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  • black
    white light organ under eye
  • body deep, oval
    snout: central groove oblong
    big spines point back under eye
    preoperculum 2 large spines
    A 9-12
  • body oblong, deep
    snout: central groove triangular
    no spines under eye
    preoperculum slightly crescentic, no spines
  • body oval, deep
    snout groove narrow, rhomboidal
    uniform red
    spines under eye point forwards
    no large spines on operculum, preoperculum
    A 11