Species

Pethia padamya

A barb with a mysterious past and males that blaze red when rivals are near.

Asterophysus batrachus

A gulper catfish that can swallow prey nearly twice its own size.

Tilapia ruweti

A compact African cichlid with big personality from wild swamp habitats.

Gobiodon okinawae

Tiny, vivid, and inseparable from its Acropora home.

Corydoras simulatus

A rarely documented Colombian cory with a color pattern that keeps even experts guessing.

Danio dangila

A large, active danio with impressively long barbels and a rarely seen wild side.

Nannostomus unifasciatus

A tiny pencilfish that swims at a permanent angle, day and night.

Nannaethiops unitaeniatus

A peaceful little African schooler that deserves far more attention than it gets.

Satanoperca lilith

A rarely traded eartheater with a single bold flank spot and surprising social depth.

Betta unimaculata

A mouthbrooding Betta from Borneo that bucks the aggressive stereotype entirely.

Synodontis notata

A daytime-active catfish with a bold personality to match its bold spot.

Pseudanthias fasciatus

A deep-reef anthias famous for swimming upside-down along cave ceilings.

Macrognathus aculeatus

A serpentine burrower with a single bold stripe and a secretive personality.

Barilius ardens

A fast-moving Western Ghats minnow that needs space, speed, and bold companions.

Barilius malabaricus

A fast, bold river minnow from India's Western Ghats that needs room to move.

Carassius auratus var. oranda

The velvet-capped fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keeping.

Etroplus maculatus

The only cichlid native to India, with a fascinating cleaning-fish side hustle.

Microctenopoma ansorgii

A jewel-toned African labyrinth fish that rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Neoheterandria elegans

A tiny Colombian livebearer with a fascinating near-mammalian reproductive twist.

Amphiprion chrysopterus

A large, bold anemonefish from the wide Pacific with serious territorial attitude.

Barbus eutaenia

A sleek African barb from fast, rocky streams that rewards patient keepers.

Stiphodon maculidorsalis

A tiny Indonesian stream goby with bold dorsal markings worth seeking out.

Bryconops affinis

A restless, fast-moving shoaler from the Guiana Shield's coastal streams.

Laetacara fulvipinnis

A tiny blackwater cichlid with warm-toned fins and a gentle personality.

Geophagus sp. "Orange Head"

A vividly capped cichlid that rewards patient keepers with fascinating mouthbrooding family life.

Naso elegans

A bold reef grazer with vivid orange tail spines and a distinctly regal profile.

Acanthurus olivaceus

A bold orange shoulder-stripe makes this reef surgeon impossible to mistake.

Balistapus undulatus

One of the reef's most aggressive personalities packed into a boldly patterned body.

Pseudochromis fridmani

A bold little Red Sea endemic that punches well above its weight.

Rhinogobius lanyuensis

A tiny island goby from one of Taiwan's most remote corners.

Andinoacara sp. "Orinoco"

A mellow Orinoco cichlid that pairs easily and rewards patient breeders.

Biotodoma wavrini

A slender eartheater that thrives in groups and rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus

A dinosaur-sized algae grazer built for decades of service in large tanks.

Hemigrammus barrigonae

A rare Orinoco tetra that rewards patient keepers willing to seek it out.

Polypterus ornatipinnis

An ancient, armored predator that breathes air and prowls the night.

Corydoras ornatus

A long-lived Tapajós bottom-dweller that thrives in sociable, peaceful groups.