Species

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

Corydoras melini

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

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

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

Corydoras delphax

A long-lived armored catfish that breathes air and occasionally blinks at you.

Eirmotus insignis

A tiny barb with bold banding, best appreciated in a species-focused nano setup.

Corydoras sodalis

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

Nemacheilus selangoricus

A scrappy little bottom-dweller from Borneo's fast forest streams.

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.

Pinirampus pirinampu

A schooling river giant that needs serious space and serious commitment.

Homaloptera ogilviei

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

Homaloptera sexmaculata

A lizard-like hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks instead of swimming.

Homalopteroides modestus

A tiny mountain stream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Homalopteroides nebulosus

A tiny forest-stream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Homalopteroides stephensoni

A rare Bornean hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homalopteroides tweediei

A tiny hillstream crawler that hops and clings its way across the riverbed.

Corydoras geryi

A larger, long-lived cory from Bolivia that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Brachygobius aggregatus

A tiny bumblebee goby that thrives from freshwater streams to brackish estuaries.

Sinibotia robusta

A stocky, sociable Chinese loach that rewards patient keepers with fascinating group dynamics.

Pangio doriae

A worm-like peat swamp loach that loves to pile into hiding spots with its companions.

Siganus guttatus

A schooling reef herbivore with venomous spines and a tide-following lifestyle.

Sinibotia pulchra

A sociable, sinuous loach that needs its own kind to truly thrive.

Hypsibarbus malcolmi

A big, bold barb with golden fins that needs room to roam.

Canthophrys gongota

A rarely traded loach from Himalayan foothills that rewards patient, specialist keepers.

Corydoras melanotaenia

A long-bodied, gold-finned cory that's rarer in tanks than it deserves to be.

Stiphodon elegans

A jewel-toned goby built for fast, crystal-clear rainforest streams.

Corydoras guapore

A corydoras that defies the bottom-dweller stereotype by schooling mid-water.

Hampala macrolepidota

A two-foot predatory barb that's more river monster than aquarium fish.

Amblydoras hancocki

A schooling armored catfish with surprising survival tricks up its sleeve.

Leptobotia taeniops

A sociable Chinese loach with a bold personality and a taste for company.

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in midwater and thrives in groups

Yunnanilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in open water, unlike most of its relatives.

Corydoras fowleri

A long-snouted cory with a feisty streak and surprisingly long lifespan.