Grouper ID

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apologies for the bad photos. He was in the top tank and couldn’t get him to move. He’s stressed out in the tank so I’m having difficulty IDing. Labeled as a flag tail grouper, Cephalopholis urodeta, but I don’t think that’s right

Any thoughts? Hoping he’s a plectropomus grouper.

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apologies for the bad photos. He was in the top tank and couldn’t get him to move. He’s stressed out in the tank so I’m having difficulty IDing. Labeled as a flag tail grouper, Cephalopholis urodeta, but I don’t think that’s right

Any thoughts? Hoping he’s a plectropomus grouper.

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I need side pics to fully confirm but believe this is a hawkfish
 
If he’s stressed colors might be different,

I got a type of hawkfish: Cirrhitichthys Oxycephalus which matches the shape pretty well
Could also be a grouper but I have no idea which it would be.

I am not an expert, I looked up the image on google and found it, looked similar to these fish might be wrong.
 
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Yeah, some side shots of the whole fish (particularly the head) under white light would be helpful here.

Also, how big is the fish?
 

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