Species

Aphyosemion volcanum

A rare Cameroonian killifish from volcanic rainforest streams, seldom seen in the hobby.

Rasbora vulcanus

A tiny, peaceful Sumatran schooler that earns its volcanic trade name.

Akysis vespa

A tiny banded catfish from Myanmar's fast streams, built like a wasp.

Petrocephalus bovei bovei

A nocturnal African weakfish that retreats into caves by day and hunts by night.

Paramisgurnus dabryanus

The tough, peaceful bottom-dweller hiding in plain sight as a different species.

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Australia's leafy coastal phantom, camouflaged beyond belief.

Corydoras weitzmani

A long-lived little catfish that blinks at you from the bottom of the tank.

Bhavania australis

A wild-stream crawler from endangered Indian rivers, rarely seen outside its homeland.

Melanotaenia australis

Australia's most widespread rainbowfish, and well worth the wait to color up.

Remora australis

The open-ocean hitchhiker that bonds with whales and baffles hobbyists.

Tanichthys albonubes

A cold-tolerant schooling fish that practically takes care of itself.

Betta albimarginata

A tiny, peaceful mouthbrooding betta from Borneo's blackwater forest streams.

Amblygobius albimaculatus

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and engineers its own burrow.

Allodontichthys hubbsi

A rare Mexican livebearer from a single river system, seldom seen in the hobby.

Axelrodia stigmatias

A tiny Amazonian shoaler that rewards patient keepers with lively social behavior.

Corydoras albolineatus

A white-striped Bolivian cory that occasionally gulps air at the surface.

Ctenochaetus flavicauda

A compact reef-grazer with a bright white tail that stands out on the rock face.

Hemiodus atranalis

A lively, peaceful schooling fish built for spacious Amazon biotopes.

Auchenipterichthys thoracatus

A secretive Amazonian catfish that wedges itself into hiding spots with specialized fins.

Centromochlus schultzi

A shy but charming Brazilian wood catfish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Glanidium leopardum

A leopard-spotted catfish from Guiana's leaf-littered creek systems.

Pristella maxillaris

The see-through tetra whose bold dorsal fin pattern makes a school unforgettable.

Stonogobiops yasha

A tiny reef goby that shares its burrow with a nearly-blind shrimp partner.

Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

A lively, adaptable tetra that rewards you for keeping it in a proper group.

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

A reef cleaner that moonlights as one of the more manageable pipefish for beginners.

Ostorhinchus luteus

A tiny Pacific cardinalfish that finds shelter among sea urchin spines.

Halichoeres chrysus

A cheerful, all-yellow wrasse that's as easygoing as it looks.

Hypsibarbus pierrei

A large, river-bred barb with bold scale patterning and easy care.

Paracheilinus flavianalis

A small reef wrasse that puts on dazzling courtship displays in group settings.

Opistognathus aurifrons

A sand-burrowing fish that hovers upright and broods eggs in its mouth.

Halichoeres garnoti

A Western Atlantic wrasse that transforms dramatically as it matures.

Pseudanthias luzonensis

A deep-slope reef dweller that schools beautifully in spacious saltwater tanks.

Hippocampus kuda

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific seahorse that adapts surprisingly well to aquarium life.

Apogon cyanosoma

A reef-safe schooling cardinalfish that finds safety in numbers and sea urchin spines.

Pseudanthias tuka

A reef-slope schooler draped in purple and yellow, surprisingly manageable in a large system.

Alestopetersius caudalis

A Congo schooling fish where rival males put on their best show