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  • body v deep, v compressed
    head profile very steep
    D IX
    D & A: no finlets behind
    pelvics very small
    straight LL: small scutes
    juvenile: D spines filamentous
  • very compressed
    lower profile very convex
    D1 VIII
    D & A: low, no finlets behind
    pectoral > head
    rear LL - small scutes