Species

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

A personable brackish predator with a beak, a belly, and a bad attitude.

Halichoeres richmondi

A reef-dwelling wrasse that moves in loose social groups across coral-rich shallows.

Pao turgidus

A color-shifting freshwater puffer with a bold personality and serious bite.

Oliotius oligolepis

A peaceful, easy-to-keep schooler with bold checker-patterned scales.

Channa amphibeus

A large, air-breathing predator from the rivers of India and Bhutan.

Rasbora rubrodorsalis

A tiny Southeast Asian schooler with a vivid red splash on its dorsal fin.

Centropyge argi

The Atlantic's tiniest angel, bold in color and personality despite its small size.

Channa asiatica

A pelvic-fin-free predator with bold bars, white spots, and genuine parental instincts.

Melanochromis chipokae

Possibly the most aggressive mbuna in the hobby. Not for the faint-hearted.

Cichlasoma bocourti

A hefty Central American cichlid that means business in any territory it claims.

Hypselecara coryphaenoides

A peaceful giant from blackwater rivers that transforms dramatically when spawning.

Haplochromis chromogynos

A specialized Lake Victoria cichlid that hunts insect larvae along rocky shorelines.

Barbodes everetti

A misidentified Bornean barb finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Coris gaimard

A wrasse that completely reinvents its look from juvenile to adult.

Carassius auratus var. comet

The classic long-tailed goldfish that outlives most aquarium pets.

Sphyraena barracuda

A true apex predator that grows to nearly six feet long.

Remora remora

The original hitchhiker: a fish that lives life permanently attached to a host.

Altolamprologus compressiceps

A laterally flattened Tanganyikan predator built to hunt in razor-thin rock crevices.

Tetraodon schoutedeni

A rare Congo puffer with a surprisingly manageable temperament for its family.

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

Fearless, easy to breed, and absolutely not a community fish.

Acanthurus triostegus

A reef grazer wearing prison stripes, and surprisingly easy to get along with.

Centropyge bispinosa

A reef-dwelling dwarf angel with bold color and a feisty personality.

Oxymonacanthus longirostris

A vividly spotted obligate coral feeder that's as delicate as it is beautiful.

Gobiodon atrangulatus

A tiny coral-dwelling goby that lives and breeds within Acropora colonies.

Serranocirrhitus latus

A secretive reef dweller that casually swims upside-down along cave ceilings.

Chaetodon vagabundus

A wide-ranging reef butterfly that pairs for life and patrols its territory together.

Canthigaster coronata

A compact Hawaiian puffer with bold saddle markings and a voracious appetite for reef invertebrates.

Nandopsis tetracanthus

Cuba's only native cichlid: territorial, long-lived, and surprisingly personable.

Archocentrus septemfasciatus

A feisty Costa Rican cichlid that punches well above its weight at spawning time.

Aphanius danfordii

A rare Turkish killifish relative with fascinating behavior and real conservation value.

Celestichthys flagrans

A rare northern Myanmar danio with fiery stripes and a slender build.

Aphyocharax paraguayensis

A lively little shoaler that pairs well with dwarf cichlids and Corydoras.

Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus

A rarely seen deep-reef wrasse from some of the Pacific's most remote atolls.

Xiphophorus cortezi

A gentle, lesser-known Mexican swordtail for the planted community tank.

Pseudotropheus demasoni

A pint-sized mbuna with the aggression of a fish ten times its size.

Zebrasoma desjardinii

A sail-finned grazer that turns any large reef tank into open ocean.