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  • eyes: together, top & front
    D1 VI
    C very long, pointed
    mouth opens at front, oblique
    teeth cónical
    many long gill rakers
    scales rough
    head scaleless
  • D1 v long, filamentous
    C long, pointed, scalloped above
    sexes: same form & color
    gill rakers: short, stubby above, long & thin below
    pelvics in disc
  • eyes large, close-set, near front
    D1 VI
    C long, pointed
    bottom jaw: canines near front
    gill rakers short, triangular, 0+4-5
    scales rough, none on head
  • very elongate
    eye tiny
    1 D, VII
    C long, pointed, fused to D & A
    mouth large, very oblique
    gill rakers present
  • head flattened, with pores & papillae
    D1 VII
    C: long, oval or pointed
    mouth long, oblique at front, horizontal at rear
    pelvics form disc
    scales smooth, large, behind pectoral