I have searched for pictures of this fish, but have not been able to find a name. I lost this fish about six months ago and am looking for a replacement. I am 99.9% sure that it is NOT a Miniatus. I think it might be a Argus (bluespotted), but the red and yellow shade of the body throw me off.
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Perhaps it could be Cephalopholis urodelus or maybe even a cross between it and Cephalopholis miniatus. After all, its an awfully big Ocean!
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Perhaps it could be Cephalopholis urodelus or maybe even a cross between it and Cephalopholis miniatus. After all, its an awfully big Ocean!
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Here is my guess. It doesn't closely match any grouper that I'm familiar with, but it is most likely in the genus Cephalopholis. It looks to me like it is a long-term captive. Groupers held in captivity sometimes develop color patterns unlike that seen in the wild. My guess is that it is either a C. miniatus that has picked up some of its juvenile coloration (the yellow on the caudal peduncle) or it is a C. microprion that has more intense coloration than normal. I've never heard of groupers hybridizing, but I suppose they could (although many groupers are group spawners, and are unlikely to mistakenly pair up with a different species like a lone butterflyfish will).
Jay Hemdal
Here is my guess. It doesn't closely match any grouper that I'm familiar with, but it is most likely in the genus Cephalopholis. It looks to me like it is a long-term captive. Groupers held in captivity sometimes develop color patterns unlike that seen in the wild. My guess is that it is either a C. miniatus that has picked up some of its juvenile coloration (the yellow on the caudal peduncle) or it is a C. microprion that has more intense coloration than normal. I've never heard of groupers hybridizing, but I suppose they could (although many groupers are group spawners, and are unlikely to mistakenly pair up with a different species like a lone butterflyfish will).
Jay Hemdal
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might be a louti in middle of colour change
