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Found 303 species
Mayaheros zebra
Mayaheros zebra is one of those Yucatan Peninsula "Mayan cichlid group" fish that looks like a smaller, striped version of the better-known Mayan cichlid. The big gotcha is that a lot of modern checklists treat "zebra" as a form/synonym within Mayaheros urophthalmus rather than a clearly separate aquarium species, so you will almost always see it discussed under the Mayan cichlid umbrella.
Hypancistrus zebra
This is the famous black-and-white striped L-number pleco (L046) from the Rio Xingu, and it really does look like a little underwater zebra. Its best traits are how cavey and secretive it is by day, then it pops out at night to hunt meaty foods - and the male will guard eggs in a cave if you ever breed them. It is not an algae-cleaner pleco, so think of it more like a tiny, warm-water, rock-dwelling catfish with attitude over caves.
Isorineloricaria spinosissima
This is a truly giant Ecuadorian pleco that can end up longer than your forearm - it is basically a river bulldozer that spends its time grazing algae and plant growth off hard surfaces. The cool (and kind of wild) part is the strong sexual dimorphism with extra-long odontodes, plus those sharp gill-area spines that can snag nets, so you have to handle it with respect.