What is your current favorite fish?

[Gertrudae]

One fish per family - that's possible
Anabantoides: orange bushfish
Cichlids: Anomalochromis thomasi
Cyprids: Tanichthys alboallofthem ;-)
Loaches: Pangio curneovigata
Livebearers: Jordanella floridae
Barbs: Danio margaritatus

 

[Innesfan]

One fish per family - that's possible
Anabantoides: orange bushfish
Cichlids: Anomalochromis thomasi
Cyprids: Tanichthys alboallofthem ;-)
Loaches: Pangio curneovigata
Livebearers: Jordanella floridae
Barbs: Danio margaritatus

Nice. But I think you may be conflating Jordanella floridae with another species. Or perhaps you meant another category. The flagfish is not livebearing. It is oviparous.

 

[Whitecloudminnowguy09]

White cloud minnows. I am certain everyone knows via username and logo. But they are just so simple, yet colorful. They are not very well recognized, sadly, but they are the single best beginner fish out there.

 

[Magnum Man]

I used to have mandarin gobies, in my reef tank... I would add a weather loach to one of my tanks, but they are now banned in Minnesota...

my favorite ( too many ) is the next fish I buy...

 

[GaryE]

Oh wait, my entire list has turned over. It has mutated...

 

[anewbie]

Good timing. I've been in the process of scaling down to 'favorite fish only.' As is the case for @GaryE , I have a favorite for each family of fishes:

Brevibora dorsiocellata ("Emerald Eyes") for rasbora

Mine certainly look excellent in very dim light and dang those things are bold. But i've been scaling down to smaller fishes and those tucano sure have wonderful blue eyes.

And this was my first nijjensi (male):

 

[plebian]

My favourite Cichlid is Pelvicachromis kribensis (not the hobby krib, but its smaller, more colourful cousin). I enjoy their complex social lives, their colours and their diversity - one species with many local colour forms, all of which are treasures.

Probably my favorite African cichlid.

 

[jaylach]

Panda Garra.

 

[Eclectic Ukulele]

One particular fish I would like is the pygmy corydoras.

 

[Whitecloudminnowguy09]

One particular fish I would like is the pygmy corydoras.

Love those things. I have never tried them, even though I almost did multiple times. Their cousins, the panda cories, are also cool.

 

[anewbie]

Love those things. I have never tried them, even though I almost did multiple times. Their cousins, the panda cories, are also cool.

Well i would consider hastatus their cousin and panda the black sheep of the unrelated family. I.e, there is very little to no relationship between panda and pymgy in behavior or size.

 

[Whitecloudminnowguy09]

Well i would consider hastatus their cousin and panda the black sheep of the unrelated family. I.e, there is very little to no relationship between panda and pymgy in behavior or size.

Yes. That was more like a figure of speech due to both being corydoras. lol