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  • head wide
    top lip wide, wider in center
    incisors rounded
    sucker large, papillae patches: front, center (0-2), rear
    pectoral base - small pad or absent
  • head wide, body short
    top lip narrow
    incisors compressed, lower serrated
    sucker small, papillae patches: front, center, rear
    lower ~5 pectoral rays smaller
    pectoral base - small pad
  • sucker small, weak, lacks papillae