what kind of pargo is this ?

i have yet to identify this pargo. it weighed 25 pounds and put up a great fight. it looked just like the photo when it was alive except the gold and red was very bright. any body know ?? let's go fishing !!!

P V Pargo

Cubera

real name is a green bar snapper. also known as mexican barred pargo

thanks , but not a barred pargo .

I believe its called a " Nice Big-ass fish"

try sending the pic to Gene at http://mexfish.com/
if anyone can narrow it down - it's him.

It's a dog-tooth snapper, also called a cubera, as Playa mentioned.

thanks everybody . this fish did not have any bars at all. my mex buddies called it a pargo culon.

Rick, culon is big ass in spanish, so you have 2 (votes Loco & mx buddies) saying its a big ass fish and 2 saying its a cubera. Who do you think is right?

I think it is La Cubera Culon

garyd said:

I think it is La Cubera Culon

So you are voting both sides of the fence?

lagrimas85 said:

Rick, culon is big ass in spanish, so you have 2 (votes Loco & mx buddies) saying its a big ass fish and 2 saying its a cubera. Who do you think is right?

Que Culon Female verse is big ass.
Que Culon Male verse is chicken shit @##$%%^^&

playaperro said:

Que Culon Female verse is big ass.
Que Culon Male verse is chicken shit @##$%%^^&

your right
female is a big ass--male is a chicken shit-- any way you call it there still asses

What about the pescado? She did put up a fight? Maybe it was a female..

playaperro said:

What about the pescado? She did put up a fight? Maybe it was a female..

And Latina, skin kissed by the sun, golden brown makes me think of my wife. Sabor de miel.

you guys are easy . thanks . here is a pic of the trip i did . the dad in the photo caught the pargo at the end of our day. since he financed the trip i was happy to get him on a fish. these fish came from the deep wall between the 15 and 16 mile 210 reefs. always a good spot to try ! the pintas and the pargo all hit skipjack fillets. let's go fishing !!

It doesn't have to have the bars.... just like not all Rose Snappers have the black spot on their side.

I agree with Reelhard- That fish is most certainly Hoplopagrus guentheri- aka Green Bar Snapper, aka Barred Pargo.

Here is a picture of another one without the bars:



And another:




And one out of San Felipe:






And a link to yet another:

http://lapazfishreport.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bruce-pargo-tags.jpg


I found 15 or 20 more pics of Barred Pargo without Bars, but I think I've made my point.... :)

thanks again . i am going for the barred pargo idea . maybe they loose their bars when they get over 20 pounds . thanks for the photos. let's go fishing !!

Barred Pargo



http://www.mexfish.com/fish/bdparg/bdparg.htm

Nice Pic..