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  • snout round
    2 Ds
    tail strongly tapering
    C small, round
    + chin barbel
    pelvics under end opercle, bases separated, each 2 rays
    1A; long based
    belly - NO black pits
  • D1 short-base, long 1st ray
    D2 long base, straight edge
    each pelvic = 2 v long rays, pass A base
    A long base, not indented
  • snout rounded
    chin barbel
    no black pigment on tongue/roof mouth
    black light organ before anus
  • D1 short-base, no long ray
    D2 long base, straight edge
    each pelvic = 2 moderately long rays, not past center A