Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:18 pm
Can anyone help ID this fish?
pmk
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Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: 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?
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: 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.
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: 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.
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:33 am
Thank you, Exit Zero and Pickle!
How about this one?
pmk
How about this one?
pmk
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:28 am
The last fish is a Pluma.
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:50 am
The last one is a sheepshead porgy
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: 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
Also, how about this guy? Is it a Graysby?
pmk
Re: Need help ID'ing some fish
Posted: 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.
It's a bit hard to see the last one, but I guess Graysby or Rock Hind.