# Invalid picture showing as main image **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 7, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531 "2026-08-07T16:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![traseacoz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/traseacoz/32/71385_2.png) [@traseacoz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/traseacoz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/1 "2026-08-07T16:14:17Z")
**Platform** :Windows **App version number** , if a mobile app issue: **Browser** , if a website issue:Chrome **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100128-Epinephelus-polystigma](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100128-Epinephelus-polystigma) [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100128-Epinephelus-polystigma](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100128-Epinephelus-polystigma) **Screenshots of what you are seeing** : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/a/7a8a1fcdc8aaa5d8884e2fe906fb00c893535210.jpeg) **Description of problem** : The main picture of this fish is not valid. If you look at the actually sighting: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262871688](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262871688) you find out that is actually a different grouper. Why is this image showing as an example if it is not valid? ---
**Author:** ![AdamWargon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/adamwargon/32/44649_2.png) [@AdamWargon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/AdamWargon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/2 "2026-08-07T16:25:55Z")
Welcome to the forum! This is not a bug. Please see: [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170377-the-taxon-photo-is-wrong-how-does-this-get-fixed-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170377-the-taxon-photo-is-wrong-how-does-this-get-fixed-) and [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000184018-what-guidelines-should-i-follow-when-choosing-taxon-photos-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000184018-what-guidelines-should-i-follow-when-choosing-taxon-photos-) ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/3 "2026-08-07T16:29:11Z")
If you go to that taxon page – click Curation – then click Edit photos. You can change it. That picture was initially at the ‘right’ ID, but has since been corrected – someone who notices it is now wrong, can correct it. Your choices however are thin. 2 pictures of dead fish. The artwork is from Wikimedia Commons not an iNat obs. And that caption says australis, so also the wrong sp ? More digging – australis is a synonym. Tick ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/4 "2026-08-07T16:30:40Z")
Moved to #General, since this isn’t a technical issue. ---
**Author:** ![deboas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/deboas/32/45_2.png) [@deboas](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/deboas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/5 "2026-08-07T19:35:28Z")
There was a request some time ago to highlight taxon images that don’t match the taxon (45 votes), but it does not appear to have been taken forward yet: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flag-or-otherwise-mark-taxon-photos-whose-cid-doesnt-match-taxon/4556](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flag-or-otherwise-mark-taxon-photos-whose-cid-doesnt-match-taxon/4556) ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/6 "2026-08-07T19:47:29Z")
From that thread iNat should be automatically removing pictures like the fish obs that started this thread. Or was that under discussion but never happened ? > [@Flag or otherwise mark taxon photos whose CID doesn't match taxon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flag-or-otherwise-mark-taxon-photos-whose-cid-doesnt-match-taxon/4556/42): > > Discussed this request earlier in the week. We don’t want to add more design or generate flags for these photos - we’d want to just remove them from the taxa they’re associated with. We figure the script would run once a month or so, for starters. Photo removal would show up in the taxon’s history page. ---
**Author:** ![deboas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/deboas/32/45_2.png) [@deboas](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/deboas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/7 "2026-08-08T00:34:58Z")
Perhaps @tiwane can give us an update? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/invalid-picture-showing-as-main-image/83531/8 "2026-10-07T00:35:17Z")
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