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  • no opercular ocellus, 2 dark spots behind eye, oblique bar back from eye
    D XX, 1st spine long
    body bars onto D & A, 2nd bar narrow
    C base: 3 light spots
    pelvic: 3rd ray >1/2 2nd, 4 dark bars
  • red-brown
    male -front D stronger colors
    D XXI, spines I-III long, longer in male
    opercle: strong black & whiter ocellus
  • D XIX, I < IV & V
    body bars not onto D, 2nd bar wide above
    C base: thin dark bar
    no opercular ocellus
    gut lining white
  • fins: male red, female green
    distinct opercular ocellus
    body bars onto D & A, 2nd bar narrow
    C base: thin dark bar
    D XIX, 1st spine short
    gut lining white
  • D XX-XXI, 1st spine longest
    no opercular ocellus, dark bar under eye
    body bars onto D & A, 2nd bar narrow
    C base: 3 light spots
    pelvics long
  • D XIX, 1st spine long
    no opercular ocellus
    body bars onto D & A, 2nd bar not wide
    C base: 3 light spots
    gut lining white
    pelvics short, 5-7 bars