Need help ID'ing some fish

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:18 pm

Can anyone help ID this fish?

pmk

Florida Girl · Post by **Florida Girl** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:58 pm

It sort of looks like a Grunt, only the stripes are going the wrong way for a French Grunt. Maybe another type?

Exit Zero · Post by **Exit Zero** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:20 pm

I am guessing almost an adult Schoolmaster - Lutjanus apodus - maybe about 10" long - the vertical bars often disappear in a fully mature adult.

Pickle · Post by **Pickle** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:26 pm

I second Exit Zero - it's a Schoolmaster (a kind of snapper), not fully grown. Those bars fade as they grow.

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:33 am

Thank you, Exit Zero and Pickle!

How about this one?

pmk

Maggy · Post by **Maggy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:28 am

The last fish is a Pluma.

Jumbiegirl · Post by **Jumbiegirl** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:50 am

The last one is a sheepshead porgy

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:12 am

Thx Maggie and Jumbiegirl. Are Pluma Porgy and Sheepshead Porgy the same thing? They look to be at least on the photos I pull up on the interweb.

Also, how about this guy? Is it a Graysby?

pmk

Maggy · Post by **Maggy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:45 am

They are in the same family, but not the same fish. I can see when I google that the Pluma sometimes is called Pluma Porgy.

It's a bit hard to see the last one, but I guess Graysby or Rock Hind.

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