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head low, wide, spongy, translucent
eye largechin 6 pores
mouth opens at frontno dark band behind teeth
gill rakers 32-36, 1st arch palepreoperculum 4-6 strong spines -
pale + stripesD 22-24mouth opens at front
gill rakers 23-25
preoperculum thin, ~smoothA 9; 2nd spine 28-31% head -
head low, wide, translucent, not spongy
eye smalltop lip: dark moustachechin 6 pores
mouth opens slightly under snoutno dark band behind teeth
gill rakers 27-34, 1st arch palepreopercle 4-6 spines -
relatively slender
pale body & fins
preopercle 12 spinesD 22-24gill rakers 6-7 + 11-13A 6-7, 2nd spine thick, long
LL 50-51