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  • snout tip - fleshy knob
    body brown + 8 narrow white bars, extend onto Ds
    D 11; A 9; pectoral 20
    barbels: chin 2, before eye 1
    pores: opercle 0; preopercle 3
    pelvic disc round
    scales absent or 1-4 just behind pectoral base + 2 on base C
  • 3-4 oblique forward pointing bars behind eye
    pores: opercle 0; preopercle 2-3
    no head barbels
    D2 I, 10; A 9; pectoral 17
    6 dark, wide, oblique bars, center with dark dashes
    pelvic disc round
    scales: wedge C in 25-28 rows; 4 v large on C base
  • no head barbels
    pores: opercle 0; preopercle 2
    male D1: 1st spine filamentous
    male dark brown, female mottled
    D2 I, 10: A 9; pectoral 15-16
    pelvic disc oval
    2 patches scales - behind pectoral base & 7-16 rows on tail base, none on C
  • tiny barbel - front nostril
    pores: opercle 2; preopercle 3
    conspicuous short dark dashes along midside
    D2 I, 11; A 9; pectoral 18-19
    pelvic disc oblong/ovate
    scales: 26-29 , broad band reaches pectoral base, C base 4 rough