Species

Pimelodus pictus

A spotted, whiskered speedster that will eat anything small enough to swallow.

Synodontis angelicus

A boldly spotted Congo catfish that grows into a fierce bottom-territory defender.

Diodon holacanthus

A curious, spiny puffer that can devour your cleanup crew without a second thought.

Pungu maclareni

A critically endangered sponge-eating cichlid found nowhere else on Earth.

Neoceratodus forsteri

A living fossil that breathes air and may outlive its keeper by decades.

Hypseleotris guentheri

A small Pacific stream goby comfortable in fresh, brackish, or salt water.

Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

A bold, territorial bottom-dweller with vivid red fins and a big personality.

Tilapia zillii

A tank-busting herbivore that will devour your plants and ask for more.

Cherax quadricarinatus

A bold, fast-growing Australian crayfish with vivid red claw markings on the males.

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

A sociable loach with complex group dynamics and real personality to match.

Epalzeorhynchos munense

A rarely seen shark with a jet-black body and vivid red fins from Southeast Asian rivers.

Satanoperca rhynchitis

A gregarious French Guiana cichlid with distinctive red lips and surprising gentleness outside of spawning.

Anostomus ternetzi

A boldly striped headstander that swims at its own angle. Literally.

Geophagus surinamensis

A mouthbrooding digger that sifts sand and fiercely guards its young.

Aborichthys elongatus

A pebble-stream loach from the Himalayan foothills with a fondness for fast water.

Metriaclima estherae

A bold, scrappy cichlid that brings serious color and attitude to the African rift tank.

Erpetoichthys calabaricus

A living fossil with an eel-like body and a lineage older than the dinosaurs.

Haplochromis sauvagei

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

Pelvicachromis roloffi

A cave-spawning West African dwarf cichlid with strong pair bonds and subtle charm.

Caquetaia spectabilis

A bold Amazonian cichlid that pairs for life and defends its brood fiercely.

Brachygobius sabanus

A tiny brackish goby with bold banding and a big territorial attitude.

Neoarius leptaspis

A mouthbrooding giant catfish that travels from rivers to the sea.

Neolamprologus sexfasciatus

A boldly striped Tanganyikan predator that demands respect from tankmates and keeper alike.

Thorichthys callolepis

A lesser-known Mexican cichlid from swift, rocky headwaters worth a closer look.

Pseudotropheus saulosi

A Lake Malawi mbuna with dazzling sex-based color differences and fascinating mouthbrooding behavior.

Barilius shacra

A bold, fast-moving river cyprinid that needs equally robust tankmates to thrive.

Lamprologus meleagris

A tiny shell-brooding cichlid with a surprisingly big attitude.

Neolamprologus similis

Tiny shell-dwelling cichlid with a ferocious personality well above its size.

Lamprologus kungweensis

A tiny Lake Tanganyika shell brooder that digs its own burrow network.

Neolamprologus brevis

A pint-sized Tanganyikan cichlid that treats a snail shell like a fortress

Nemachilichthys shimogensis

A rarely seen Indian stream loach that does best with a few of its own kind.

Ageneiosus atronasus

A compact Amazonian predator that fits surprisingly well in a community setup.

Hemibagrus peguensis

A rarely seen Myanmar catfish with bold spotted flanks and an orange tail.

Amphiprion akallopisos

The pale skunk stripe makes this anemonefish one of the most recognizable in the ocean.

Yasuhikotakia morleti

A feisty, burrowing loach with complex social behavior and a bold personality.

Nimbochromis livingstonii

The Lake Malawi cichlid that fakes its own death to ambush prey.