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  • body - no lines spotsc
    scales before D 36 (29-46)
    Eleotris amblyopsis, Large-scaled spinycheek sleeper
    canines at rear
    dark spot on upper pectoral base
    lateral scales 49 (40-58)
  • body: lines of spots
    scales before D 49 (39-62)
    Eleotris perniger, Smallscaled spinycheek sleeper
    canines at rear
    upper pectoral base: dark spot
    lateral scales 60 (54-68)
  • juv: pale above, dark below
    Eleotris picta, Spotted sleeper
    no canines
    NO dark spot on upper pectoral base
    lateral scales 60-68
  • Eleotris pisonis, Spinycheek sleeper
    canines at rear
    dark spot on upper pectoral base: absent/vague
    lateral scales 40 (32-49)