Cheilinus fasciatus is the scientific name for a fish with at least a dozen common names in English alone, and many dozens of … Read more

The Pot Belly Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) was so named for the distinctively large belly on the male of the species. T … Read more

Petrolisthes is a genus of crabs that is found in all the world's oceans save the Arctic and Antarctic. They are small, easy … Read more

The genus of fish called Arothron is all pufferfish that are more commonly referred to as “Dogface Puffers.” For … Read more

The Pink Bar Goby is often actually kind of a pastel orange barred goby, though it can be vertically striped in soft pink as … Read more

Here at Quality Marine, we see more fish than most people, and it would be easy get a bit “hard to impress” if we … Read more

Of all the Tangs that are common in aquarium stores, one of the least talked about are the Bristletooth or Combtooth Tangs. T … Read more

It's hard to imagine a fish being even more beautiful than the aptly named Coral Beauty, one of the most astoundingly colorfu … Read more

Parupeneus crassilabris is a very cool fish with a lot of common names. Once upon a time, it was most commonly called the Two … Read more