Species Spotlight

Heavenly Nudibranchs

Heavenly Nudibranchs

By Quality Marine Staff | March 6, 2026

Phyllidia coelestis is better known by the accurate and descriptive name Yellow Tip Blue Nudibranch. It also gets called the … Read more
The Big Bower's

The Big Bower's

By Quality Marine Staff | February 26, 2026

Bower's Parrotfish is also sometimes called just Bower's Parrot and also frequently dubbed the Orange Blotch (or Spot) Parrot … Read more
The Joy of Jawfish

The Joy of Jawfish

By Quality Marine Staff | February 12, 2026

In Spanish, this fish is called Traganavis Dorado. Which we love because it translates roughly as the golden swallower. From … Read more
It's A Moo Point

It's A Moo Point

By Quality Marine Staff | February 4, 2026

Acanthostracion quadricornis is the “Correctly Pronounce a Binomial Nomenclature Challenge” for today. The first … Read more
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