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  • snout blunt, jaws short
    head & body white spotted above & below
    D: black + white saddles
    tail dark + large white spots
    top jaw 3 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
  • snout & jaws elongate
    uniform dark green
    teeth slender, some canines
    roof mouth - 2 rows teeth
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    brown + pale irregular network of lines
    top jaw 4 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    green-brown + many small pale spots
    D as body at front, black at rear
    tail dark + 3-4 large white spots
    top jaw 3 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
    tail slightly > 1/2 TL
    A dark, no spots
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    yellow-green + dark wriggly lines
    top jaw 4 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
  • dark + many small gold spots
    tail tip yellow
    teeth slender, smooth, no canines
  • snout & jaws elongate
    white + dense small dark spots
    teeth slender, smooth, some canines
    roof of mouth - 1 row teeth
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    brown + well separated small white spots
    D & A with body colors + black edges
    top jaw 3 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    brown + well separated pale spots
    D & A - alternating dark & light marks
    top jaw 3 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
  • snout & jaws elongate
    dark reticulations separating large, pale, spotted
    teeth slender, smooth, some canines
    roof mouth - 1 row teeth
  • snout blunt, jaws short
    pale polygons separated by dark reticulations
    D edge - large, white bordered dark U spots
    tail elongate pale spots
    top jaw 3 pores
    teeth triangular, serrated, no canines
    A dark edge
  • snout & jaws elongate
    gold iris
    mouth corner - small dark spot
    color 1: body & fins - overlapping dark spots
    color 2: dark + darker freckles, fins pale edges
    teeth slender, smooth, some canines
    roof mouth - 1 row teeth