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  • dark spot BEHIND gill cover
    D no black tip
    gill rakers 30-32
    tongue: width of 2 tooth plates = 20-33% combined length
    pectoral 19-22% SL
    pelvic inserts nearer pectoral base than to A
  • body deep (34-39% SL) oval, very compressed
    head 24-32% SL
    mouth oblique, terminal
    D origin before A origin
    shoulder: dark vertical oval spot
    rear tail base: black stripe ends in black rhomboid
    premaxilla teeth - 2 rows,outer row 3 points
    maxilla teeth: 3 points, center point large, robust, 3-4 (1-9)
    gill rakers 24 (19-26)
    A iii-iv, 26 (22-30)
    pectoral reaches over rear insertion pelvic
    scales large, smooth, 35 (33-38) on LL
    scales LL to D origin 8.3 (8-9)
  • orange spot behind operculum, orange stripes on body
    D tip black
    tongue: width of 2 tooth plates = 10% combined length
  • dark spot BEHIND gill cover
    D no black tip
    gill rakers 32-39
    tongue: width of 2 tooth plates = 20-33% combined length
    pectoral 22-25% SL
    pelvic inserts mid-way pectoral base to A
  • top jaw - no central notch
    tail base spot
    rear edge gill opening - no fleshy lobes
    pelvic I, 7
    belly - ridge of strongly keeled scutes
  • top jaw - no central notch
    top jaw - spine points back
    rear edge gill opening - no fleshy lobes
    full row belly scutes
  • semi-cylindrical
    top jaw no central notch
    rear of gill opening - 2 fleshy lobes
    operculum corner: +/- black spot
    pelvic I,8
    D no filament
    nape scales paired
    belly fully scuted