Species

Assessor macneilli

A cave-dwelling reef basslet that swims upside-down like it owns the place.

Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

A tiny blue-backed rainbowfish relative from Australia's brackish mangrove creeks.

Pygoplites diacanthus

One of the reef's most recognizable angels, and one of its trickiest to keep.

Barbus fasciolatus

A rarely exported African barb with bold vertical bars and crepuscular habits.

Acanthurus blochii

A long-lived, schooling surgeon with a mood-shifting palette and a blade to match.

Hyphessobrycon wada

A tiny tetra with a purple-blue body and vivid orange fins that deepen with age.

Yasuhikotakia modesta

A sociable Mekong loach with vivid fins and a complex social life.

Serrasalmus altuvei

A rare, solitary piranha relative that's harder to identify than to keep.

Apistogramma eunotus

A compact Peruvian dwarf cichlid with serious parenting instincts and big personality.

Chromis cyaneus

A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.

Chromis cyanea

A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.

Nanochromis nudiceps

A compact Congo cichlid with a violet belly and real personality in a small package.

Corydoras nattereri

A long-lived, sociable bottom-dweller that breathes air and blinks at you.

Danio kerri

A powder-blue schooling gem from the Malay Peninsula that's rarely seen but easy to keep.

Chrysiptera cyanea

Vivid blue and boldly territorial, this tiny fish punches well above its weight.

Alestopetersius smykalai

A rare West African schooler with a bold diamond marking and fascinating male rivalry displays.

Inpaichthys kerri

Tiny tetra with big color rivalry. Males glow brightest when competing for attention.

Cryptoheros spilurus

A compact Central American cichlid with fierce pair bonds and big personality.

Amblydoras nauticus

A hardy little catfish that talks in the dark and rarely shows its face by day.

Tropheus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that rewards patience with fascinating colony dynamics.

Panaque suttonorum

A wood-rasping Venezuelan plec with vivid blue eyes that glow in the right light.

Balistoides viridescens

The largest triggerfish alive, and it knows it.

Nothobranchius rachovii

A fish that lives fast, dies young, and leaves spectacular eggs behind.

Paracheilinus cyaneus

A reef-dwelling wrasse that sleeps wrapped in its own slime cocoon every night.

Pomacanthus navarchus

A bold reef resident with one of the most dramatic color transitions in marine fishkeeping.

Melanochromis johanni

A Lake Malawi rock-dweller with bold colors and bolder attitude.

Chromis viridis

A shimmering, peaceful schooling fish that brings reef lagoons to life in your tank.

Thalassoma amblycephalum

A reef-dwelling wrasse with bold color phases and a peaceful community nature.

Opsarius bernatziki

A fast, bold hillstream schooler with vivid blue flank bars and serious attitude.

Xanthichthys auromarginatus

A long-lived, manageable trigger that actually leaves your rockwork alone.

Fundulopanchax filamentosus

Ornate West African killifish with flowing fins and a taste for live food.

Parupeneus cyclostomus

A reef-flat hunter that uses whisker-like barbels to sniff out hidden prey.

Trigonopoma gracile

A delicate blackwater rasbora with variable color forms from Borneo's forest streams.

Symphorichthys spilurus

A bold reef-associated snapper that grows into a true centerpiece fish.

Cirrhilabrus lineatus

A lavender-and-pink fairy wrasse that turns heads in any reef tank.

Rasbora einthovenii

A peaceful forest-stream rasbora with a charmingly crinkled lateral stripe.