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  • forehead concave, snout depressed
    eye medium size
    D 72-90; A 58-72
    LL 13-15 + 30-33
    17-19 gill rakers
    side roof mouth - no teeth
    C not joined to D&A
  • rear top head - scales center & sides
    eye 0.9-1% SL
    D 84-91
    A 63-69
    C 10
    long gill rakers - pale
  • top rear head - no scales
    eye < 0.3% SL
    D 70-78
    A 57-64
    C 8
    long gill rakers - pale
  • rear top head - scales in center
    eye 0.7-1.8% SL
    D 86-109
    A 66-82
    C 10, fully connected to D&A
    long gill rakers - dark