Inle

The dwarf snakehead, Channa gachua, is a snakehead recorded across an enormous range from Iran to Taiwan and Bali. There is significant evidence that C. gachua as currently understood is a complex of similar-looking species in need of taxonomic review. A mouthbrooder bred regularly in captivity, it can share a well-chosen community with peaceful fishes too large to be prey, but populations should not be mixed as some may hybridise.

Inlecypris auropurpurea is a cyprinid known only from Lake Inlé and its surrounding watershed in Shan state, eastern Myanmar. It is listed as 'Endangered' on the IUCN Red List after a significant decline, as farming around the lake has increased sedimentation, eutrophication and pollution. A peaceful schooling fish, it suits a densely planted tank with a tightly fitting cover, since it is a particularly accomplished jumper.

The red dwarf 'rasbora', Microrasbora rubescens, is a small cyprinid endemic to Lake Inle and its watershed in Shan State, eastern Myanmar. It is listed as 'Endangered' on the IUCN Red List after a significant decline in the wild, as sedimentation, eutrophication, pollution and introduced predatory Parambassis and Tilapia have degraded the lake. It may also be sold as 'red-line dwarf rasbora' or 'emerald dwarf rasbora'.

The Inle loach, Petruichthys brevis, is a small nemacheilid loach known only from Lake Inlé and its watershed in Shan state, eastern Myanmar. Sometimes traded as 'Lake Inle red-tailed loach', it is listed as 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List due to deterioration of the lake. Unlike most loaches it spends a lot of time in the open, often hovering in midwater, and it is highly gregarious, needing a group of at least 8-10.

Sawbwa resplendens is a small cyprinid endemic to Inlé Lake and its associated watershed in Shan State, eastern Myanmar. It is traded as 'Asian rummynose', 'rummynose rasbora' and 'naked microrasbora', and is listed as 'Endangered' on the IUCN Red List. Rival males are engaged in a continual battle for dominance, so it is not an ideal choice for the general community aquarium, and keeping more females than males helps.