Species

Balistoides viridescens

The largest triggerfish alive, and it knows it.

Paracheilinus cyaneus

A reef-dwelling wrasse that sleeps wrapped in its own slime cocoon every night.

Scarus guacamaia

The largest Atlantic parrotfish, built for reefs but almost impossible to keep captive.

Pomacanthus annularis

A large Indo-Pacific angel whose juvenile and adult look like two different fish.

Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

A roving reef wrasse that brings shimmering blue flanks to the open water column.

Cephalopholis miniata

A brilliantly spotted reef predator that commands attention in any large display tank.

Arothron caeruleopunctatus

One of the largest puffers you can keep, and surprisingly blue.

Labroides dimidiatus

The reef's original cleaning service, running a one-fish parasite removal station.

Pseudochromis springeri

A bold little reef predator wrapped in electric blue and black.

Paracanthurus hepatus

The fish that plays dead, then rules the reef with bold personality.

Acanthurus coeruleus

A bold Atlantic surgeon fish known for cleaning sea turtles in the wild.

Pleurosicya boldinghi

A tiny, transparent goby that spends its whole life clinging to soft corals.

Xenopterus naritus

A freshwater-adapted puffer from Southeast Asian rivers, rarely seen in the trade.

Hypoplectrus unicolor

A Caribbean reef predator surprisingly well-suited to beginner saltwater tanks.

Pao cochinchinensis

A compact, ornery puffer from Southeast Asian rivers with outsized personality.

Trimma cana

A reef-dwelling miniature goby that perches right on living coral.

Stomolophus meleagris

A true open-water drifter that demands a very specialized setup to survive in captivity.

Canthigaster rostrata

A pint-sized Atlantic puffer with a big personality and a beak to match.

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

A personable brackish predator with a beak, a belly, and a bad attitude.

Halichoeres richmondi

A reef-dwelling wrasse that moves in loose social groups across coral-rich shallows.

Pao turgidus

A color-shifting freshwater puffer with a bold personality and serious bite.

Centropyge argi

The Atlantic's tiniest angel, bold in color and personality despite its small size.

Coris gaimard

A wrasse that completely reinvents its look from juvenile to adult.

Sphyraena barracuda

A true apex predator that grows to nearly six feet long.

Remora remora

The original hitchhiker: a fish that lives life permanently attached to a host.

Acanthurus triostegus

A reef grazer wearing prison stripes, and surprisingly easy to get along with.

Centropyge bispinosa

A reef-dwelling dwarf angel with bold color and a feisty personality.

Oxymonacanthus longirostris

A vividly spotted obligate coral feeder that's as delicate as it is beautiful.

Gobiodon atrangulatus

A tiny coral-dwelling goby that lives and breeds within Acropora colonies.

Serranocirrhitus latus

A secretive reef dweller that casually swims upside-down along cave ceilings.

Chaetodon vagabundus

A wide-ranging reef butterfly that pairs for life and patrols its territory together.

Canthigaster coronata

A compact Hawaiian puffer with bold saddle markings and a voracious appetite for reef invertebrates.

Aequorea victoria

The bioluminescent Pacific jelly that inspired a Nobel Prize-winning discovery.

Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus

A rarely seen deep-reef wrasse from some of the Pacific's most remote atolls.

Zebrasoma desjardinii

A sail-finned grazer that turns any large reef tank into open ocean.

Wetmorella albofasciata

A tiny, secretive reef wrasse that haunts caves and rarely ventures into the open.