Species

Apistogramma agassizii

A jewel of the Amazon riverbed with big cichlid personality in a small package.

Astatoreochromis alluaudi

A versatile Victorian cichlid with teeth built to crush snails whole.

Abbottina rivularis

A bold, bottom-hugging cyprinid that demands equally assertive tankmates.

Luciosoma spilopleura

A fast-moving schooling fish wrapped in taxonomic mystery.

Aphanius baeticus

A critically rare Spanish killifish that rewards dedicated keepers willing to help conserve it.

Nemacheilus masyai

A boldly patterned river loach that holds its own with attitude to spare.

Amphilophus macracanthus

A hefty Central American cichlid built for life on the riverbed.

Apistogramma atahualpa

A jewel-sized Amazonian dwarf cichlid with fierce maternal instincts.

Ophisternon gutturale

A secretive, air-breathing eel that hides in mud and comes alive after dark.

Apistogramma bitaeniata

A jewel of Amazonian blackwater, with color forms varying by river system.

Schistura notostigma

A feisty Sri Lankan stream dweller that climbs waterfalls and holds its ground.

Mastacembelus circumcinctus

A secretive burrowing eel that vanishes into the substrate for days at a time.

Syncrossus helodes

A bold, large loach that needs space, company, and an owner who means business.

Opsarius barna

A bold, fast-moving hill stream schooler that needs equally spirited tankmates.

Polypterus delhezi

A living fossil from the Congo that breathes air and hunts by smell.

Devario pathirana

A rare Sri Lankan danio with bold vertical bars and a lively, boisterous personality.

Syncrossus beauforti

A boldly patterned, boisterous loach that demands space and respectful tankmates.

Batasio tigrinus

A compact Thai catfish with bold tiger patterning and feisty personality.

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

A boldly patterned Indian hillstream loach with a famously unpredictable temper.

Neoarius berneyi

A wide-ranging Australian catfish that thrives in murky, slow-moving water.

Polypterus bichir bichir

A living fossil that breathes air and hunts by smell alone.

Acaronia nassa

A wide-eyed Amazonian ambush predator that makes the most of its stillness.

Thorichthys pasionis

A lesser-known Central American cichlid with bold personality and a distinctive dark throat.

Bagrichthys hypselopterus

A deep-river Asian catfish with an impressively tall dorsal fin and bold personality.

Apistogramma hongsloi

A compact Colombian dwarf cichlid that pairs up and parents together.

Geophagus brachybranchus

A sand-sifting eartheater with elaborate mouthbrooding parental care and a surprisingly gentle nature.

Ophisternon infernale

A cave-dwelling, eyeless eel from the underground rivers of the Yucatan.

Pimelodus blochii

A boldly striped rivercat that doubles as an accidental seed disperser in the wild.

Chaetostoma cf thomsoni

The most common rubbernose pleco in the hobby, and endlessly misidentified.

Procambarus alleni

Florida's boldest crustacean, in an almost unreal shade of blue.

Panaque suttonorum

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

Apistogramma panduro

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a bold personality and cave-spawning habits.

Chalinochromis brichardi

A bold little rubble-dweller from Tanganyika's rocky shoreline.

Geophagus brokopondo

A rare Surinamese eartheater that's calmer than its 'aggressive' label suggests.

Horabagrus brachysoma

A gorgeous giant catfish that outgrows most home tanks before you know it.

Batrochoglanis raninus

A compact, cave-hoarding ambush predator with serious attitude for its size.