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  • spindle-shaped
    snout long, bulbous, conical
    eye large
    D1 with spine, D2 without
    D2 base 2X D1 base
    D1 origin over rear tip pectoral
    dark, fin edges light
    top teeth: 22-23 slender daggers; bottom teeth 16-21 nearly erect blades
    no A
  • large, blunt head; short conical snout
    body tapering
    D1 just before pelvics
    D1 ~D2
    C asymmetric
    lips thick, fringed
    large gland opens above pectoral base