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  • snout - 2 spines
    D 144-153
    A 132=139
    pale + few dots on flank & top head
    gill rakers 0+4-5
  • snout - 1 spine
    2 body profiles parallel
    rear top skull dark
    D 116-123
    A 94-103
    D & A black edges
    LL in dark stripe
    gill rakers 0+5-6
  • head short, bulbous
    snout - 1 spine
    2 body profiles parallel
    D 119-125
    A 98-100
    uniform brown
    D & A black edges
    gill rakers 0+4
  • two body profiles parallel
    snout - 1 spine
    D 112-117, outer edge may be dark
    gill rakers 0+5-6
    A 91-96, outer edge dark
  • snout to D profile straight
    snout - 1 spine
    two body profiles not parallel
    D & A whitish + black margin
    D 115-116, A 96-111
    gill rakers 0+4
  • head top cavernous, dark, black behind
    snout: 1 spine, tip wrinkled, with 3 fleshy flaps
    D 123-125
    fins pale
    gill rakers 0+4-5
    A 103-105
  • eye large
    snout - 2 spines
    D 132-140
    A 123-129
    nape - dark anchor
    mid-side - +/- dark stripe
    gill rakers 0+4
  • snout with bump
    top of head & cheek scaled
    pelvic = 2 unequal rays, under eye
    scales elongate, obliquely overlapping