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  • large bushy cirrus over eye
    dark brown bar - eye cirrus to throat
    green; head and front body - white mottling
    Hypsoblennius exstochilus, Longhorn Blenny
  • male eye cirrus - large central stalk + many branches
    head & nape dense spots
    large C shaped blotch behind & below eye
    D dark spot on middle, centered on spine II
    Hypsoblennius hentz, Feather Blenny
    lower head 2-3 V bars
  • eye cirrus short, up to 4 branches
    orange spots & polygons in mesh of blue lines
    Hypsoblennius invemar, Tessellated Blenny
    pelvic I, 4
  • male eye cirrus: long, fringed strap
    below eye: 2 bars, yellow between
    behind eye: yellow bar before dark blotch
    body & lower head with dense dark dots
    Hypsoblennius ionthas, Freckled Blenny
    pelvic I,3