I believe that you are right - I can just see a very faint pattern of squares. The yellow mouth pattern is very even with no interruptions whatsoever. But it is great to examine the different species in detail like this!
Close encounters of the BULL SHARK kind!
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Looks like a yellow edge grouper. Look at the pectoral fins.
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Which are the pectoral fins? :thinking:
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The ones with the "yellow edge" on the first pic! Behind the gills, on the side.
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Looks like a yellow edge grouper. Look at the pectoral fins.
Ah! food for thought! ... now there's an interesting notion.
the body pattern did not conform to Yellow fin pics that I have seen, and so did not give that any consideration. - BUT yes, the pec fin coloration has a distinct yellow border! ... but that also seems to be the case in the upper lip :confused1:
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Thanks Av - that was my initial diagnosis. - I don't think we can rely on just drawings for such a difficult ID - if you look at the yellow mouth pic I found on prior page - it shows no irregularities in the body pattern whatsoever. Only dots.
I had a few people declare it a black including the owner - but I did not initially see clear indication of squares on the upper back, but now when I look again carefully I believe I can see a faint pattern of squares - making me doubt weather it is a yellow mouth and so possibly a black or as Jim suggests possibly a yellow fin / yellow edge:
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Looks like a black. I have caught them with the yellow on fins and corner of mouth in the keys. Also by looking at the tail you should be able to see if it has finlets or not.
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Finlets on the tail?! ... like how? pics?
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