A Freshwater Peacock By Aquatropic Staff | October 27, 2025 One of the prettiest fish you'll see for a freshwater aquarium is also one of the fish that spawned the monster fish keeper m … Read more
Sir Stigmatogobius sadanundio By Aquatropic Staff | October 21, 2025 The Knight Goby goes by the scientific name, Stigmatogobius sadanundio. The Stigmatogobius part comes from a blend of Latin a … Read more
Someday, You'll Be A Real Catfish By Aquatropic Staff | October 13, 2025 There is no lie in saying that the Pinocchio Catfish (also Pinocchio Whiptail Catfish) are some of the coolest cats we see ar … Read more
The Little Knifefish That Could By Aquatropic Staff | October 8, 2025 Today's contestant on Tongue-Twisters of the Scientific Sort is Gymnorphamphichthys rondoni. Have fun with that one. That odd … Read more
Highly Underrated Fish: Red-Blue Peru By Aquatropic Staff | September 22, 2025 In today's episode of criminally under-rated Tetras, we present the Red-Blue Peru. Also sometimes called the Bleeding Blue Te … Read more
The Devil In The Details By Aquatropic Staff | September 17, 2025 The Lava Devil Snail has an interesting name in that it is half understandable. The foot and shell are a mix of reddish brown … Read more
Red Tail Zebra Loaches Are the Shistura By Aquatropic Staff | September 9, 2025 One of the most common Loaches you'll see in aquarium stores is the Zebra Loach, and that's because there's at least a half d … Read more
Beautiful Cichlids from the Andes By Aquatropic Staff | August 21, 2025 It's easy to get lost in the weeds when talking about scientific names of fish, so today, we'll just delve one teeny weeny to … Read more
Goodness Gracious, Great Mouths Of Fire By Aquatropic Staff | August 4, 2025 Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914) was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. He penned the first book on Mexica … Read more