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Bottomfeeder
09-18-2008, 1:44 PM
This pic is on google and labeled as a baby Goliath Grouper but I think it's a Black Grouper.
http://pierandsurf.com/photopost/data/500/medium/11964goliath_grouper.jpg
This is the Grouper in question. For comparison, the next is a Goliath Grouper and the last is a Black Grouper.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/images/goliath-grouper2.jpg
http://k53.pbase.com/u48/elif/upload/30830214.GiantBlackGrouper.jpg

dvs
09-18-2008, 9:47 PM
That is a black. 100 % sure.

rajzynger
09-18-2008, 10:44 PM
That is definitely not a Goliath. Juvie goliath have amazing markings

likestofish
09-19-2008, 5:42 AM
i think its a goliath but it doesnt have juvie goliath structure

Hayden76
10-12-2008, 5:37 PM
looks like a black to me, but when I googled baby goliath grouper too find a pic, I find your same pic on Pierandsurf.com posted November 20, 2004 ?? says goliath grouper under it. but I say its a black or a gag.