We do too, but that's not going to happen today. We weren't all that shocked to find out that Piano Snails did not, in fact, … Read more

It seems like we see a new species of Tetra from south America once a week. While this is probably an exaggeration, the place … Read more

The Blue Lesser Spiny Eel has dozens of names around the world, but in North America, it has only a couple; it is sometimes ( … Read more

Double Red Tail Borneo Suckers and indeed all of the other fish in the Gastromyzon genus are often called Hillstream Loaches, … Read more

When is a lobster not a lobster? When it's from freshwater! Then it is a crayfish, or crawfish, or crawdad, or mudbug, or wha … Read more

The Yellowhump Eartheater (Geophagus pellegrini) does not have the most glamorous name, honestly you could call someone this … Read more

Hypsibarbus vernayi is a fish that is common in the Mekong delta, regarded primarily as a food fish and generally sold locall … Read more

The Emperor Loach (Botia udomritthiruji) is an amazing aquarium fish, that comes from a very limited natural range, being fou … Read more

Lujan's Pleco was known in the aquarium trade for quite a while before it was actually given a scientific classification. It … Read more