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  • no eye cirrus
    cheek + dark horseshoe; edge preoperculum: no dar
    body blotches - 3 tiers
    dark blotch end base D, sometimes A
    pectoral base: pale area - wavy edges
    pelvic 2
    belly naked/ rear 1/3 scaled
  • broad straight pale stripe: eye to opercle
    top row spots onto D, + red dots
    pectoral base: 2 red dots
    lips: dark bars
  • behind eye: black stripe with white spot at end
    7 narrow dark bars
  • red-brown; 7 complete dark bars
    male - black blotch on cheek
    female - rows dots on edges preopercle & opercle
  • lower head: pale spots
    body: 2-3 rows dark blotches, center row round
    male: D front spot
  • pale + irregular dark spots, larger above
    Y shaped pale area behind eye +/- spots
    belly & lower head - no dark spots
    lips not barred
  • nasal cirrus long
    broad dark bars + narrow pale bars with dark center line
    D base: pair red spots above each dark body bar, white bar between those
    pelvic: 3 obvious
  • lower head: no pale spots
    body: 2-3 rows dark blotches, center row = vertical ovals
    male: no D front spot
  • body: red, each scale - dark bar
    D & A bases: row red spots
    male opercle - large dark blotch
    lips barred
  • top lips - white bars; oblique white bar under eye
    opercle to pectoral base - 2 red bars, pale between
    red-brown, wavy red bars that extend onto D base
  • back ~9 saddles; flank 1-2 rows spots
    lower head & mouth: many pale spots
    male: first 4 D spines: large black blotch
  • ~7 bars extending only D base, interspaces narrow
    C base: 2 dark fans + thin white bar behind
  • 3 rows small brown blotches
    pale Y behind eye, lower edge with dark-ringed pale spots
    D front spot
    lips + dark bars
    pectoral base: 2 dark-ringed spots
  • 3 rows indistinct dark blotches
    side head: pale area with dark-ringed orange spots
    lips without bars
    pectoral base: several dark-ringed orange spots
  • body: 8-9 dark saddles that extend onto D
    cheek: red-brown spots in pale mesh
    pectoral base: pale lines + red & black spots
    top lip usually barred
    under head 3-4 rows dark spots
  • body uniform red
    lips - no bars/spots
    male: opercle - large dark blotch, lower jaw - dark spots
  • no eye cirrus
    body broad bars
    large dark spot end base D (& sometimes A)
    cheek - dark horseshoe
    male: red head
  • 9 dark saddles that extend onto D base
    rear 1/3 body - dark dots
    cheeks dark + reticulating pale spots
    lips: dark bars
    pectoral base: pale diagonal bar
  • body: 2-3 alternating rows dark blotches, center row round
    lower head & pectoral base: no conspicuous marks
    male: D front spot & blotch top opercle
  • bars: 7, wide interspaces, penultimate incomplete - spots above & below
    male: blue-white spots on cheek, spot front D
    lips barred
    female: pectoral base 2 red spots
  • no eye cirrus
    body : irregular blotch pattern
    cheek - pale + dark bar
    large dark spot: end base D & A
    bases D & A: red spot outside body blotch
  • no eye cirrus
    black blotches on pale network
    large dark spot - end base D & A
  • male: eye cirrus = large white ribbon
    flank: 9 oval brown bars + 4 white blotches above
    lower lips 3 black bars
    Cayman Is
  • no eye cirrus
    body: irregular network dark blotches
    cheek: notched bar in pale area, preoperculum dark edge
    large dark spot - end base D & A
    pectoral base: pale area - straight edges
  • narrow bars: 3 complete then 5-6 irregular, broken
  • body 3 rows dark blotches
    cheek: pale reticulating area with dark blotches, spots
    behind upper eye - dark blotch + white chevron bar
    lips + dark bars
  • body reddish + indistinct bars
    lips - white spots
    lower jaw: no pale spots
    male preopercle - large dark blotch
    end bases D & A: small dark spot
  • body ~uniform red
    lips plain/few pale spots
    male: lower jaw no darkspots
    male opercle - large dark blotch
    behind eye: short, narrow, oblique white bar
  • upper 2/3 body dark + row pale Y bars
    red, head bright red, preopercle edge bright crescent
    lips: dark bars