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  • mid flank: row ~8 yellow-brown blotches surrounded by bright white
    back 2 rows paired yellow-brown spots
    D1 no elongate spines, white + central yellow-brown stripe
    D2 I,10-11; A I, 10
    lateral scale rows 42-47
    body scales reach to pectoral base
    pelvics: no front frenum, no membrane between inner rays; rays 1-4 branched, tips not fleshy
    A: dark brown + white base & margin
  • eyes large, high
    no head pores
    pectoral 19-20
    D2 11: A 10-11
    D1: spines I & II filamentous D2 I, 11
    no lower canines
    lateral scales 30-32
    belly scaled
  • eyes large, high
    D2 I, 10-11; A I, 10-11
    D1 no spines elongate
    between lower jaws: canines
    pectoral 17-19
    pelvic: 5th ray long, may be longest
    body extensively scaled, smooth at front, 34-37 laterals, none on center belly
  • white; flank - 4 oval yellow-brown blotches
    back double yellow bars
    eye yellow
    D2 11; A 11
    Ds & C white; A & Pv grey + black edge
    lateral scales 47-53, start under pectoral
    Pelvics separate, rays branched, reach anus