ID help

[Dcal]

cool fish didnt know what it was

 

[rubertoe93]

Looks like some sort of rabbit fish??

 

[rubertoe93]

On second thought I don’t think it is!!

 

[Dcal]

I looked at it again and realized it’s probably just a washed out chalk bass

 

[nereefpat]

I looked at it again and realized it’s probably just a washed out chalk bass

That was my guess, a stressed out chalk bass. But is someone told me it's a close cousin from the the same Serranus genus, I would buy that.

 

[Dcal]

Well I went back in and was told it was labeled from wholesale as a miscellaneous grouper. Thoughts?

That was my guess, a stressed out chalk bass. But is someone told me it's a close cousin from the the same Serranus genus, I would buy that.

On second thought I don’t think it is!!

 

[ScottR]

My guess would be a juvenile brown barred grouper

 

[Dcal]

I think you’re right or at least close I now am pretty sure it’s just some kind of cephalopholis juvenile

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[nereefpat]

Sure could be a bigger grouper.

Chalk bass are groupers, for what it's worth.