Can someone ID this fish?

[waverz]

My LFS has a fish I am interested in and I think it maybe mis-labled. It is labled as a Bimaculatus Anthias but it looks carniverous/aggressive and has bigger eyes than most anthias have. The body is almost entirely purple and has red fins.

Here is a bad pic but its the best I could get with my phone.

 

[copps]

Despite the striking looks of that fish that appears to be an anthias, it is actually a juvenile Gracila albomarginata, a grouper that grows over a foot and loses its bright colors... Just like us, its potential prey thinks it's a harmless anthias and only realizes it's not when it's halfway down its throat...

Copps

 

[waverz]

Despite the striking looks of that fish that appears to be an anthias, it is actually a juvenile Gracila albomarginata, a grouper that grows over a foot and loses its bright colors... Just like us, its potential prey thinks it's a harmless anthias and only realizes it's not when it's halfway down its throat...

Copps

Wow!!! You exactly right! That is it!

Thanks for the quick reply.

Jeremy

 

[eci]

yess i think that is gracila albo