Species

Guianacara geayi

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

Heniochus singularis

The largest bannerfish, solitary and rarely seen even in the wild.

Channa baramensis

A compact, air-breathing predator from Borneo with bold scale markings.

Johnrandallia nigrirostris

A schooling butterflyfish that moonlights as a cleaner fish on Pacific reefs.

Acanthurus bariene

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

Mylochromis lateristriga

A sandy-bay predator from Lake Malawi with a taste for crustaceans.

Melanotaenia synergos

A compact, clear-water rainbowfish from Batanta Island's pristine forest rivers.

Stegastes leucostictus

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

Devario devario

A bold, wide-ranging danio that rewards keepers who give it room to school properly.

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.

Centropyge bicolor

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

Siganus uspi

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

Pomacanthus arcuatus

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

Chaetodon melannotus

A boldly patterned reef butterfly with a strong preference for live coral.

Laemolyta orinocensis

A sleek, banded Orinoco native that tilts head-down as it forages.

Vieja maculicauda

A bold, brawny Central American cichlid with a namesake black band and real attitude.

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.

Gramma melacara

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

Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron

A tough West African cichlid where dad handles all the childcare duties.

Neoglyphidodon melas

A boldly colored damsel with a feisty attitude that only grows with age.

Halichoeres poeyi

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

Melichthys indicus

A surprisingly mellow triggerfish that goes easy on its tankmates.

Apteronotus albifrons

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

Carassius auratus var. blackmoor

The velvety, telescope-eyed goldfish that turns heads in any pond or tank.

Wetmorella nigropinnata

A tiny, secretive reef wrasse that disappears into caves the moment you look away.

Pygocentrus cariba

The Orinoco's apex predator, wrapped in myth and surprisingly manageable alone.

Arothron nigropunctatus

A bold reef grazer that will rearrange your coral collection without asking.

Sufflamen chrysopterum

A hardy, boldly patterned triggerfish with a surprisingly calm disposition for the group.

Chilatherina bleheri

A brilliantly colored rainbowfish from one remote Indonesian lake, worth every bit of effort.

Andinoacara pulcher

A forgiving cichlid with real personality, perfect for community tanks with medium-sized fish.

Assessor macneilli

A cave-dwelling reef basslet that swims upside-down like it owns the place.

Chromis cyaneus

A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.

Chrysiptera cyanea

Vivid blue and boldly territorial, this tiny fish punches well above its weight.

Alestopetersius smykalai

A rare West African schooler with a bold diamond marking and fascinating male rivalry displays.