Species

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

A Corydoras mimic from blackwater Brazil, rarely seen but worth the search.

Pareutropius debauwi

A schooling African catfish with a see-through body and lively personality.

Erethistes jerdoni

A tiny, peaceful catfish that hides by day and explores by night.

Akysis portellus

A tiny venomous stream catfish from Myanmar that's easier to keep than it looks.

Akysis pulvinatus

A pint-sized Thai hillstream catfish that hides among rocks and rarely reaches an inch.

Akysis vespertinus

A tiny, venomous stream catfish from Myanmar, rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Amblydoras nauticus

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

Synodontis contracta

A pint-sized Congo catfish that spends most of its life swimming upside-down.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Pareutropius buffei

A slender West African catfish that blooms with confidence in a shoal.

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

A rare peat-stream catfish that schools and stays genuinely peaceful in community tanks.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

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

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column

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

Kryptopterus vitreolus

The see-through catfish that disappears in plain sight

Amblydoras hancocki

A schooling armored catfish with surprising survival tricks up its sleeve.

Akysis prashadi

A pint-sized Myanmar catfish that vanishes into the sand, barbels first.

Mystus gulio

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

Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis

A skin-shedding hill stream catfish that keeps its tankmates on their toes.

Ompok eugeneiatus

A shy, schooling catfish from Southeast Asian peat swamps and flooded forests.

Hara jerdoni

A moth-like micro catfish from Indian hill streams, best kept in groups.

Centromochlus reticulatus

A tiny gregarious catfish from Guyana that sometimes goes by 'purple oil catfish'.

Megalodoras uranoscopus

A gentle giant catfish from the Amazon that travels in groups and growls.

Pareutropius longifilis

A shy but lively African schooling fish that thrives in numbers

Kryptopterus cryptopterus

A ghostly schooling catfish that disappears against the current

Acanthodoras spinosissimus

A armored, sound-making catfish that thrives in good company.

Hassar orestis

A sound-producing doradid catfish that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Nemadoras leporhinus

A schooling thorny catfish from South America, rarely seen but worth seeking out.

Oxydoras niger

A school-forming gentle giant that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Batasio travancoria

A small, feisty hill stream catfish from India's lush Western Ghats.

Synodontis batensoda

A large African catfish that genuinely swims upside down as its default mode.

Akysis vespa

A tiny banded catfish from Myanmar's fast streams, built like a wasp.