Southern or Gulf kingfish?

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kgk606
Southern or Gulf kingfish?
http://imgur.com/gallery/XoxRA3m Let me know what you think! I'm leaning towards southern kingish since neither the dorsal or caudal fins have a dark tip.
TonyS
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I have little experience

I have little experience Menticirrhus species but I'd lean towards Southern as well.  Southerns don't always have bars and I can't find anything that suggests Gulfs are ever missing the dark caudal tip.  The pictures aren't great for determining pectoral fin length, which might help on this individual.  Though in that last picture it seems like the pectoral might extend far enough back to confirm Southern

kgk606
Yeah, I was kicking myself

Yeah, I was kicking myself for blocking the pectoral fin with my thumb in the photo. Thanks for the help though!