Species

Nemacheilus selangoricus

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

Dawkinsia filamentosa

A large, lively Indian barb whose males grow ornate trailing dorsal fins.

Devario maetaengensis

A compact mountain-stream danio with bold patterning from northern Thailand's cool waters.

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.

Danio tinwini

A tiny spotted Burmese danio that thrives in numbers and rewards patient keepers.

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.

Hyphessobrycon flammeus

A fiery Rio native that glows brightest when kept in a proper group.

Paracheilinus rubricaudalis

A rare Fijian flasher wrasse from the outer reef, barely known in the hobby.

Pinirampus pirinampu

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

Esomus danrica

A sociable Asian barb with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Melanotaenia sexlineata

A rarely seen rainbowfish from Papua New Guinea's remote rainforest creeks.

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum

A peaceful Australian schooling fish with a surprisingly complex genetic story.

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum

A peaceful Australian native that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.

Pseudomugil furcatus

Tiny Papua New Guinea gem that puts on its best show in a proper group

Acanthurus fowleri

A reef-cruising grazer that roams seaward drop-offs in loose schools

Dermogenys pusilla

A surface-skimming livebearer with a jaw made for dueling

Hemigrammus pulcher

A peaceful, colorful little tetra that thrives in numbers and suits most community tanks.

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.

Pseudomugil gertrudae

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

Devario aequipinnatus

A boldly striped, fast-moving schooler that brings real energy to larger community tanks.

Devario malabaricus

A fast-moving, deep-bodied danio that needs space and confident tankmates.

Trichogaster fasciata

A peaceful, rarely seen gourami that's actually worth hunting down.

Hydrocynus goliath

Razor-toothed Congo predator that most aquariums, and fishkeepers, simply cannot handle.

Devario sp. "Giraffe"

A giraffe-patterned danionin built for roomy, lively community tanks.

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 bicirrhis

The living ghost: almost entirely see-through and best kept in a school.

Kryptopterus geminus

A ghostly schooling catfish that drifts through the water column like smoke

Kryptopterus limpok

A schooling glass catfish cousin rarely seen outside its native rivers