Species

Dormitator lebretonis

A West African brackish-water goby with bold adult coloration and an appetite to match.

Salarias ramosus

A personable reef grazer with bold patterning and surprising air-breathing ability.

Echidna nebulosa

A crustacean-crushing moray that coexists peacefully with fish tankmates.

Tanganicodus irsacae

A wave-zone specialist that hops across rocks like no other cichlid.

Macrognathus siamensis

A slender, burrowing oddity with a row of false eyes along its back.

Garra spilota

A reddish-finned Burmese stream fish with boldly blotched flanks and genuine personality.

Leporinus maculatus

A swift-water Guianan pencilfish relative with a spotted pattern and real personality.

Pimelodus maculatus

A schooling predatory catfish that needs space, robust tankmates, and careful handling.

Synodontis multipunctata

The catfish that tricks cichlids into raising its young for it.

Synodontis waterloti

A rarely seen West African catfish with serrated fins and bold personality.

Andinoacara stalsbergi

A Pacific-slope cichlid built for hard, alkaline, and even brackish water.

Abalistes stellaris

A surprisingly beginner-friendly triggerfish with bold spots and serious size.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Apistogramma eremnopyge

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a dark tail blotch and surprisingly complex social needs.

Pelvicachromis taeniatus

A cave-spawning West African dwarf cichlid with vivid breeding colors and real personality.

Plotosus lineatus

The only catfish that calls coral reefs home, and it comes armed.

Barilius barna

A bold, fast-moving hill stream schooler that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Meiacanthus grammistes

A venomous-fanged blenny that other fish mimic for protection.

Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus

A boldly patterned Amazonian catfish that thrives in community tanks.

Yasuhikotakia eos

A bold, clicking loach from fast Mekong rivers that demands respect and companions.

Scobinancistrus aureatus

A bold, deep-bodied Xingu pleco that earns its place with personality to spare.

Schistura hypsiura

A mildly tempered stream loach with bold flank bars and a deeply forked tail.

Synbranchus madeirae

A secretive South American swamp eel with surprising parental instincts.

A large, deep-water African catfish built for serious species setups.

A rarely seen Tanganyikan catfish that pairs well with rift lake cichlids.

Ecsenius stigmatura

A tiny, perch-loving reef blenny with a bold spot and big personality.

Eretmodus cyanostictus

A wave-zone specialist that hops across rocks and pairs for life.

Telmatochromis temporalis

A bold little Tanganyikan cichlid that's never shy about being seen.

Mystus tengara

A small South Asian catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Leiocassis siamensis

A sleek Thai river catfish with a carnivore's appetite and quiet confidence.

Geophagus altifrons

A sand-sifting Amazon cichlid that's gentler than its reputation suggests.

Satanoperca daemon

A sand-sifting cichlid with bold markings and surprisingly complex social needs.

Apistogramma trifasciata

A tiny cichlid packing bold stripes, bright color, and real personality into a small frame.

Ecsenius tigris

A tiny, rarely seen blenny from one of the most remote reef systems on Earth.

Syncrossus berdmorei

A bold, clicking loach that demands respect and plenty of company.

Syncrossus hymenophysa

A boldly barred, sharp-spined loach that demands respect and plenty of company.