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  • forehead profile convex
    D & A: no long front lobes, partly scaled
    tail base: no transverse grooves
  • lower jaws diverge under throat
    tail base: no transverse grooves
    scale keel along belly
  • body deep, compressed, oval
    fatty ring around eye
    D & A III, long bases, high at front, scale covered
    C forked
    snout v short; mouth small
    pelvics = tiny spine
  • D & A expand -> deep fan
    upper scale sheath: D base & onto snout
  • forehead profile convex
    D & A: broadly expanded, front rays not thickened
    D origin over eye
    tail base: no transverse grooves
  • forehead profile oblique
    snout pointed
    D & A: long front lobes
    tail base: transverse grooves & strong keel
    pelvics not tiny
  • forehead profile convex
    snout rounded
    D & A - long front lobes
    tail base: transverse grooves, no keel
    pelvics small