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  • brownish-green + dense blue spots
    blue: eye-ring, edges preopercle & opercle
    juv: rear body bars semicircular
    juv: C dark + white bars & margin
    C black + blue spots
    fin edges blue
  • yellow brown + curved blue lines
    blue ring over gill cover
    head: blue stripes
    Juv: curved pale bars
    juv: 3-4 strong white bars, 1 on head
    juv: C clear
    C white
  • pale grey + dark spots
    pectoral - outer base grey
    juv: C black + yellow bar & clear edge
    juv: inverted yellow cross on snout & mouth
  • blue-black + broad yellow V bar
    C yellow
    juv: black + vertical bluish bars, indistinct orange bar
    juv: C orange
  • body: oblique yellow & blue stripes
    face grey + black eye mask
    C yellow
    juv: dark blue + curved pale & white bars & concentric rings
    juv: C mostly clear
  • pale blue-grey + yellow or orange oval bar on midbody
    C pale: white, blue-white, cream
    D end with long filament
    juv: black, blue & white bars, yellow flank mark
    juv: C clear
  • dark grey + yellow spots
    yellow ring around eye
    juv: C black, ringed with yellow
    juv: inverted yellow Y on snout
    pectoral - outer base yellow
  • body grey+ dark scales
    head black + blue mesh, yellow eye mask
    pectoral & C yellow
    rear D yellow+ black blotch
    juv: black + 6 white bars- curved back at tips
    juv: C black + blue bars