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  • slender
    beak long, slender, curved
    D & A low
    juv & adult teeth vertical
    pectoral & pelvic short
  • very compressed
    flank: ~12 black bars
    tail base compressed, no keel
    C very concave
  • robust
    beak short, straight
    D & A high
    juv teeth point forwards
    pectoral & pelvic long