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  • body - 3 dark stripes; side head - brown spots
    snout- 1 spine
    D 147-158
    A 118-124
    gill rakers 0+4-5
  • upper head profile convex
    snout - 1 spine
    D 133-144, scattered spots, edge -black blotches
    body - 2 rows dark blotches
    gill rakers 0+4
    A 98-105
  • snout to D profile straight
    snout - 1 spine
    male - nape crest
    D 138-146, front black blotch
    A 114-121
    body - 3 rows spots, top forms stripe
    gill rakers 0+4
  • snout with bump
    top of head & cheek scaled
    pelvic = 2 unequal rays, under eye
    scales elongate, obliquely overlapping