Species

Homaloptera ogilviei

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

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.

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Tiny rainforest blue-eye that rewards patient keepers with dazzling fin displays.

Puntius guganio

A peaceful, schooling barb from South Asia that science hasn't fully figured out yet.

Prionobrama filigera

A peaceful, transparent schooling fish with a blood-red tail that earns its name.

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Charax gibbosus

A rarely-seen South American oddity with a see-through body and a quirky head-down posture.

Trigonopoma pauciperforatum

A slender, stripe-bearing rasbora that thrives in soft, tea-colored forest water.

Trigonostigma hengeli

A tiny, soft-water schooler with a vivid orange-edged lambchop mark.

Hemigrammus erythrozonus

A fiery neon stripe makes this hardy little tetra a beginner's best friend.

Barbodes semifasciolatus

The golden form that fooled generations of fishkeepers into thinking it was the real thing.

Sinibotia robusta

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

Pethia gelius

A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.

Hemigrammus rodwayi

The golden color isn't natural. It takes a parasite to unlock it.

Hyphessobrycon roseus

A tiny, rosy schooling tetra that thrives in peaceful community tanks.

Rasbora caudimaculata

A large, long-lived rasbora with a restless tail and real presence in a big tank.

Paracheirodon simulans

The neon's lesser-known cousin, with a greener stripe and wilder roots.

Corydoras melanotaenia

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

Microdevario kubotai

A tiny Thai schooler that glows neon green in a well-planted tank.

Thayeria ifati

The rarest penguin tetra, with a boldly defined tail stripe and colorful fin tips.

Trigonostigma heteromorpha

A timeless community fish with a bold black wedge marking that never goes out of style.

Carnegiella strigata strigata

A tiny, peaceful surface-dweller with a deep-keeled body unlike any other tetra.

Kottelatia brittani

A rare, monotypic rasbora relative with vivid caudal markings and a gentle nature.

Hemigrammus ocellifer

Two glowing spots, nose to tail. A classic community tetra that delivers every time.

Pseudomugil mellis

A tiny Australian rainbowfish from tannin-dark coastal wallum country.

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.

Chanda ranga

A ghostly glass fish from Asian rivers, delicate but endlessly fascinating.

Puntius sahyadriensis

A rare Indian hill-stream barb that truly shines when kept in a proper school.

Heniochus pleurotaenia

A rarely seen bannerfish that schools in impressive numbers across Indian Ocean reefs.

Oryzias dancena

A tiny, peaceful ricefish that carries its eggs like a living clutch before planting them.

Pethia setnai

A peaceful, school-loving barb from Goa's clear streams, perfect for community tanks.

Melanotaenia irianjaya

A rarely seen rainbowfish with an unusual fin shape that sets it apart from its cousins.