the reef.

Ecsenius bicolor

A boldly two-toned reef blenny that claims every hole as its own.

Siganus uspi

A bold Fijian reef fish with a dramatic two-tone pattern and venomous spines.

Acaronia nassa

A wide-eyed Amazonian ambush predator that makes the most of its stillness.

Apistogramma norberti

A pocket-sized Peruvian cichlid with a big personality and cave-spawning habits.

Pomacanthus arcuatus

A large, sociable Atlantic angel that juveniles moonlight as reef cleaning stations.

Bodianus mesothorax

A boldly two-toned wrasse with a sharp contrast that practically splits it in half.

Rhinecanthus verrucosus

A Picasso-patterned triggerfish that prefers retreat over confrontation.

Ostracion meleagris

A living mosaic of spots with a secret chemical defense you need to know about.

Gramma melacara

A deep-reef beauty that swims upside-down along underwater cliff faces.

Ecsenius namiyei

A sleek, dark blenny that grazes algae from reef rockwork with quiet confidence.

Poecilocharax weitzmani

A cave-guarding micro-predator from blackwater South America with serious attitude.

Halichoeres poeyi

A bold Atlantic wrasse with a sharp temper for its own kind.

Pethia nigripinnis

A cool-water gem from India's Western Ghats, rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Paragobiodon lacunicolus

A tiny goby that spends its entire life tucked inside a single coral colony.

Apteronotus albifrons

A velvety black, ribbon-finned predator that navigates by its own electric field.

Thorichthys pasionis

A lesser-known Central American cichlid with bold personality and a distinctive dark throat.