The filefish family is filled with no shortage of strange species. Compared to their close cousins, the triggerfishes, monaca … Read more

Aquarists should be quite familiar with danios and rasboras. These two groups feature dozens of common and uncommon aquarium … Read more

“The Black-belt cichlid, Vieja maculicauda, is somewhat unique in being widely distributed across lowland reaches of rivers i … Read more

Hengeli Glowlight (Trigonostigma hengeli) is a cute and adorable rasboras fish perfect for any hobbyist. It is a fast moving … Read more

More than 500 million years ago, during a period referred to informally as the Cambrian Explosion, life in the oceans explode … Read more

Ricefishes are generally not a familiar group to aquarists, and at first glance it would be easy to mistake them for a killif … Read more

For those seeking something a bit different in the way of freshwater invertebrates, the Chameleon Shrimp may just be what you … Read more

Travel to the slow, plant-choked streams and swamps of Bangladesh and Northeastern India and you’ll encounter a small, spotte … Read more

As far as large aquarium fishes go, few are quite so iconic as South America’s beautiful Redtail Catfish. Phractocephalus hem … Read more