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  • tail base - no ridges
    mouth opens above, oblique
    cheek with grooves
    NO large bony scales behind operculum
  • cheek no grooves
    groove before eye
    tail base: no ridges
    teeth notched, larger & pointed in center
    large bony scales behind operculum
  • groove before eye
    D&A uniform height
    tail base: 2-4 rows large tubercles
    cheeks grooved
    teeth notched, size uneven
    patch large, bony scales behind gill opening
  • cheek no grooves
    groove before eye
    teeth notched, centrals not pointed
    D & A large, long
    tail base: no ridges
    NO large bony scales behind operculum
  • tail base: 8-10 ridges
    teeth not notched, ~even size
    cheek no grooves
    large bony scales behind operculum
  • cheeks not grooved
    no patch large scales behind gill opening
    tail base: 3-5 rows small spines