Species

Awaous flavus

A sand-sifting South American goby with bold red fin markings and real personality.

Peckoltia vittata

A boldly banded dwarf pleco that works the rocks and driftwood at night.

Corydoras carlae

A rarely seen Iguazu cory with twin flank blotches and peaceful, social charm.

Parotocinclus jumbo

A tiny armored catfish with big personality and a clever breathing trick.

Amphiprion chagosensis

A rare Indian Ocean clownfish from one of the world's most remote archipelagos.

Serranus tortugarum

A reef-safe, peaceful little bass that rarely hides its personality.

Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

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

Chromobotia macracanthus

A long-lived, social bottom-dweller that rewards patient keepers with decades of 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 pleurops

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

A tiny, sociable armored catfish that occasionally breathes air.

A rare Peruvian armored catfish that breathes air and lives for decades.

A tiny, long-lived catfish with a fascinating natural mimicry story.

A tiny rock-dwelling catfish from the Argentine Andes, rarely if ever seen in aquariums.

A tiny armored catfish with a surprisingly versatile respiratory trick up its sleeve.

Lamontichthys llanero

A rare South American whiptail that rewards patient keepers with unusual character.

Pethia cumingii

A peaceful Sri Lankan gem with bold black blotches and sunshine-yellow fins.

Corydoras loxozonus

A long-lived Colombian cory that thrives in groups and breathes a little air on the side.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The loach that supposedly predicts the weather and definitely has personality.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Otocinclus mariae

Tiny algae-grazer that plasters itself to the glass for a unique underside view.

Tatia gyrina

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

Amphiprion sandaracinos

A solid stripe from nose to dorsal fin sets this all-orange clownfish apart.

Corydoras elegans

The cory that ditches the bottom and schools in open water.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Corydoras melini

A boldly marked little catfish with a centuries-long lifespan hiding in a two-inch body.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

Tiny Brazilian catfish with a Corydoras personality packed into a one-inch body.

Corydoras sodalis

A long-lived little catfish that genuinely needs the company of its own kind.

Nemateleotris magnifica

A tiny reef dart with a flame-colored body and an unmistakable sail-like dorsal fin.

Pethia ticto

A quietly charming schooling barb from the foothills of South Asia.

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

Corydoras oiapoquensis

A tiny armored catfish from a single river system, surprisingly long-lived.

Homaloptera ogilviei

A tiny blackwater loach that perches on its fin-tips like a lizard at rest.