Grouper ID

[tkong]

apologies for the bad photos. He was in the top tank and couldn’t get him to move. He’s stressed out in the tank so I’m having difficulty IDing. Labeled as a flag tail grouper, Cephalopholis urodeta, but I don’t think that’s right

Any thoughts? Hoping he’s a plectropomus grouper.

 

[vetteguy53081]

apologies for the bad photos. He was in the top tank and couldn’t get him to move. He’s stressed out in the tank so I’m having difficulty IDing. Labeled as a flag tail grouper, Cephalopholis urodeta, but I don’t think that’s right

Any thoughts? Hoping he’s a plectropomus grouper.

I need side pics to fully confirm but believe this is a hawkfish

 

[q8cyu]

If he’s stressed colors might be different,

I got a type of hawkfish: Cirrhitichthys Oxycephalus which matches the shape pretty well
Could also be a grouper but I have no idea which it would be.

I am not an expert, I looked up the image on google and found it, looked similar to these fish might be wrong.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, some side shots of the whole fish (particularly the head) under white light would be helpful here.

Also, how big is the fish?