caymaniac
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Okay, I've seen alot of fish but what the heck?
Help with fish ID.......
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Ironcat
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Where was it, how big, how deep, etc...
Looks like some sort of juvenile grouper to me...
Looks like some sort of juvenile grouper to me...
It's a grouper, possibly a young Nassau grouper.
It is at a cleaning station and in "clean me" colors, so it's much, much redder than it normally would be.
Where in the world did you see it? That'll help in IDing it.
Rick
It is at a cleaning station and in "clean me" colors, so it's much, much redder than it normally would be.
Where in the world did you see it? That'll help in IDing it.
Rick
Dave Zimmerly
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Halfmoon Grouper.
Dave (aka "Squirt")
Dave (aka "Squirt")
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caymaniac
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I don't think it was a Nassau grouper, I took the picture in Sodwana Bay South Africa.
I'm sure it's some kind of grouper, but I also don't think it was a juvenile
I'm sure it's some kind of grouper, but I also don't think it was a juvenile
Dave Zimmerly
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Halfmoon Grouper.
Dave (aka "Squirt")
Dave (aka "Squirt")
Ironcat
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Well, it certainly does like half moony-ish
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caymaniac
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I think that might be it. Thanks.
donnyb
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Sorry but I disagree. Pretty sure its a Blacktip Grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus.
They can be highly variable, but the lack of mottling (especially in the tail) is a good indicator.
Halfmoon is mottled/speckled and the side bars are more irregular. Image by Lockett above is also (I believe) a blacktip, not a halfmoon. Best reference for this is Steene, Allen, Humann, Deloach: Reef Fish Tropical Pacific. If you google image search you will see several mis-identified images. Try a google image search of the latin name Epinephelus rivulatus and you will see some decent images of the halfmoon.
They can be highly variable, but the lack of mottling (especially in the tail) is a good indicator.
Halfmoon is mottled/speckled and the side bars are more irregular. Image by Lockett above is also (I believe) a blacktip, not a halfmoon. Best reference for this is Steene, Allen, Humann, Deloach: Reef Fish Tropical Pacific. If you google image search you will see several mis-identified images. Try a google image search of the latin name Epinephelus rivulatus and you will see some decent images of the halfmoon.
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