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Rungwa annual killifish
Nothobranchius rungwaensis
This is one of those classic annual Nothobranchius that lives fast and bright - it comes from seasonal pools that dry out, so the adults dont stick around long. Males are the showstoppers, and like the rest of the genus they are little predators that really come alive on live and frozen foods.
Rusty cichlid
Iodotropheus sprengerae
This is the classic "rusty" mbuna from Lake Malawi - females and juveniles stay that warm rusty-brown, and grown males often pick up a really nice lavender-purple sheen. Compared to a lot of mbuna, they are pretty chill, but they still do the cichlid thing with little territories and lots of attitude around rocks. They are maternal mouthbrooders too, so watching a holding female is always fun.
Saadi dwarf stone loach
Turcinoemacheilus saadii
This is a little Iranian stone loach that lives glued to the bottom in fast, rocky streams, kinda like a tiny current-loving goby-but its a loach. The body has 7-9 dark saddle-shaped bands instead of a solid stripe, and it is built for scooting around coarse gravel and boulders in strong flow. Its not really an aquarium trade fish, but if you ever did keep one, you would set it up like a mini river tank with tons of oxygen and current.
Salt and pepper cory (Habrosus cory)
Corydoras habrosus
This is the tiny "salt and pepper" cory that scoots around the bottom like a little wind-up toy, constantly sifting and picking through the sand. Keep them in a real group and they get way bolder-lots of quick little dashes, little pauses, and then back to foraging. They're also one of those fish that really rewards a soft sandy bottom and calm tankmates.
Samanti loach
Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis
Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis is a small Turkish brook loach from the Seyhan river system area - a bottom-hugger that wants clean, oxygen-rich water and lots of cover down low. In the wild it is a river fish and it's listed as Critically Endangered, so its real "cool factor" is more about being a rare, localized species than something you'll reliably see for sale.
Samoan surf sardine
Iso nesiotes
Iso nesiotes (Samoan surf sardine) is a very small surf-zone marine fish (family Isonidae) reported from places such as American Samoa and Pitcairn Island, inhabiting surf and waves around rocky headlands and reefs. Maximum reported size is about 4 cm TL; detailed life-history and aquarium husbandry information is limited.
San Marcos redtail splitfin
Xenotoca doadrioi
This is a little Mexican goodeid livebearer where the males do that awesome "blue body + orange/red tail" thing when they color up. They're super active, always grazing and pecking at surfaces, and they really appreciate cooler, clean, well-oxygenated water compared to your typical tropical livebearers.
Sand submarine
Limnichthys nitidus
Limnichthys nitidus is a tiny marine sandburrower found on surge-swept, coarse-sand patches near reefs (about 4–20 m), where it buries in sand and may occur in small groups. Aquarium suitability is not well documented in authoritative aquarium references; husbandry requirements are therefore uncertain and should be presented as experimental/rarely-kept rather than as established care.
Sangha rough catfish
Trachyglanis sanghensis
Trachyglanis sanghensis is a small African loach catfish (family Amphiliidae) known from the Sangha River near Ouesso in the Congo Basin (Republic of the Congo). Reported maximum size is about 5 cm TL.
Sanzo's goby
Lesueurigobius sanzi
Sanzo's goby is a small offshore goby from the eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean that lives out on muddy sand/mud bottoms in fairly deep water. Its whole vibe is a subtle, bottom-hugging demersal fish rather than a rockpool goby, so its "best life" is more about open sandy areas than reefy structure.
Saul's whale catfish
Denticetopsis sauli
This is one of those ultra-tiny South American whale catfish that most people will never see in the trade - it tops out around 2 cm. Its whole vibe is "secretive little bottom-hanger" from blackwater-style habitats, so in an aquarium it would spend a lot of time tucked into leaf litter and small caves if you could even source one.
Scalycheek shrimpgoby
Vanderhorstia lepidobucca
This is a tiny shrimp-associated goby described from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Like other Vanderhorstia, it is associated with burrows made by alpheid snapping shrimp (Alpheus spp.), where the goby typically hovers/stands guard near the burrow entrance. Maximum reported size is 4.0 cm SL.