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  • mouth reaches to/past rear edge eye
    teeth: 1 row, large top canines
    gill rakers short, stout
    scales smooth
    LL straight
  • mouth ends under eye
    1 row fixed teeth each jaw, no canines
    gill rakers usually slender, long
    scales rough
    LL straight
  • mouth: very short, blind side jarched
    teeth: 1 row, none enlarged
    LL straight
  • mouth to under center eye
    teeth: 2 rows above, 1 below, front enlarged
    LL straight