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  • snout broad, depressed
    nostrils: front tubular, rear in mouth
    D, A & C joined
    D origin before mid-trunk
    tail > 1/2 TL, tip flexible
    roof of mouth with teeth
    large pectorals
  • nostrils: front tubular, rear in mouth
    D origin over/behind anus
    tail tip flexible, C obvious
    roof mouth - no teeth
    large pectoral
  • worm-like
    D origin behind mid-trunk
    tail ~2/3 TL, flexible, C not obvious
    rear nostril: hole before eye, above lip
    pectoral tiny