The Gold Roseline Denison Barb (Sahyadria denisonii) or sometimes called the Torpedo Barb is a fish from the Carp and Minnow … Read more

In North America, the freshwater eel best described as Mastacembelus frenatus is more commonly known as Spiny Longtail Eel. T … Read more

If you walked around this building, and asked everyone who worked here, from the biologists to the cleaning crew what their f … Read more

Distichodus sexfasciatus gets its name from the six dark bars that vertically stripe its body (sex = six and fasciatus = stri … Read more

Oryzias latipes is the scientific name for a fish that is more well known as the Japanese Ricefish; a fish with a rich, biolo … Read more

There are many lakes in Africa. If you've been around freshwater aquariums and Local Fish Stores enough, you've heard of at l … Read more

The Shortbody Yellow Tiger Parrot Cichlid is a human invention, the result of hybridizing a couple different (and very aggres … Read more

The Bumblebee Catfish is a perfect Cat for the home aquarium, they are super hardy, tolerant of a wide range of conditions, p … Read more

Quite possibly the OO or Original Oddball fish for freshwater aquarists, the Clown Knife in an amazingly interesting addition … Read more