Name that fish?

[RickI]

I don't recall having seen one of these before on reefs further south. It looks like a grouper. Would someone provide a name for it? This approximate 3 ft. individual showed up on the Juno Beach twin ledges on Saturday in about 80 ft.. Sorry for the grainy shot, it was late in the day and I was shooting at ISO 1250.

Thanks!

 

[DiverDean59]

It is hard to tell by the picture, but it looks like it may have some parrotfish features.

 

[RickI]

From the morph I would say it was more snapper-like, or even a little like a Gag grouper but the markings are wrong. It didn't seem to have some of the characteristic parrotfish traits.

 

[Scuba Monkey]

It looks like a gag - Mycteroperca microlepis.

You'll get a lot more responses to ID questions in the "Name that Critter" section. Not much gets past those guys.