Species

Syncrossus berdmorei

A bold, clicking loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum

A true river giant that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Hoplias malabaricus

A nocturnal ambush predator with jaws that mean serious business.

Acanthocobitis urophthalmus

A tiny, peaceful bottom-dweller from Sri Lanka's fast-flowing lowland streams.

Syncrossus hymenophysa

A boldly barred, sharp-spined loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum

A river giant that outgrows almost every home aquarium faster than you'd expect.

Brachyplatystoma tigrinum

A boldly barred Amazonian predator that demands a truly massive tank.

Mastacembelus armatus

A burrow-happy nocturnal eel that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis

A powerful Amazonian predator built for fast water and rocky riverbeds.

Batasio travancoria

A small, feisty hill stream catfish from India's lush Western Ghats.

Schistura balteata

A cave-claiming loach with bold banding and strong opinions about its territory.

Schistura cf balteata

A boldly patterned Myanmar loach that comes in pink or yellow. Nobody knows why.

Cichla monoculus

A river predator built for size, speed, and a 20-year commitment.

Garra bicornuta

The only Garra with paired facial horns that flex when things get heated.

Farlowella mariaelenae

A living twig that grazes algae and barely moves. Until it does.

Farlowella vittata

A living twig that vanishes in plain sight among branches and leaves.

Vieja bifasciata

Two bold facial stripes mark this colorful, feisty Central American cichlid.

Amaralia hypsiura

A flat, leaf-litter specialist with a peculiar silhouette and peaceful disposition.

Mystus bimaculatus

A tiny, peaceful Sumatran catfish that thrives in soft, acidic blackwater setups.

Apistogramma borellii

A gentle, cold-tolerant dwarf cichlid with big personality in a small package.

Synodontis nigrita

The Synodontis that outgrows its welcome. And gets mistaken for something else entirely.

Synodontis nigriventris

The catfish that flipped the script, spending most of its life swimming upside down.

Synodontis batensoda

A large African catfish that genuinely swims upside down as its default mode.

Barilius vagra

A fast, bold hill-stream cyprinid that needs equally assertive tankmates.

Leporacanthicus joselimai

Fanged river catfish with bold markings that fade into something more mysterious with age.

Rasboroides vaterifloris

A rare Sri Lankan gem that shimmers in red, orange, or yellow depending on where it hatched.

Nandus nandus

A patient ambush predator from South Asia that punches above its weight at feeding time.

Aphanius vladykovi

A high-altitude Iranian toothcarp that rewards dedicated keepers with non-stop activity.

Potamotrygon castexi

A disc-shaped river predator that can actually solve puzzles to get its food.

Annamia normani

A fast-water hillstream fish that really needs to be kept in a crowd.

Corydoras virginiae

A long-lived armored catfish from Peru with a surprisingly personal quirk: it blinks.

Calophysus macropterus

The Vulture Catfish: a relentless scavenger built for South America's biggest rivers.

Heterobranchus longifilis

One of Africa's largest freshwater fish, built for serious dedicated keepers only.

Synodontis gambiensis

A wide-ranging West African catfish that earns its space with character.

Clarias batrachus

The catfish that actually walks on land and can breathe air.

Neolamprologus marunguensis

A deep-water Tanganyikan shell-dweller with a deeply forked tail and fascinating family dynamics.