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littoral

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January 26, 2007, 06:24:35 PM
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January 26, 2007, 06:26:05 PM #1
Is that a grouper/Jew fish or what?
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January 26, 2007, 06:54:35 PM #2
Kinda looks like a black sea bass!?
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January 26, 2007, 09:53:57 PM #3
My guess would be Giant Grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus

The size, weight and location all fit... the picture looks right too.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6468
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January 27, 2007, 09:01:59 PM #4
 I think it is a sealacant ?
 I know that's not how it is spelled but that is what it looks like
 
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January 27, 2007, 10:05:02 PM #5
It does kinda look like a coelacanth, but coelacanths have lobed fins and this fish has rayed fins.
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