Species

Alticorpus mentale

A deep-water Malawi cichlid from sandy depths rarely seen in the hobby.

Vieja heterospila

A robust Central American cichlid from some of Mexico's most storied river systems.

Xiphophorus montezumae

A wild swordtail with an absurdly long tail sword that rivals its own body length.

Trichogaster microlepis

A silver-scaled Southeast Asian gourami with a gentle nature and labyrinth breathing.

Parosphromenus linkei

A pint-sized blackwater gourami with head-down courtship displays unlike any other.

Variabilichromis moorii

A Lake Tanganyika rockdweller with a fascinating family life and devious brood tactics.

Corydoras haraldschultzi

A long-lived armored catfish with detailed reticulated markings and a surprisingly social personality.

Gambusia affinis

The notorious mosquitofish: tough, prolific, and not a friendly neighbor.

Hara jerdoni

A moth-like micro catfish from Indian hill streams, best kept in groups.

Polypterus weeksii

A living fossil from the Congo with a swim bladder that doubles as a lung.

Amarginops ornatus

A sleek Congo predator with ornate markings and serious attitude toward tankmates.

Acanthocobitis botia

A peaceful, quirky bottom-dweller with a false eye that fools predators.

Amphilius platychir

A sleek African stream catfish built for life in fast, rocky currents.

Auchenipterus nuchalis

A surface-roaming catfish with bizarre ossified barbels and secretive nocturnal habits.

Oreochromis mossambicus

One of the world's most invasive fish, sold as food and kept as a curiosity.

Garra mullya

A hardy Indian stream fish with a sucker disc built for fast-moving water.

Neolamprologus multifasciatus

Possibly the world's smallest cichlid, big attitude packed into a tiny shell.

Synodontis albolineata

A small, community-friendly squeaker from Cameroon and Gabon that rarely reaches the trade.

Scleropages inscriptus

The only arowana with geometric line markings etched across its head and flanks.

Oreichthys sp. "Myanmar Redfin 2"

A tiny, feisty shoaler from Myanmar with a bold caudal blotch and plenty of personality.

Mystus mysticetus

A gregarious Southeast Asian catfish with a uniquely lateral-eyed look.

Gymnocharacinus bergi

A scaleless South American oddity from one of the world's most isolated streams.

Aphanius arakensis

A rare Iranian killifish relative worth keeping for conservation as much as curiosity.

Microdevario nanus

Tiny Myanmar schooler with a bold dorsal-fin blotch and big personality in small packages.

Rhinogobius nantaiensis

A feisty Taiwanese stream goby that rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Chalinochromis sp. "Ndobhoi"

A blotch-patterned Tanganyikan rock dweller with fascinating colony breeding behavior.

Mesonoemacheilus guentheri

A pebble-stream loach from India with famously unpredictable mood swings.

Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui

A shy Indian stream loach best kept in groups to bring it out of hiding.

Sundadanio axelrodi

Tiny blackwater gem that rewards patient keepers with dazzling group behavior.

Melanotaenia praecox

Tiny rainbowfish that turns up the color when kept in a proper shoal.

Stiphodon ornatus

A tiny, colorful stream goby from Sumatra that rewards patient observers.

Oreichthys crenuchoides

A tiny barb with a sail-like dorsal fin and surprisingly complex social dynamics.

Paracheirodon innesi

The fish that turned millions of people into aquarium keepers.

Corydoras reticulatus

A fine-patterned bottom dweller that lives surprisingly long in good company.

Hypancistrus sp. "L066"

A boldly patterned pleco with a variable maze-like network across its body.

Aulonocara hueseri

A sand-sifting peacock cichlid with deep blue coloration from Lake Malawi's rocky shores.