Species Spotlight

Furious Fringe Orange Back Fish

Furious Fringe Orange Back Fish

By Quality Marine Staff | January 21, 2026

Orange Back (or Backed) Fairy Wrasses are visually similar (and closely related) to Solorensis Wrasses, and while both are am … Read more
The Great Pele (Butterfly)

The Great Pele (Butterfly)

By Quality Marine Staff | January 15, 2026

We like to (and often do) feature underrated fish here on the website. As a group, marine Butterflyfish are perhaps the most … Read more
What's That Wavy Octocoral?

What's That Wavy Octocoral?

By Quality Marine Staff | December 2, 2025

The Purple Frilly Gorgonian (Pseudoterogorgia elisabethi), is aptly, if unimaginatively named. it. The appearance, when the p … Read more
Newton's First Law of Fishy

Newton's First Law of Fishy

By Quality Marine Staff | November 24, 2025

Thalassoma Wrasses are huge favorites around here for their intense colors and high activity levels; Newton's Wrasse has all … Read more
AnthiasHawkBassPerchlet?

AnthiasHawkBassPerchlet?

By Quality Marine Staff | November 17, 2025

I was checking out my Local Fish Store last week, as one does, and overheard a conversation between two budding fellow fish g … Read more
Great Little Goby, No Cap

Great Little Goby, No Cap

By Quality Marine Staff | November 10, 2025

When is a Whitecap Goby not a Whitecap Goby? Well, actually, when it's a Whitecap Goby, and then it's still probably actually … Read more