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  • head & body black + white dots
    Sanopus astrifer, Whitespotted toadfish, Starry toadfish
    only central chin barbels branched
    upper LL 36-41
  • body & head dark
    C: 1-3 large ocelli
    Sanopus barbatus, Bearded toadfish
    all chin barbels branched, branches short, thick, many
  • black; head: many white lines
    Sanopus greenfieldorum, Whitelined toadfish
    only central chin barbels branched
    upper LL 36-41
  • body & head dark
    Sanopus johnsoni, Cozumel toadfish
    all chin barbels branched, branches long, thin, few
  • dark + network pale lines
    C ~6 narrow, wavy bars
    Sanopus reticulatus, Reticulate toadfish
    all chin barbels branched
  • head black + white zebra line
    body grey + faint pale mesh
    fins dark + wide orange /yellow edges
    Sanopus splendidus, Splendid toadfish
    only central 1-2 chin barbels branched