In the southwestern tip of Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) lies the Karst Maros, the world’s second largest karst format … Read more

The Chinese Hi-fin Banded Shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) exemplifies the importance of researching a fish thoroughly before m … Read more

Buried deep within the dense tropical rainforests that fill the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea swims a blue and gold tre … Read more

Living Fossil: The Barred Bichir (Polypterus delhezi)Also known as the Armored Bichir or Delhez’s Bichir, this is a beautiful … Read more

While freshwater fishes have a somewhat undeserved reputation for being less colorful than their saltwater counterparts, few … Read more

The Brilliant Rasbora is a study in understated beauty. It’s shape is perfectly streamlined for quickly cutting through its w … Read more

For those aquarists out there who would love to have a Zebra Pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) but can’t stomach that fishes hefty p … Read more

One of New Guinea’s most beautiful freshwater fishes is a shiny blue species that is small in stature but big in looks. The N … Read more

The rift lakes of Africa are famed for the remarkable abundance of cichlids that have flourished in them. Lake Tanganyika, th … Read more