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[jacky]

Fyi tesselata moray that i bought from swf started to eat already right after i put it in the tank, love their fish!

I got one (Tesselata) from SWF about a year ago. I have to give him to my lfs because he start eating my fish in the tank. I am not talking about small fish, but my 5"+ blue line grouper. He was about 18 to 20" when I got him, but I will get another one if I find room in my apartment to have another tank

 

[Reefscape]

did he say cheers or did you

and dont all groupers have 1 continuous dorsal fin?

and both of those fish have round caudal fins..

No, they dont all have 1 continuous dorsal fin. Groupers such as grammistes sexlineatus have first seperate dorsal fin. Its common on a lot of groupers where the dorsal fin is effectivly two as the first part of the dorsal fin is an array of spikes, where as the second is actual finnage. Please do browse fishbase.org for more info in the finnage of this species if you have an interest in them.

Thanks.

 

[BIGgourami]

the dorsal fin is effectivly two as the first part of the dorsal fin is an array of spikes, where as the second is actual finnage.quote]


yeah.. i guess that's where i went wrong..
NVM

 

[BIGgourami]

i think i might have found who this BAMF is.. one sec

we floated it back and forth at work and wittled it down to either

Epinephelus merra
E. socialis
or E. areolatus

 

[Reefscape]

LOL....i already told you it was Epinephelus SP. but to get a more specific ID, more info / detail is required on the fish which cannot be seen from that photo alone.

Coloration and body shape remind me of a subadult (not entirely juvenile anymore) Coral rock cod Epinephelus corallicola or related species (like E. howlandi). Does it have a first dorsal fin with spines (how many spines? cannot see one on the picture)? How’s the end of the caudal, round or straight? Origin and especially size would be useful for an ID. Cheers

 

[BIGgourami]

so related species means in the same genus?

there's still quite a number of Epinepheluses to go through

so saying it's some kind of Amblyeleotris goby is close enough?

 

[Reefscape]

LOL...if you take the time to read the above, i said more pics and specific infomation would be needed to get a specific ID

 

[jacky]

he is gone!

 

[BIGgourami]

like saw him floating gone

or can't find him in the tank gone?

 

[jacky]

like saw him floating gone

or can't find him in the tank gone?

floating gone