Repeat after me: Glassfish live in freshwater habitats, not brackish water habitats.Though, let’s be a bit more specific abou … Read more

Tylomelania snails have made a recent splash in the freshwater aquarium world thanks to their large size and heartiness in ca … Read more

Cockatoos that don’t speak: Apistogramma cacatuoides.When one thinks of cichlids, many large rough and tumble aggressive fish … Read more

The Canara Pearlspot (Etroplus canarensis) is a cichlid of limited range, being found only in the freshwater waterways of Sou … Read more

Herichthys carpintis, the electric blue Carpintis is a new world Cichlidae of a few common names. They include the lowland ci … Read more

The cichlid species found in Madagascar are not as well-known as their relatives from Africa and the Americas, but this uniqu … Read more

For most of the twentieth century, our knowledge when it came to how Neotropical cichlids were related to one another remaine … Read more

With 66 valid species (and many others still awaiting scientific description), Rineloricaria represents the largest radiation … Read more

Large catfishes are definitely a niche item in the aquarium trade. Species like the Red Tail Catfish or Tiger Shovelnose Catf … Read more