Species

Gnathonemus petersii

A trunk-nosed African oddball that navigates the dark using its own electric field.

Leptobotia elongata

A river giant from the Yangtze that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Brochis splendens

A chunky, armored schooler that breathes air and gets along with everyone.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

A reef-walking shark that shuts down its own brain to survive low oxygen.

Silurus glanis

One of the largest freshwater fish alive, and it knows it.

Gastromyzon ocellatus

A patterned Bornean stream-clinger with a bold red tail and real personality.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

Corydoras melini

A boldly marked little catfish with a centuries-long lifespan hiding in a two-inch body.

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

Tiny Brazilian catfish with a Corydoras personality packed into a one-inch body.

Liosomadoras morrowi

A secretive Peruvian catfish with a nocturnal appetite for its smaller tankmates.

Corydoras sodalis

A long-lived little catfish that genuinely needs the company of its own kind.

Amphiprion perideraion

A soft-pink, gentle clownfish that communicates by popping its jaws.

Tomiyamichthys latruncularius

A reef sand-flat goby that shares its burrow with a snapping shrimp partner.

Pervagor spilosoma

A boldly patterned Hawaiian filefish with a vivid orange tail that demands attention.

Dormitator maculatus

A bruiser from the brackish margins, built tough and not shy about it.

Synodontis euptera

A long-lived African catfish whose dramatic dorsal fin grows more impressive with age.

Nemacheilus selangoricus

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

Tetraodon biocellatus

Pint-sized freshwater puffer with a big attitude and a taste for snails.

Dactylopus dactylopus

A sand-walking dragonet that tiptoes across the seafloor on finger-like fins.

Trimma rubromaculatus

A tiny red-spotted goby with a quirky habit of hovering at odd angles near the seafloor.

Nemateleotris magnifica

A tiny reef dart with a flame-colored body and an unmistakable sail-like dorsal fin.

Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

A bold, snake-like predator that rewards patient keepers with years of personality.

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.

Sorubimichthys planiceps

A massive Amazonian predator that demands serious space and serious commitment.

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.

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma

A burrowing African catfish with a big appetite and bigger attitude toward tankmates.

Pinirampus pirinampu

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

Strombus alatus

A peaceful, sand-sifting conch that earns its dramatic name through looks alone.

Meiacanthus anema

A venomous little blenny that predators learned to leave alone.

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

A true freshwater moray that mistakes fingers for fish when hungry.

Gymnothorax tile

A true eel for freshwater tanks, built like a predator and priced for beginners.

Wallago attu

A truly dangerous giant catfish that can outgrow most public aquariums.