grouper ID help

michael43 · 01/15/2007, 02:58 PM

It was labeled a blue-perch groupr. blue with black spots, no teeth, long thinner body. Supposedly stays smaller. Any idea. Google images didnt show it once and its about $200-

sethd12 · 01/15/2007, 06:21 PM

i think i might have an idea but i cannot be positive without seeing a picture.

bignick · 01/16/2007, 07:56 AM

Is this it?

http://reefhotspot.com/store/images/DSC_0104.jpg

roadracer · 01/16/2007, 10:13 AM

Wow! that's awesome! How big do they get?

michael43 · 01/16/2007, 11:11 AM

that one wasnt it. i have a pic but can't figure out how to post....

sethd12 · 01/16/2007, 08:07 PM

It sounds like it is an electric blue grouper that is extremely rare. The LFS that I work at has ordered one for a customer and that is the only time that I have seen one on the list. They are a deep blue with small black bands on it. A picture would really help to identify it.

jmicky41 · 01/17/2007, 01:08 AM

The Scott Michael volume 2 (page 31) book has the fish I believe you are looking for. I saw one listed as "slender metallic grouper" - or something like that. They come from the Red Sea and are mostly unknown to science and the trade. Anyperodon sp.

01/15/2007, 02:58 PM	#1
michael43 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dirty jersey Posts: 282	grouper ID help It was labeled a blue-perch groupr. blue with black spots, no teeth, long thinner body. Supposedly stays smaller. Any idea. Google images didnt show it once and its about $200-

01/15/2007, 06:21 PM	#2
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	i think i might have an idea but i cannot be positive without seeing a picture. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

01/16/2007, 07:56 AM	#3
bignick Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 1,426	Is this it? http://reefhotspot.com/store/images/DSC_0104.jpg __________________ 210 SPS & 42 Hex LPS mixed reef Just because they say you can't do it doesn't mean you can't prove them wrong. Current Tank Info: 210 SPS & 42 Hex LPS/Soft Coral reef

01/16/2007, 08:07 PM	#6
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	It sounds like it is an electric blue grouper that is extremely rare. The LFS that I work at has ordered one for a customer and that is the only time that I have seen one on the list. They are a deep blue with small black bands on it. A picture would really help to identify it. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

01/17/2007, 01:08 AM	#7
jmicky41 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 891	The Scott Michael volume 2 (page 31) book has the fish I believe you are looking for. I saw one listed as "slender metallic grouper" - or something like that. They come from the Red Sea and are mostly unknown to science and the trade. Anyperodon sp. __________________ The bake sale to raise money for the carwash has been cancelled - due to confusion. Current Tank Info: 125 fowlr: 280watts VHO, 75LBS of mixed rock, Deltec AP600 skimmer, wet dry, GRi 518 return pump, 15 watt Aqua UV,(2) tunze 6000 on a 7095, goldflake angel(RIP), flame angel(8 years old), mitratus butterfly, yellow tang, majestic rabbitfsih

01/16/2007, 10:13 AM	#4
roadracer Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 122	Wow! that's awesome! How big do they get?

01/16/2007, 11:11 AM	#5
michael43 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dirty jersey Posts: 282	that one wasnt it. i have a pic but can't figure out how to post....