Species

Phycodurus eques

The leafy sea dragon looks more like drifting seaweed than a fish.

Heterandria formosa

One of the world's smallest fish, with a uniquely continuous birthing process.

Boraras urophthalmoides

Tiny, timid, and full of personality when kept in a proper group.

Gobiodon citrinus

A tiny, lemon-yellow goby that lives tucked inside coral branches in the wild.

Halichoeres leucoxanthus

A boldly two-toned wrasse with a sunny yellow top and clean white belly.

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

A subtly beautiful schooling tetra that rewards keepers who buy a proper-sized group.

Peckoltia compta

A compact Brazilian pleco with a bold pattern and a useful breathing trick.

Macropharyngodon meleagris

A boldly patterned reef wrasse that rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Astyanax leopoldi

A rarely seen South American tetra that rewards patient shoppers with active schooling behavior.

Chaetodon lineolatus

The largest butterflyfish in the world, with a bold graphic pattern to match.

Hippocampus erectus

A striking Atlantic seahorse with real personality, but not a beginner's fish.

Carassius auratus var. lionhead

The beefy, hood-crowned fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Homaloptera bilineata

A tiny torrent-dweller that crawls and hops across rocks like no other fish.

Homaloptera smithi

A fast-water hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homaloptera zollingeri

A flattened, rock-clinging stream dweller that crawls and hops like a lizard.

Homalopteroides smithi

A rock-clinging hill stream loach that crawls and hops like a tiny lizard.

Homalopterula gymnogaster

A tiny Sumatran hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a lizard.

Neohomaloptera johorensis

A tiny, orange hillstream loach that crawls and hops rather than swims.

Homaloptera parclitella

A flat-bodied Malay hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Acantopsis octoactinotos

A slender, sand-diving loach with a distinctively elongated snout.

Brycinus longipinnis

A lively West African schooler that needs space and confident tankmates.

Forcipiger flavissimus

A needle-nosed reef hunter that picks prey from crevices other fish can't reach.

Corydoras narcissus

A long-snouted cory from the Amazon, rarely seen and worth the search.

Corydoras semiaquilis

A peaceful bottom-dweller from Peru that thrives in sociable groups.

Mystus gulio

A schooling brackish catfish that grows surprisingly large and breathes air.

Corydoras loretoensis

A long-finned little bottom-dweller that thrives in lively, social groups.

Corydoras ortegai

A tiny armored catfish from Peru that breathes air and blinks at you.

Hyphessobrycon loretoensis

A tiny Peruvian tetra with a vivid red tail that shines in a well-planted school.

Melanotaenia maccullochi

A compact, peaceful rainbowfish that rewards group keeping with vivid male displays.

Corydoras amandajanea

A rare armored catfish from the Negro River that occasionally breathes air

Synchiropus splendidus

One of the most vividly colored fish on the reef, and one of the trickiest to keep.

Carnegiella strigata

A deep-keeled surface dweller that brings life to the upper third of any tank.

Corydoras pinheiroi

A rare Amazonian cory that can breathe air and live for decades.

Hyphessobrycon compressus

The founding species of its entire genus, rarely seen in the hobby.

Paracheilinus mccoskeri

A tiny reef wrasse where the males put on a color show like no other.

Pangasianodon gigas

One of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and critically endangered.