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  • grey + 2 white bars + dense white dots
    C black & white
  • grey, ~10 long thin dark bars
    C straight/slightly concave, blunt, rear edge not white
  • blue, + thin wavy lines on side
    juv: yellow/blue/ blue + yellow tail
  • body yellow-brown
    behind pectoral: orange bar
    dark face mask
    fins dark, C edge yellow
    Juv yellow
  • grey; upper head & body + thin black stripes
    D,A & C black + blue edges
    behind pectoral: yellow blotch
    tail spine orange
  • uniform grey-grown
    C concave tips pointed, read edge white
  • head & body white
    snout short
    D spine IV filamentous
    1st body bar origin before D filament
    2nd body bar origin just behind D filament
    breast profile round
    A white + black
  • body white + yellow tint
    head black bar covers eye
    knob over each eye
    D spine IV filamentous
    1st body bar origin before D filament
    2nd body origin under D filament
    A yellow, black edge
  • face black, nape brown
    knobs: 1 over each eye, 1 on nape
    D spine IV filament short
    1st body bar origin behind D filament
    2nd body bar origin under soft D
    A yellow & white, black edge
  • body quadrangular, v compressed
    head profile steep
    D: 1st spine points forwards, deep notch after spines
    D&A soft parts = large lobes
    silvery + large black spots
    mouth small, horizontal, not projectable
    A IV
  • small horns over eyes
    body round, v compressed
    broad black & white bars
    D: front - very long filament
    snout long, slender