Grouper Id Help Needed......what Is

[diver 85]

this one---common & scientific names would be helpful....Shot @ Freeport, Bahamas a couple weeks ago @ his/her cleaning station.....TIA........

IMG_0164 by GEAUXtiger, on Flickr

IMG_0163 by GEAUXtiger, on Flickr

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Looks like a Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris.

 

[agilis]

Probably a Red Hind, E. guttata

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I thought about that but the red hind has a black trim to it's fins and different teeth.

 

[Bratface]

Not a Tiger Grouper, they have nine brownish diagonal bars on their backs. Could be a Graysby. they have pale or dark spots along the base of the dorsal fin. Nice picture of the fish.

 

[vincent54]

Pictures Summary
Here is a picture of a Tiger Grouper from Cuba. Looks a lot like the one pictured.

 

[KeithG]

i vote for tiger. heavy lips. the second pic shows the dark bar behind the eye

a grasby has spots and a rounded tail fin.
red hind has a black margin on rear fin.